Tilly Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 The residents of Mayfield road have not had their wheelie bins emptied for four weeks, we wait to see if they are emptied today or that'll be five weeks! It has happened before and is apparently a parking issue which is not being policed due to resources......... There is discussion amongst neighbours of taking our wheelies bins and parking them on the front of the town hall as protest and cancelling our Direct Debits for our Council Tax until the matter is resolved.... I would like a rebate on the amount of my Council Tax that is used each week to pay for refuse collection and local policing on a Wednesday when my bin is not emptied however I doubt that there are any true unit costs for each item of service, so how is our Council Tax calculated I wonder?? Anyway, fingers crossed my bins is finally emptied today, for all of you that wont sleep with worry and wonder will let you know tomorrow but seriously it's a disgrace!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 If it is a parking issue it probably means that the vehicle cannot get past stupidly parked cars............perhaps you need to look at your neighbours before apportioning blame. Bins weren't collected once near me for the same reason, the stupid parker received the full brunt of his neighbours' displeasure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 Thats no excuse. you pay for the service, if they are unable to provide regardless of reason they shouldnt charge in the first place. you dont get taxis coming to your house looking for fares they never took because they couldnt get up your street, or milk you never recieved. the blame is entirely the councils. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 Don't bin men have legs these days or are they not allowed to use them for health and safety reasons incase they trip on a pot hole or something Surely if a vehicle is blocking the wagons route the bin men could always pull the bins to the wagon instead. They are on wheels for god sake, it's not like they are heavy I remember the days when they used to walk up our path and carry our bin down on their backs to empty it for us... and never a moan was heard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 I'm afraid coming up with a solution like that involves common sense and the use of some grey matter both of which are in short supply in public service these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 Quite the opposite Diz: they've forced folk in many areas to take their bins to a collection point; basically so the binmen can complete their rounds on time, and keep the costs of the service down. They might as well just tell us all to take it to the tip ourselves, then it wouldn't cost anything! However, we would all need a 4X4 to negotiate the tip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilly Posted May 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 Due to me and my neighbour moving most of the bins round to where the trucks could get access they were emptied, only two that were left in the usual pick up point weren't. A meeting was to take place this morning with neighbours, local Councillor, and supervisor of the refuse collection dept to try to resolve issue so we'll wait and see. I'll look forward to find out how it went, I couldn't be there due to being at work From my chats with local neighbours last nite, they were really looking forward to the opportunity to put points forward, have their say etc and so many thanks to Warrington Worldwides James Parr for setting this up and taking an interest in the issue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 But, at the end of the day Till; it's a cost cutting exercise; they put the binmen on a 4 day week, then discovered they couldn't get round in time; so they're now trying to cut corners to make it work. Less service, local folk do part of the work, and don't even get a tax refund! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted May 16, 2008 Report Share Posted May 16, 2008 (ww news); the piece on the residents bin protest in Grappenhall, mentioned the elderly and infirm having to walk their bins to a collection point. The Council Policy still allows for door collection from such groups, if they provide a doctor's note. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilly Posted May 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2008 Fab coverage on front page dont you fink? Am dead chuffed and all on my street are too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilly Posted May 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 We have yet to be advised of any "new" collection point for a our bins to be collected from so we are putting them in the usual collection point. We'll just have to see if they get emptied this weeks since we've raised awareness of the problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilly Posted May 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 Our bins were emptied yesterday however this was due to a well meaning neighbour again pulling them all out onto the front of the road so we do not really know had they remained in the usual collection place ( still not advised of any change) if they would have been emptied. Myself and others are considering leaving notes on our bins to ask the well meaning neighbour to leave the bins at their collection point next week to try to establish if anything has really been done about this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve the Original Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 As long as they are being collected i wouldnt worry but i would still find out if they have a different collection point.. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 Don't knock having good neighbours! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 What's your Councillor doing about the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 filling in an expenses form probably!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilly Posted May 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 OMG am sooo mad!!! I've just wrote war n peace n lost it, my fault cos not paying attention but aaaaarrrrggghhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hhhhmmmph! And start again ANY WAY, I AM NOT KNOCKING GOOD NEIGHBOURs, POSTERS ON HERE MUST KNOW I WOULD NEVER DO THAT ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES!!!!! You are SO missiin the point! My point being that due to a mystery nieghbour, thanks very much, you're dead nice, what would we do with out you, break for breath, blah blah, neighbour of the year award goes to you etc etc, breath again, we now do not know if anyone has done anything about the sitation and all of us are left baffled as to where to leave our bins as no one from the refuse dept has contacted any of us to identify a new collection point, they must have turned up last week just because the local press were there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilly Posted May 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 PS Posters on here must know what I'm like when I get a bee in my bonnet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilly Posted May 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 PPS - yes its a full moon I dont know how to to that quote fingy wotsit so erm...... amrsvp ing to Garys post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 Tilly, I believe that the person responsible for the bin dept. is John Rowson. 442750. Perhaps if you rang him, he could clarify what has been or not been agreed and whether the info has been passed on to the binmen. or are they Refuse Collectors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilly Posted May 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 Fanks Peter, you're fab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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