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That's probably why our council tell us not to put stuff out until 7am
I presumed it was to lessen the chance of cats & foxes ripping the bags/tipping the bins over. Hadn't considered the d1ck'eads
Our council states that the refuse has to be out by 7:00AM and it's not been unknown that the collectors arrive even earlier. So 7:00AM is really too late to be putting bin bags out.
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Yeah, you might be correct that it has to be out by 7AM on the day, but I know some councils threaten to fine householders if the put their refuse/recycling out too soon.
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That's probably why our council tell us not to put stuff out until 7am
I presumed it was to lessen the chance of cats & foxes ripping the bags/tipping the bins over. Hadn't considered the d1ck'eads
Ours tell us not to put it out before 07:00. Good of them to collect the recycling at 06:30 a fortnight ago... At least we have a garage to keep the extra bags in until this week's collection.
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I'm out by around 5am, mine goes out then, sometimes its still there when I get home
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Yep, same here.
(in fact I might start keeping them there permanently
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I didn't think there would be any councils still using bin bags (n)
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Yep, same here.
(in fact I might start keeping them there permanently
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I didn't think there would be any councils still using bin bags (n)
We still have black plastic sacks for the non recyclable rubbish, which is a bad idea because they are the ones which are attacked by foxes and magpies. We have blue, white and brown bins for paper/card, plastics/tins and compostable waste.
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Black bags for household waste ( that we now have to buy ourselves to save 1.1 million ££ a year
)Pink bags for recyclables ( supplied)
Green wheelie bin for garden and food waste
Small blue plastic box for glass.
That's how MK Council ( well Serco subbies) do it.
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Black bags for household waste ( that we now have to buy ourselves to save 1.1 million ££ a year
Pink bags for recyclables ( supplied)
Green wheelie bin for garden and food waste
Small blue plastic box for glass.
That's how MK Council ( well Serco subbies) do it.
Amazing how each council has, not just different colour preferences, but what can be put in each.
Our council won't collect `rubbish` bags.
We have a grey wheelie bin for general rubbish
Green for garden waste (@ £30 per year extra!)
Brown for cans & plastics.
Small green box for paper & cardboard.
They also wanted to give me another small bin for waste food! Waste food? ..... not in our house.
I wonder how some households struggle with where to put all these receptacles.
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Black bags for household waste ( that we now have to buy ourselves to save 1.1 million ££ a year
Pink bags for recyclables ( supplied)
Green wheelie bin for garden and food waste
Small blue plastic box for glass.
That's how MK Council ( well Serco subbies) do it.
We ave a black wyeelie bin for general waste, an orange one for recyclables and a green one for garden waste and I only live 20 minutes away from you.
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Amazing how each council has, not just different colour preferences, but what can be put in each.
Our council won't collect `rubbish` bags.
We have a grey wheelie bin for general rubbish
Green for garden waste (@ £30 per year extra!)
Brown for cans & plastics.
Small green box for paper & cardboard.
They also wanted to give me another small bin for waste food! Waste food? ..... not in our house.
I wonder how some households struggle with where to put all these receptacles.
Not just that but using a tip can be a pain too, while I get the need to recycle as much as possible, things like the bin collection rules etc... will encourage more people to flytip.
Amazing how each council has, not just different colour preferences, but what can be put in each.
Our council won't collect `rubbish` bags.
We have a grey wheelie bin for general rubbish
Green for garden waste (@ £30 per year extra!)
Brown for cans & plastics.
Small green box for paper & cardboard.
They also wanted to give me another small bin for waste food! Waste food? ..... not in our house.
I wonder how some households struggle with where to put all these receptacles.
One black bin for everything, no segregation at all.
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I can imagine it's a right PITA tbhI wonder how some households struggle with where to put all these receptacles.
Yep its probably less than 10 miles to the BCC / MKDC boarder. Just goes to show how much they vary. MKDC must be strapped for cash, they are about £30 each apparently.
Well thats what they charge for a "green bin" if you want one / replacement.
I was an early adopter and they were free, and a lot bigger than the new ones.
Irresponsible council
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From the days of black bin bags > then black ones for all waste except garden cuttings for which there green bags > then separate tote boxes with lids for paper, metal & glass (no plastic to start with)............> Till today with wheelie bins ~ grey bin for general waste, green bin for all recycling (glass, paper, plastics etc), brown bin with yearly fee for garden waste.....oh and the food waste caddy.
They do clutter the little space we have and as yet we have yet to find a different position to store in a less intrusive way???
But frankly IMO separating waste is a good civic & responsible thing to do ~ just wish we could sort out the storing of them!
PS question for folk that say they have no food waste to need/use a caddy ~ what do you do with your potato peelings and veg prep bits, the bones and excess fat from meat.....etc. do you home compost everything [though I have no idea of how to home compost the latter???] or just(?) throw it in the general waste???
They do clutter the little space
we have and as yet we have yet to find a different position to store in a less intrusive way???But frankly IMO separating waste is a good civic & responsible thing to do ~ just wish we could sort out the storing of them!
PS question for folk that say they have no food waste to need/use a caddy ~ what do you do with your potato peelings and veg prep bits, the bones and excess fat from meat.....etc. do you home compost everything [though I have no idea of how to home compost the latter???] or just(?) throw it in the general waste???
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Black bags for household waste ( that we now have to buy ourselves to save 1.1 million ££ a year
Pink bags for recyclables ( supplied)
Green wheelie bin for garden and food waste
Small blue plastic box for glass.
That's how MK Council ( well Serco subbies) do it.
My local council's arrangement's are:
Non recyclable rubbish goes in black bin bags - used to be provided but now I have to buy them. Collected fortnightly.
Paper waste goes in transparent bags provided by the council. Collected fortnightly.
Plastic waste goes in transparent bags provided by the council. Collected fortnightly.
Food waste goes in a small plastic bin provided by the council. Collected weekly.
Glass and tin cans go in a plastic box provided by the council. Collected fortnightly.
The council are talking about introducing Wheelie Bin collection in certain areas. I'm not sure how I would manage if that came to pass; as I live in maisonette with no external space to store a Wheelie Bin.
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Obviously related to the driver that pulls out rather late, causing heavier than would be usual braking, and then not picking any pace...........to then slow right and make a right turn within 50yards of them pulling out in front of me!!!! In other words creating a hazardous situation and impeding faster traffic just to save a few moments just (?) to in effect cross the busier road. C'est la vie
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And does so when there is a clear half mile space behind you ...
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Luckily we are still weekly here, although I know a lot of places are fortnightly.
I have a Macerator most of the kitchen prep waste goes down there.
The small amounts of fat are stored and made into fat balls for the birds by adding seed / suet before it sets.
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We have 4 wheeley bins
Green - non compostable waste - non recyclable - goes out fortnightly
Grey - plastic bottles, tin cans, glass [ but not light bulbs ] aerosols - goes out fortnightly
Blue - paper and card but not car contaminated by food - goes out fortnightly
Burgundy - food and grade waste and is half the size of the other three - goes out fortnightly with either the blue or the grey bin - I do have a caddy in the kitchen for that one
It's easy remembering which once you have settled into the routine
Green - non compostable waste - non recyclable - goes out fortnightly
Grey - plastic bottles, tin cans, glass [ but not light bulbs ] aerosols - goes out fortnightly
Blue - paper and card but not car contaminated by food - goes out fortnightly
Burgundy - food and grade waste and is half the size of the other three - goes out fortnightly with either the blue or the grey bin - I do have a caddy in the kitchen for that one
It's easy remembering which once you have settled into the routine
After consulting my local council's website on Wednesday (put in my post code to see when the collection would be - Thursday 28th December), I put our rubbish out that evening, noting that only a few others had done likewise. By Thursday midday the rubbish had still not been taken, so I went back on the council website, and sure enough a collection was shown as "TODAY" "THURSDAY 28TH DECEMBER"
I then phoned the council, and after going through the multi stage choice system - press this button for etc. - I finally got to speak to a human being.
After giving my post code, she informed me that the collection date was different at Christmas, so I asked why the information on their system was not correct, and she replied - "Because it has not been updated yet"
I then asked when they planned to update it, in order to give their customers the correct information, and she couldn't tell me.
After a short Victor Meldrew rant, I hung up on her.
Merry Christmas - Bah! Humbug!
Why in the 21st century, can the powers that be not instal decent computer software which is flexible and accurate, or is it more likely that the reason is the same old - "garbage in, garbage out"?
In my case it was garbage not collected until today.
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It doesn't even need "decent software" - our local council just put up a page on their website about Xmas and new year collections and said if your collection is normally on Monday, it will be collected on Day x, and if it's normally on Tuesday it will be collected on Day y. All other collection dates are unaffected. Which is basically what you need.
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Well given the iPhone calendar goes up to the year 60,000AD or thereabouts, and a quick website was able to generate a calendar for the year 4,000AD, it shouldn't be beyond the wit of any human to know when Christmas, New Year and the Bank Holidays fall for the next twelve months!
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Well todays annoyance.
For the first time ever we have seen a Brown Rat in the garden mopping up the spillings off of the bird feeders
Not 100% sure what to do about it apart from tidy up the ground under the feeders and somehow mitigate for the spillages???
For the first time ever we have seen a Brown Rat in the garden mopping up the spillings off of the bird feeders
Not 100% sure what to do about it apart from tidy up the ground under the feeders and somehow mitigate for the spillages???
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Well todays annoyance.
For the first time ever we have seen a Brown Rat in the garden mopping up the spillings off of the bird feeders
Not 100% sure what to do about it apart from tidy up the ground under the feeders and somehow mitigate for the spillages???
Bait box. Where there's one there'll be more, and while I do love animals, rats spread very nasty diseases and you very definitely don't want them around your house and garden. And try to keep the ground free of spilt seed. Using a tray under the seed feeder can help, but it does need to be cleaned frequently.
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The population of rats is generally about the same or a bit more than the population of humans. It might be the first time you have seen a rat but it will not be the first time there was a rat around. There is nothing you can do. If you kill it or remove it you just make space for another. Keeping your area clean will encourage them to go next door instead.Well todays annoyance.
For the first time ever we have seen a Brown Rat in the garden mopping up the spillings off of the bird feeders
Not 100% sure what to do about it apart from tidy up the ground under the feeders and somehow mitigate for the spillages???
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Yes, I recall hearing or reading that in towns they say you are never more than 6 feet form a rat whether you know it or not!!!
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Yes, will start with mitigation ~ cleaning up and altering the feeding setups........................really do not want the birds to miss out on their winter supplements
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Well todays annoyance.
For the first time ever we have seen a Brown Rat in the garden mopping up the spillings off of the bird feeders
Not 100% sure what to do about it apart from tidy up the ground under the feeders and somehow mitigate for the spillages???
I'm not keen on poison. It is not a very quick death for the animal and there is a chance a poisoned and weakened rat could be eaten by something else - fox, cat. I prefer a killing trap.
They are not perfect; sometimes they trap a leg and sometimes they are avoided by the intended victim, but often they provide a quick and identifiable kill. Sighting is also a problem to prevent other animals getting access to it, but if these problems can be overcome a killing trap is my choice. I agree clean up the spillage from the feeders. If there is no food they will look elsewhere.
Your post has made me think about our feeder. There is a fair bit of spilled seed under it but so far we haven't seen any rats on the trail camera, but the garden is well visited by foxes and cats.
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We have this Bushnell - http://bushnell.eu/eu/produits/all/trail-cameras/trophy-cam/119446/
The good and the bad
Good
Totally weatherproof, it has been out in torrential rain and below zero temperatures and is still working
Sensitive enough to pick up things as small as a mouse
Definition won't win any prizes but is definitely good enough for identification purposes
It can be set to take still photos or videos of up to 60 seconds in length
Bad
There aren't any real bad points just a few niggles -
The claimed range for the IR lights of 45 feet is optimistic. I doubt I could identify anything more than about 25-30 feet away.
The claimed battery life of one year is a joke. It takes 8 AA batteries and I usually, depending on the number of videos recorded, recharge four of them about every three or four days.
The strap to attach it to a convenient tree, post, drain pipe isn't much use. The strap is OK, its just I can never find somewhere in the right place to attach it to. I use a small tripod, bit like a gorillapod but cheaper.
The IR lights that come on at night glow red so are visible. This could be an issue if the camera is in a place with public access. There are other cameras that use IR lights with no visible output.
As I said these are really just niggles and this camera works well.
If I was buying again I would probably try a cheaper one as I'm not sure that the output would be very different from this one. I'd look carefully at the spec as I have recently heard on a wildlife forum of someone who bought one which is not waterproof.
This is compilation from a few videos taken with our camera -
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NJXFUny4Ls
Hope this helps
Dave
The good and the bad
Good
Totally weatherproof, it has been out in torrential rain and below zero temperatures and is still working
Sensitive enough to pick up things as small as a mouse
Definition won't win any prizes but is definitely good enough for identification purposes
It can be set to take still photos or videos of up to 60 seconds in length
Bad
There aren't any real bad points just a few niggles -
The claimed range for the IR lights of 45 feet is optimistic. I doubt I could identify anything more than about 25-30 feet away.
The claimed battery life of one year is a joke. It takes 8 AA batteries and I usually, depending on the number of videos recorded, recharge four of them about every three or four days.
The strap to attach it to a convenient tree, post, drain pipe isn't much use. The strap is OK, its just I can never find somewhere in the right place to attach it to. I use a small tripod, bit like a gorillapod but cheaper.
The IR lights that come on at night glow red so are visible. This could be an issue if the camera is in a place with public access. There are other cameras that use IR lights with no visible output.
As I said these are really just niggles and this camera works well.
If I was buying again I would probably try a cheaper one as I'm not sure that the output would be very different from this one. I'd look carefully at the spec as I have recently heard on a wildlife forum of someone who bought one which is not waterproof.
This is compilation from a few videos taken with our camera -
Hope this helps
Dave