shazzbat wrote:

"echinosum" wrote in message
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Heather-Whitty;866484 Wrote:
I am carrying out research for a design project at Strathclyde
University and would like to know;

1. If your local council provides a kerbside recycling bin for garden
waste?
2. If they do is it a wheelie bin and which local council is it?
3. When working in your garden do you bring that bin to where your
working? Eg when gathering autumn leaves do you bring the bin to the
pile of leaves?

Thank you
1. We have a fortnighly kerbside collection of "compostable waste",
which unlike many council areas includes all food waste, and is
suitable for garden waste. They will only take one bin, and the lid has
to be closed, so if you have more waste, as we do from time to time, you
have to take it to the tip.

That may just be the official line, have you tried talking to the
binmen? Ours are very accommodating, and when I appeared with a massive
spiky berberis on a garden fork they were happy to stand at a safe
distance and let me toss it in.

It varies a lot from district to district. Our lot are quite friendly
and will take stuff that overflows the recycling bin willingly -
especially if you have pre sorted glass/cans/plastic for them. The one
daft thing about Hambletons recycling model is there is one box for all
recyclable materials and the poor guys have to sort it as they pick up!

The wagons are hilarious and look like something Heath Robinson
invented. Think 40T truck divided into 4 sections with a huge 4 section
crane mechanism down the long axis with binlets on the end.

OTOH Binmen in Newcastle will use any excuse at all to not do their job.
Salford and Manchester binmen are equally recalcitrant.

Maybe it is a city vs country thing...

Regards,
Martin Brown