Bin men! Ridiculous

[SassyCrab]

Has anyone else got this problem with there local council! The bin men take the rubbish every 2 weeks, so our rubbish mounts up to the point we have to put it on top of the bin, bare in mind we have baby and a dog so we have quite a lot of rubbish in the two weeks when they bother to collect. They’ve come yesterday and emptied our bin but just left the rubbish on the top!!!!! So now our bin is full again and still got 2 weeks to go. So annoyed with it, I just don’t understand why they can’t come every week.

Most people don't

We have been having problems with our bin collections since before Christmas.
Apparently some manager has decided in their infinite wisdom that only one bin can be placed on the wagon at a time ? (It is designed to take 2 ) Therefore it takes twice as long .There's even a couple of management following the bin wagon around in a car seeing if they break the rules. Our bin has now been out 8 days it's an absolute joke.

You are lucky you have a bin. Our council has stopped everyone from using the bins, three weekly collection and only 2 black bags per household. We are expected to store the bags in the bin then take them out on collection day and put them at the collection point. How elderly or disabled people are going to reach into the bin to retrieve the bags isn't something they've considered.

Wow! At the moment, our landfill rubbish is collected every fortnight, but as from April it's going back to weekly.

Look at the food you are wasting. You say the freezer isn’t working so can you buy less when you need it. Can you compost fruit and veg waste? No food goes into our bin. We don’t often buy meat and all fruit, veg, tea bags, coffee grounds and egg shells are composted. It makes a huge difference. Can boxes from deliveries be given back to the delivery driver? Or reused for posting parcels?

We are a family of 7 with 2 cats and 2 dogs and we manage with fortnightly bin collection. Just reduce your waste as much as possible.

Interesting! We are told not to flush even wipes that are advertised as flushable down the toilet. So where the fuck else do people think these will end up being put!!

I worked in a nursing home back in 1990 It was women residents only. Over 99% of them had arthritis in their hands and wrists My near 89 year old DM has it..............from constantly wringing out wet washing.

Standard, unless you're lucky to get it all chucked out. Just try to squash it it down, put more into recycling.

Fortnightly is awful, in Spain it's daily! Here it's weekly, thank goodness.

We do all use too much crap in our products, so more into the recycling bin. X

Had (an awful) neighbour who had 2 bins he crammed full of everything, including toxic waste. Council soon got to know about him and crushed one of his bins. Huge uproar from him, then he started burning said toxic waste in his garden. Total twat! Yes he was reported for that as well.

Are you my daughter, who is incapable of flattening cardboard boxes and squashing milk bottles? And incapable of sorting things properly for recycling, green waste, reusing? Even with two in disposable nappies there’s usually no reason to create more general waste than a fortnightly collection can manage.

Recycle more… we have two weekly bin collection and manage very easily

The schedule of the bin men is beyond your control, so you need to look at what you do have control over: the amount of waste you are generating. It seems like a very large volume of waste for 2 adults, 1 baby and a dog.

How much can go in the recycling?
Could you get a composter for the garden?
Can you change your buying habits so you aren't throwing away so much food unnecessarily?
Can you reduce the number of online orders you are placing? Eg. Put things in your basket but only order once a month so that you have 1 delivery instead of 10?
How much food do you currently have in your fridge and cupboards? Can you stop ordering more food until you've used 50-75% of what you currently have (thus reducing the amount you have to throw out)?

Yes. And at our local tip, it’s not simply that you need a car to get there, you’re literally not allowed to enter on foot. That doesn’t seem fair to me. The ability to access council services should not be linked to car ownership. And I don’t think health and safety is a valid argument given that once you get there, you park up and walk around the site, dodging the cars.

I'm sure the whole bin isn't filled with only those wipes! (And, btw, flushable wipes really aren't necessary.)

We have food waste collection (not that we waste much) but that cuts the main bin waste and we recycle soft plastics

We still have a weekly collection and no wheely bins. Have half a bin bag of rubbish

Tbf shlepping things over to the back of a lorry is literally their job! 😂. Yes yes I know, they can only take what they’re told they’re allowed to take. I just thought that was quite funny. As you were….

Some of us have better things to do than squash cardboard and plastic bottles, and sorting out recycling.
And fortnightly collections are a health hazard.

My mother had arthritis in her hands as did both my mothers-in-law. Thank goodness for washing machines.

Totally agree. Recyclable is so easy to compact down leaving the black bin freed up.

I even leave boxes to get wet so I can just stomp them down.

Now, I'll grant you that does not stop me feeling The Rage on bin day when my neighbour tops up my bin. BUT my lovely bin men have totally cooperated and their shit gets put back in their garden.

Amazing what a bit of thanks guys, sorry you're out in this shit weather gets you.

While this would be a bit extreme, I reckon that the cat produces more non-recyclable waste than I do. I should probably switch to tins, how does everyone stop them going funny in the fridge because obviously he cannot have a full tin in one go?

Wet cardboard doesn’t recycle well. It will most likely go to landfill.

Wow, I truly find your reaction ridiculous. Family of 5 and pet here and never had such an issue. Take it to the tip like the rest of us would do if we have to much rubbish and stop being so entitled.

Ulcerative colitis Coelic disease? Bowel Cancer. Had to undergo tests for these as i go so bloody often and so messily. And i will strike you a deal I will come and sit bare arsed on your sofa after one of my shits after only using toilet paper Up for putting your money where your mouth is???

And surely baby wipes on babies arent needed either then.

The council will have told you that they do not accept additional waste so why do you try it on every collection day. You get one collection every two weeks like everyone else. If you have more rubbish you need to take trips to the tip. How ever would you manage if you lived in Bristol?