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.
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.
I'm out by around 5am, mine goes out then, sometimes its still there when I get homebut I know some councils threaten to fine householders if the put their refuse/recycling out too soon.
I put mine out the night before, right at the end of my drive. Not a lot Johnny Council can do about that
putting bin bags out.
Yep, same here.
(in fact I might start keeping them there permanently )
Edit;
I didn't think there would be any councils still using bin bags (n)
Black bags for household waste ( that we now have to buy ourselves to save 1.1 million ££ a year )I didn't think there would be any councils still using bin bags
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.
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.
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.
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.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.
Irresponsible councilOne black bin for everything, no segregation at all.
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.
People who drive erratically on a normal B-road, overtake you and then turn off left/right about half a second later. Congratulations genius. You saved half a second by not staying behind me whilst I travelled at the speed limit.
And does so when there is a clear half mile space behind you ...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
Luckily we are still weekly here, although I know a lot of places are fortnightly.Collected fortnightly.
I have a Macerator most of the kitchen prep waste goes down there.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.
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.
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.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.
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!Even our council can manage to have a leaflet with the correct dates on produced well in advance. No excuse for any of them to be so useless. They know when Christmas and New Year are well in advance. It's not as if it's a surprise!
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???
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???
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.
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.
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???