vic Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 Last time blue bins were emptied they left two by our gate, so one's been left on the pavement waiting for someone to claim it. I've kept an eye on it after someone dropped fast food packaging in it (I fished it out for the black bin), but here's the latest... Someone took the dog for a walk, scooped the poop in a plastic bag, then dropped the bag in this blue recycling bin... Yes, I did fish it out.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 You need a hobby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve the Original Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 Maybe that is his hobby!!! Vic You carry on mate but to be honest if no one claims it then leave it out there to get filled better that throwing the rubbish on the floor.. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 I await tomorrows collection with interest. Drove past a few blue ones that were over-filled. Question is, was it full of stuff for recycling? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 .....if no one claims it then leave it out there to get filled better that throwing the rubbish on the floor.. Steve I'd move it somewhere else. Thanks to bloody people who leave their bins out round here loads of us had all the coping tiles? (I think that's what they are called) taken off our high walls and my son recently had his mountain bike taken Scallies used other people's left out bins as ladders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milly Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Our blue bin wasn't emptied because someone added some plastic bags when it was put out for collection. When my husband phoned to complain (his argument was it would have saved time if the collector had removed the plastic bag and put it in the black bin that was alongside it compared to opening the bin, then getting a sticker to slap on the bin to tell us it was CONTAMINATED!) the woman that he spoke to told him to empty the blue bin into the black one so we didn't have to wait three weeks to get it emptied! Surely that defeats the whole object of recycling? And how are you supposed to stop people putting extra stuff into your bin once it has been put out for collection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 The whole collection thing hasn't been thought through, apart from the European ruling to "go green" and the various councils rushing to make sure that the boxes are ticked. PS. The FULL blue bins did get emptied and some of those had plastic bags above the lid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 The EU came up with the recycling idea because, unlike the UK, most of Europe has insufficient landfill sites. And because the EU is one size fits all we have to bow to their recycle decision. Unfortunately because recycling means sending most of our rubbish to China the economicic downturn has scuppered these plans. Sh1t happens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inky pete Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Don't think there can ever be said to be a shortage of landfill sites in this country. After hundreds of years of coal, iron, clay, gold, and just about any other type of mining you can think of, one thing we are NOT short of is holes in the ground!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 That is the absolute truth IP. We quarry more than we landfill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 In the case of K9 poo: scoop it up on a shovel; follow the perpetrator to their home, knock on the door, when door opens, throw the jobbies down their hallway saying - " you left this on the pavement" - should cause a row! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Haven't we been here before Obs I wont mention paper bags, poo and door knocking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve the Original Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Haven't we been here before Obs I wont mention paper bags, poo and door knocking You mean fill paper bag!! set fire to it then knock on said door and watch as they stamp out the fire!!! Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 I never said any such thing but YOU DID !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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