Martin wrote in
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On Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:18:01 GMT, Baz wrote:

It is our day to get our recycling bins emptied of plastic and
cardboard. The wind has blown all of them over, and most of the
contents are in our and neighbours gardens. What a mess. It has
bin(pun)like this for weeks now with that wind. Just how Feb. should
be IME. Not April. Probably Thatcher is having it's last laugh at us
humans?

We don't even get a bin. we are expected to stack plastic on the
pavement on the day that is collected. Cardboard & paper are stacked
lose on the pavement and are collected on a different day.
We are provided with three containers - one for organic, one for
inorganic and a small container for chemical waste. Glass has to be
put in a bottle bank which is about 100 metres away. Heavy waste is
collected on request so long as the biggest dimension of an item is
less than a metre. Anything else has to be delivered to the waste
disposal yard. We had an undamaged painted asbestos panel on the
house,whenw e removed it, they provided a sort of large body bag for
it and accepted the bag and contents at the yard without charge.

Well at least you are getting there. Costs a lot of money to supply every
household with bins and boxes for different types of waste.
We in Britain are very lucky indeed to have such services already.

Baz