Martin wrote in
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On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:09:13 GMT, Baz wrote:

Martin wrote in
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On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:21:47 GMT, Baz wrote:

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.

Already? We have had them for more than 20 years.

So why stack things on the pavement then?

because there is a limit to the space available for bins and it is
cheap. How many bins have you got? Do you have a chemical waste bin?

Only paper and plastic are stacked on the pavement. Everything else
has a bin.

I wasn't criticising, we have one bin for plastic and cardboard, we have
one bin for general household waste, one bin for garden refuse, a box for
tin cans and glass, and a box for paper.
Chemical waste is collected on request. As are large items such as old
furniture, scrap metal and almost anything which does not fit into the
bi-weekly collection category, or it is to big to put into a bin.
I compost or re-use as much cardboard and paper as I can, and that is
most of it.

Baz