So tomorrow is the day of the bin-off.

[Anonbindrama]

So the bin men broke our bin. Just gobbled the lid. Hardly that deep.

Rung the council to request a new lid. Nope, don’t do them. Ok.
New bin.. yes but we can only give you a 140L skinny bin (previously a normal size 240L).
We said sorry that won’t work for us. Don’t worry we will buy a bin.
We are not allowed to buy a bin.

Much confusion. Multiple calls. All jobsworths. Stalk the street. Many an unbranded bin so I think we will be fine. Buy a bin. But ours is shiny.

I have thought about rubbing mud on it but then that’s not nice for the bin men so shiny it is.

Will they take it? Big mystery.

And if not then I have no idea what we are supposed to do. But I will worry about tomorrow.

It is the same in my area. They didn’t replace all the old big bins, but if you need a new bin you’ll be given the smaller bin. I had two kids and a tiny bin, and round the corner my parents had a massive bin and only the two of them. The council said I could swap with my parents, but I wouldn’t be given a bigger bin. It’s a pot luck all the way around the neighbourhood. They never did a great “fat bin cull” that others have talked about 😂

I can’t wait for the update on shiny bin! 🤞

We're allowed a large bin if someone with a disability is on the property.

Mum moved in. No bigger bin in spite of my entreaties. They have to check in person...

Cut to weeks later. My late husband was finally home after 4 months in hospital learning to walk after his stroke. At that point, he was walking but wobbly and had one hand which kept pointing the wrong way. (This last problem resolved eventually.)

Apparently, he answered the door to take delivery of some medical supplies for my late mum (which the delivery chap carried in).

DH saw someone peering at him from the end of the path, but they said nothing.

When I got home from work, there was one of those "We called..." cards through the door and a scribbled overly apologetic note saying that we'd get our bin as soon as possible. We got it that week.

Where I live, you can apply for special purple bags for a nappy collection. Maybe there's so. Thing similar in your area

That's terrible especially if the equivalent household is paying the same council tax as you. It should all be the same.

I am in another country, so I am quite relieved to see bin wars are an international problem.

I had a similar issue when my bin broke, and I went to the council and got a replacement. Our bins are all green, but my new one was black with no council markings. I did ask about that, but they said it was all that they had and it will be fine...

It wasn't really though, as the next week they took everyone else's bin except for mine. I think it was just that one week of them being particular and I put it out again the next week, very overflowing might I add, and I have not had a problem since.

But, in our street, someone always seems to have a missing bin. I think it started with one person's getting stolen, and then they took their neighbours. And then that neighbour took their neighbours and then it just turned into a complete domino effect. So we all resorted to marking our bins by whatever means we decided. Some have their house number on, some have drawn on smiley faces or some random art. Some people have gone all fancy and used waterproof wrapping and made theirs all flowery.

Mine has wrapping of blue tape. As it split. And so this makeshift fix has now held out for over a year, so it will stay that way until I have the energy to get a replacement. They do not deliver new bins. We have to take the old one in to get a replacement. The problem is that my bin is only ever empty for 5 mins and I am not keen on a 240l old bin on my back carseat really.

There is always still some sort of drama on a Wednesday morning.

I don't think it's outrageous if the council has a good recycling scheme where the bulk of rubbish is recycled, and food waste is separate from general waste. There's very little in the way of packaging etc that isn't recyclable where I live.

The only stuff that goes in the general waste here is soft plastic, expanded polystyrene packaging (which breaks up small), plastic lids and sanpro/nappies. Even tin foil and foil containers are recycled.

One food waste, one recycling and a bin or sturdy green bag for non-recyclables. I never use the green bag, just put the tiny amount of non-recyclable out in its bin liner.

Garden waste I take to the tip, because I'm too tight to pay for it to be collected.

120 l emptied every 3 weeks is now standard.

180 liters - 6-8 people in the house

240 - 8 + people in the house.

You can get bigger one with large households but they ask permission to use council records to check the numbers you claim say live there do.

It's a welsh council under pressure to increase curb side recycling collections.

I read another council going to start black bin inspections to ensure everything is being recylced that can be - which was predicatable not going over well with residents.

This area has has an increased issue with fly tipping despite the good curb side recycling program. The first went down to 180 as standard and said it was to avoid 3 weekly collections - then went down again to 120 again to avoid 3 week colelctions then started on 3 week collections.

DMum area they have a 240 as standard and twice weekly collections.

Eagerly awaiting an update!

We have boxes for cardboard and paper recycling that are collected every two weeks. Each house is entitled to one box. We fill it in a week as they're so small.

The bin men literally pick them up, through the contents into a wheelie bin, then seemingly thrown them back to the ground with as much force as humanly possible.

One broke, so we contacted them and they said "you can have a new one but they're £13". Fine, I'll pay it. "OK - leave your broken one out and we'll collect it, along with its contents and leave you the new one". Great.

New one arrives, old one is not collected or emptied. So now we have two boxes - one of which is broken, one of which is shiny and new.

First collection, we go to bring the box in to find it split entirely down one side where it's been thrown so hard it's cracked.

Call them again "you can have a new one but it's £13". Not a chance are we paying for this. We've put it out once and your collectors have broken it on first use - it's not our fault. "OK - we'll send you a new one free of charge - leave your broken one out and we'll collect it, along with its contents and leave you a new one".

New one arrives, neither old one is not collected or emptied. So now we have THREE boxes - two of which are broken, one of which is shiny and new.

This third one survives the first collection, but not the second and now also has a big crack in it!

I've given up now, so have a huge pile of three broken boxes in the back garden, all of which are now mostly made up of Gorilla tape, holding them together. None of the lids fit because they're also broken, so they're held in place with a brick that one a really windy day becomes a very dangerous projectile!

The only benefit to them not collecting the broken box is that we now do at least have the ability to put all our cardboard and paper waste in them and we put out two every two weeks, rather than trying to stuff it all into the one we're supposedly allowed.

Back to big bins, OP, our council allows you to apply for a larger general waste bin if the household consists of 5 or more residents; or you have at least 2 children in nappies; or a resident has a medical or health condition that results in extra waste. We can do it online, so maybe check your council's website?

Op did your new bin get emptied??? 🤞

Well we do, but that's 2 half full big bin liners going to landfill. When I buy a smaller bin, it will be 2 small bin liners so less plastic @AmelieSummer25

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Yesssssssssss!!!

The good bin men pulled through. Very grateful for the moral support, prayers and omens from you all here 🙏

Hi I had 6 of us in one house and one skinny bin is not enough. I also have 240l but again one wasn't enough so I purchased a secondary one and bin men take it just fine. Hope this helps

Anonbindrama · Today 10:54

"Results are in…"

Don't leave us in suspense!

Meanie!!! 😂😂What a tease!! And they are......??

Waaaaay! The real Count Binface!

Good on the binnies ! They're usually good eggs. 😊

Yayyy!! Well done to the bin collectors!!

Ours is very similar, though a 204L bin is standard (you can request smaller or bigger):

• 1 x 240L black bin for general, non-recyclable waste, collected every 2 weeks
• 1 x 240L green garden waste bin (£62 for collections for the year, except between mid December to end of January). Collected every 2 weeks, staggered from general waste
• 1 x 240L blue mixed recycling waste bin. In theory collected every 2 weeks (along with garden) but we probably put it out once every 2 months as although we recycle a lot there are only two of us. Takes glass, plastic, foil, tins.
• 1 x box for paper and card recycling. Collected every two weeks along with recycling and garden.
• 1 x food waste bin. Collected every week to stop the stench and maggots!
• Batteries go in any clear bag, placed on top of any bin on any collection day.
• Textiles have to be in a council branded bag that are free to order that you put out alongside recycling.
• Small household electricals - can be left in a bag on top of your recycling bin.

Thankfully we have side access to our house and a back garden. No idea what we'd do with 3 full size wheelie bins, a cardboard box (or 3 as per my PP) and a garden waste bin if we didn't!

Here, nappies are collected separately, along with other types of "absorbent waste."
Black rubbish bags are collected every three weeks. All recyclable materials collected weekly. It works fine for us.

Some councils work much better than others. Many UK councils are seriously lacking, allowing a lot of recyclable items to go in general rubbish.

haha, well done the bin men. A moral victory!

Are the bins micro chipped

Good for the bin men

Shiny bin 💪 Shiny bin 💪 Shiny bin 💪

😅 I am so bloody relieved