My local council are very fussy as to what you are allowed to put in the dustbin. Tell me please why is that?

Question

All I do is put the "illegal stuff" (lol) on the bottom of the bin after the bin has been emptied and then by the week is out the "illegal stuff" is buried under the rest of the cr@p that IS allowed, So Ha my local council.

Answer 1

It gives some petty little officials without a real job something to do.

Answer 2

All that should go in your bin are the items your council are unable to recycle at present.
I take the cardboard to the local compound and return all the plastic containers (yogurt , margarine and others ) to the supermarket where they came from.
All the kitchen waste goes into a compost bin in the garden so my bin is about 10% full after a fortnight.
I avoid buying food in packets where possible so
that is the refuse created by two people.
Why there are so many complaints against council's as landfill will soon become very expensive and if people do not co-operate they will pay a high price in the near future for their waste disposal?

Answer 3

It really is a shame that "wisernow" (I don't think so!) listens to his boss rather than finding out the facts.
Before I accepted recycling is the right thing to do, and it's got nothing to do with council officials who I wouldn't recycle if I could, my bin was emptied weekly and it was always full. Since then I have sorted my rubbish and the waste bin would would take four to six weeks to fill. Work out the maths for yourself. If anyone needs any help it means between three and five loads in every six week period don't go to landfill.
It's recycled and, while I don't profit by it, future generations hopefully will.
To paint a clearer picture I can fill my recycle bin every week and I still have to make that short trip to get rid of paper and cans. Last week it was 162 cans and that would have taken up space for many, many years to come. Instead in five weeks time they'll be something else.

Answer 4

The BOSS, has summed it up perfectly, you pays your money you get results.As for the rest of the planet savers, tell it to the chinese or the indians first, before you try and impress others who are more aware of what goes on, with your perfect little world ideals. Many of my neighbours are long time pensioners who have had and raised children who they are very proud of, yet in doing so have never had the cash to spare to buy a car, and have never learn't to drive. So what do you fairys expect them to do? call a taxi to take them to the local usually overcrowded council tip?, then wait for their turn to deposit the little recyclable waste they may have. I'm sorry if i sound old fashioned, but you sweet young idiots really p*ss me off with your adolescent outbursts, based on a no experience and very little example, my 4x4 school running dears. The Boss at the end of the day is very correct in saying, you pay for a service, so you should recieve it. Would you pay twice for a loaf of bread?.

Answer 5

The council have aims that they might desire to fulfill whilst it includes recycling and there are rules and rules approximately what you may and can't throw right into a classic waste bin in case you're presented with a recycling bin. purely sparkling the sh*t off. in case you do in contrast to cat mess, have not got a cat! What do you do once you're taking a crap - throw the basin away if there is residue??? NO! You get a lavatory brush and sparkling it!

Answer 6

As the Council charge to take the rubbish away via the Council Tax , how dare they complain as to what you throw away . I whould hate to get into a taxi and say take me to Paddington Station , and have the driver say sorry mate I think you need to go to Victoria Station . Know what I mean

Answer 7

It depends on the contract your local council has with the company that collects your rubbish.
With our council we are not allowed to put glass in with our recycling, but allowed to put cans and cardboard in. We put our glass in the bottle bank. Yes we have to drive there so I don't know about carbon footprint for doing that.
We have contacted our local council, who have promised to have glass put in the new waste contract when it is up for re-newel.
Lobby your local council.

Also watched the program DUMPED on tv. One interesting point raised was that manufacturers use about 3 different types of plastic for shampoo etc.
Why can't manufacturers standardise these things with themselves anyway.
These plastics can be re-cycled but have to go abroad as it is not done in the UK. ( Specialist )
That of course if they are sorted out and not sent to land-fill.

Stick to your beliefs.

Answer 8

Its called recycling to prevent landfill! If some people do not comply the council has to pay more tax to Central Government and guess what - the Council tax goes up.

Answer 9

The fact is these jumped up little twerps have forgotten who they work for and who pays their wages. They ALL need sacking and replaced with a new democratic system where public servants actually become public servants, and do what they are paid to do. IE Take our rubbish away as they are paid very handsomely to do, and be very grateful they are being paid via a secondary tax at all.

Answer 10

sarah g i think its all aload of cobblers-now don't get me wrong-i am all in favour of saving the environment-but!!at the end of the day this is why we pay our council tax-to have someone else take away our rubbish and sort it-although the local authorities are pushing for householders to sort their own rubbish (even to the extent of washing their own tin cans out) but i see no reduction in the council tax (after all are we expected to carry out their tasks for them?)-so no-i am not fussy about what goes in my bin-i pay the local authority to do this for me.

Answer 11

most councils are being told to limit their rubbish collection as land fills are filling up and unrecyclebles are or should be deposited in their baoxes or taken to the local supermarket for disposal