Wastebin sensors
 

Some months ago, we had a discussion about sensors in dustbins and
garden refuse collecting bins. Our bins are emptied once a week by
three sets of collectors, more or less simultaneously. There is a
penalty of up to one thousand pounds for people not using their
recycling bins.

In Wymondham, Norfolk, it was proposed to install sensors in the bins
in order to spot who was putting the wrong stuff in their bin. They
collect on alternate weeks. I was recently staying with m-in-l and we
found these sensors in the brand new bins that had been delivered to
her. They are just under the front upper rim of the bin and are around
one inch in diameter and I should imagine that giving everyone two new
bins was expensive. Does anyone know how these sensors work, please?

PS The council there have stopped giving away free dog-pooh bags -
possibly to help support the cost of all the new bins.
--
June Hughes

Wastebin sensors
 

On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 07:21:01 +0000, June Hughes
wrote:

Some months ago, we had a discussion about sensors in dustbins and
garden refuse collecting bins. Our bins are emptied once a week by
three sets of collectors, more or less simultaneously. There is a
penalty of up to one thousand pounds for people not using their
recycling bins.

In Wymondham, Norfolk, it was proposed to install sensors in the bins
in order to spot who was putting the wrong stuff in their bin. They
collect on alternate weeks. I was recently staying with m-in-l and we
found these sensors in the brand new bins that had been delivered to
her. They are just under the front upper rim of the bin and are around
one inch in diameter and I should imagine that giving everyone two new
bins was expensive. Does anyone know how these sensors work, please?

PS The council there have stopped giving away free dog-pooh bags -
possibly to help support the cost of all the new bins.

Why should the council give away free dog bags? That's crazy.
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In message , "Pete
‹(•¿•)›" writes
On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 07:21:01 +0000, June Hughes
wrote:

Some months ago, we had a discussion about sensors in dustbins and
garden refuse collecting bins. Our bins are emptied once a week by
three sets of collectors, more or less simultaneously. There is a
penalty of up to one thousand pounds for people not using their
recycling bins.

In Wymondham, Norfolk, it was proposed to install sensors in the bins
in order to spot who was putting the wrong stuff in their bin. They
collect on alternate weeks. I was recently staying with m-in-l and we
found these sensors in the brand new bins that had been delivered to
her. They are just under the front upper rim of the bin and are around
one inch in diameter and I should imagine that giving everyone two new
bins was expensive. Does anyone know how these sensors work, please?

PS The council there have stopped giving away free dog-pooh bags -
possibly to help support the cost of all the new bins.

Why should the council give away free dog bags? That's crazy.
--


I didn't say it wasn't.
--
June Hughes

Wastebin sensors
 

"June Hughes" wrote in message
...
Some months ago, we had a discussion about sensors in dustbins and
garden refuse collecting bins. Our bins are emptied once a week by
three sets of collectors, more or less simultaneously. There is a
penalty of up to one thousand pounds for people not using their
recycling bins.

In Wymondham, Norfolk, it was proposed to install sensors in the bins
in order to spot who was putting the wrong stuff in their bin. They
collect on alternate weeks. I was recently staying with m-in-l and we
found these sensors in the brand new bins that had been delivered to
her. They are just under the front upper rim of the bin and are around
one inch in diameter and I should imagine that giving everyone two new
bins was expensive. Does anyone know how these sensors work, please?

PS The council there have stopped giving away free dog-pooh bags -
possibly to help support the cost of all the new bins.
--
June Hughes

All they do is id the bin, so the weighing machine on the lorry knows the
weight of what is in it.

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and
Lapageria rosea

Wastebin sensors
 

In message , Charlie Pridham
writes

"June Hughes" wrote in message
...
Some months ago, we had a discussion about sensors in dustbins and
garden refuse collecting bins. Our bins are emptied once a week by
three sets of collectors, more or less simultaneously. There is a
penalty of up to one thousand pounds for people not using their
recycling bins.

In Wymondham, Norfolk, it was proposed to install sensors in the bins
in order to spot who was putting the wrong stuff in their bin. They
collect on alternate weeks. I was recently staying with m-in-l and we
found these sensors in the brand new bins that had been delivered to
her. They are just under the front upper rim of the bin and are around
one inch in diameter and I should imagine that giving everyone two new
bins was expensive. Does anyone know how these sensors work, please?

PS The council there have stopped giving away free dog-pooh bags -
possibly to help support the cost of all the new bins.
--
June Hughes

All they do is id the bin, so the weighing machine on the lorry knows the
weight of what is in it.

Ah! So you could still put all your newspapers in the bin and not get
caught out (not that I would want to do that, we have a neat little box
for newspapers, which is full to capacity every week).
--
June Hughes

Wastebin sensors
 

In message , Anne Jackson
writes
The message from June Hughes contains
these words:

Some months ago, we had a discussion about sensors in dustbins and
garden refuse collecting bins. Our bins are emptied once a week by
three sets of collectors, more or less simultaneously. There is a
penalty of up to one thousand pounds for people not using their
recycling bins.

In Wymondham, Norfolk, it was proposed to install sensors in the bins
in order to spot who was putting the wrong stuff in their bin. They
collect on alternate weeks. I was recently staying with m-in-l and we
found these sensors in the brand new bins that had been delivered to
her. They are just under the front upper rim of the bin and are around
one inch in diameter and I should imagine that giving everyone two new
bins was expensive. Does anyone know how these sensors work, please?

PS The council there have stopped giving away free dog-pooh bags -
possibly to help support the cost of all the new bins.

I don't know about anywhere else, June, but Perth Council only lease
the bins from the manufacturers, they don't buy them. Same story with
all the vehicles they use...

Ah! You are probably correct Ann.
--
June Hughes

Wastebin sensors
 

On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 08:42:59 +0000, June Hughes
wrote:

In message , "Pete
‹(•¿•)›" writes
On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 07:21:01 +0000, June Hughes
wrote:

Some months ago, we had a discussion about sensors in dustbins and
garden refuse collecting bins. Our bins are emptied once a week by
three sets of collectors, more or less simultaneously. There is a
penalty of up to one thousand pounds for people not using their
recycling bins.

In Wymondham, Norfolk, it was proposed to install sensors in the bins
in order to spot who was putting the wrong stuff in their bin. They
collect on alternate weeks. I was recently staying with m-in-l and we
found these sensors in the brand new bins that had been delivered to
her. They are just under the front upper rim of the bin and are around
one inch in diameter and I should imagine that giving everyone two new
bins was expensive. Does anyone know how these sensors work, please?

PS The council there have stopped giving away free dog-pooh bags -
possibly to help support the cost of all the new bins.

Why should the council give away free dog bags? That's crazy.
--


I didn't say it wasn't.

I didn't ask if you did.


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"Martin" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 09:48:24 +0000, June Hughes

wrote:

In our part of the world if you complain that your bin disappeared after
the
last collection, you are given another without charge "it happens all the
time".
After the person who "accidentally" took your bin is caught with it and
returns
it, you can then get rid of twice as much waste.
--

Martin


Here every house around us has wheeled bins but we still have black bags,
which we have to buy. We have no idea why we have been left out but are not
complaining as our bags get taken away every week, and we can put absolutely
anything in them.

Mike

Wastebin sensors
 

"June Hughes" wrote in message
...
Some months ago, we had a discussion about sensors in dustbins and garden
refuse collecting bins. Our bins are emptied once a week by three sets of
collectors, more or less simultaneously. There is a penalty of up to one
thousand pounds for people not using their recycling bins.

In Wymondham, Norfolk, it was proposed to install sensors in the bins in
order to spot who was putting the wrong stuff in their bin. They collect
on alternate weeks. I was recently staying with m-in-l and we found
these sensors in the brand new bins that had been delivered to her. They
are just under the front upper rim of the bin and are around one inch in
diameter and I should imagine that giving everyone two new bins was
expensive. Does anyone know how these sensors work, please?

PS The council there have stopped giving away free dog-pooh bags -
possibly to help support the cost of all the new bins.
--
June Hughes

The Calgary council has just proposed using wheelies for re-cycling and
charging us about £10 per month. What a fuss that's causing!
We have separate recycling bins in every burb for newspapers, cardboard etc,
milk bottles (plastic) etc, and these are very popular. We pay a deposit on
booze and pop bottles so there is a very high rate of recycling for those -
the boy scouts come round after xmas to collect them to raise money, for
example.
Graham

Wastebin sensors
 

In message cqXFh.1206158$R63.603446@pd7urf1no, graham
writes

The Calgary council has just proposed using wheelies for re-cycling and
charging us about £10 per month. What a fuss that's causing!
We have separate recycling bins in every burb for newspapers, cardboard etc,
milk bottles (plastic) etc, and these are very popular. We pay a deposit on
booze and pop bottles so there is a very high rate of recycling for those -
the boy scouts come round after xmas to collect them to raise money, for
example.

I can remember getting tuppence back on every pop bottle.
--
June Hughes

Wastebin sensors
 

In message , Martin
writes
On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 15:41:26 +0000, June Hughes
wrote:

In message cqXFh.1206158$R63.603446@pd7urf1no, graham
writes

The Calgary council has just proposed using wheelies for re-cycling and
charging us about £10 per month. What a fuss that's causing!
We have separate recycling bins in every burb for newspapers, cardboard etc,
milk bottles (plastic) etc, and these are very popular. We pay a deposit on
booze and pop bottles so there is a very high rate of recycling for those -
the boy scouts come round after xmas to collect them to raise money, for
example.

I can remember getting tuppence back on every pop bottle.

That you collected from behind the pub, too? :-)
G
--
June Hughes

Wastebin sensors
 

On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 15:41:26 +0000, June Hughes
wrote:

In message cqXFh.1206158$R63.603446@pd7urf1no, graham
writes

The Calgary council has just proposed using wheelies for re-cycling and
charging us about £10 per month. What a fuss that's causing!
We have separate recycling bins in every burb for newspapers, cardboard etc,
milk bottles (plastic) etc, and these are very popular. We pay a deposit on
booze and pop bottles so there is a very high rate of recycling for those -
the boy scouts come round after xmas to collect them to raise money, for
example.

I can remember getting tuppence back on every pop bottle.

Such an obvious thing. It makes you wonder why we ever let the idea
fade!
--


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On Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:16:21 +0100, Martin wrote:

On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 15:41:26 +0000, June Hughes
wrote:

In message cqXFh.1206158$R63.603446@pd7urf1no, graham
writes

The Calgary council has just proposed using wheelies for re-cycling and
charging us about £10 per month. What a fuss that's causing!
We have separate recycling bins in every burb for newspapers, cardboard etc,
milk bottles (plastic) etc, and these are very popular. We pay a deposit on
booze and pop bottles so there is a very high rate of recycling for those -
the boy scouts come round after xmas to collect them to raise money, for
example.

I can remember getting tuppence back on every pop bottle.

That you collected from behind the pub, too? :-)

Soda syphons were the best :)


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Wastebin sensors
 

"June Hughes" wrote in message
...
In message cqXFh.1206158$R63.603446@pd7urf1no, graham
writes

The Calgary council has just proposed using wheelies for re-cycling and
charging us about £10 per month. What a fuss that's causing!
We have separate recycling bins in every burb for newspapers, cardboard
etc,
milk bottles (plastic) etc, and these are very popular. We pay a deposit
on
booze and pop bottles so there is a very high rate of recycling for
those -
the boy scouts come round after xmas to collect them to raise money, for
example.

I can remember getting tuppence back on every pop bottle.
--
There are different rates for pop cans, beer cans, beer bottles (domestic
and imported) and wine bottles etc. Homeless people collect them from
rubbish bins to get some beer money.
Graham

Wastebin sensors
 

"Martin" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 09:48:24 +0000, June Hughes

wrote:

In message , Anne Jackson
writes
The message from June Hughes contains
these words:

Some months ago, we had a discussion about sensors in dustbins and
garden refuse collecting bins. Our bins are emptied once a week by
three sets of collectors, more or less simultaneously. There is a
penalty of up to one thousand pounds for people not using their
recycling bins.

In Wymondham, Norfolk, it was proposed to install sensors in the bins
in order to spot who was putting the wrong stuff in their bin. They
collect on alternate weeks. I was recently staying with m-in-l and we
found these sensors in the brand new bins that had been delivered to
her. They are just under the front upper rim of the bin and are around
one inch in diameter and I should imagine that giving everyone two new
bins was expensive. Does anyone know how these sensors work, please?

PS The council there have stopped giving away free dog-pooh bags -
possibly to help support the cost of all the new bins.

I don't know about anywhere else, June, but Perth Council only lease
the bins from the manufacturers, they don't buy them. Same story with
all the vehicles they use...

Ah! You are probably correct Ann.

In our part of the world if you complain that your bin disappeared after
the
last collection, you are given another without charge "it happens all the
time".
After the person who "accidentally" took your bin is caught with it and
returns
it, you can then get rid of twice as much waste.

If they ever appear here, I will try to get all the neighbours to swop them
around every week, or perhaps apply a hammer to the damned things!

Alan

--

Martin