discussion I give up with local Council 'Job's Worths'!!!!!

[spanner570]

This beggars belief............

Our local council here in Nth. Wales, have a great recycling system.......Two wheely bins, one black for household stuff and a green one for garden waste. These are collected on alternate weeks. No problem I here you say........

Corrugated cardboard can be put in the green bin along with grass cuttings ect, provided this is layed on top for easy sorting....Following so far? Good!

Our collection for the green bin was yesterday and some cardboard was in it, on the top. Later in the day I went out into the lane to bring the bin in only to find it had not been emptied. I lifted the lid and found, I had, without thinking, put a couple of bits of weed on top of the cardboard.

A deadly mistake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Collection was refused...

I post a picture of how the bin looked when the prat of a council man lifted the lid. What is it with people who have this sort of attitude?

I hope this particular 'Public Servant' has a Merry Christmas and gets all he deserves....Nowt!!

Ron

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[Guest]

Petty beyond words our council is just the same I think the meaning of common sense has been lost these days.

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[Dave W]

Be nicecto see someone put council prat head first into wheely bin.

 

[Guest]

Its obviously beyond his mental capabilities to try and sort that enigma Ron ..... i mean, for gods sake, there's weed on top of the cardboard .... whats the guy meant to do .... moving the weed around isn't an option .... the rules say so.

He'd make a perfect candidate for Tony Butlers radio show quiz, as offered by Jasper Carrott.

I quote

"This weeks quiz is for two free tickets for last years Cup Final .......

What are Trevor Francis' initials???"

"Hello Tony, is it 1968??"

"Yeah, you'll do, you're the closest"

 

[Andy2035]

Sadly long gone are the days where the Bin-man came round the back of the house, slung the bin on his shoulder emptied it in the wagon and brought it back, and if some fell on the floor he'd bend down and pick it up, plus, they'd have a smile and would say hello, these days if anything falls on the floor they just leave it, if the bin isn't in the correct place they just leave it, even if it means walking another 6 feet and if you say hello to them they either look at you like your a piece of muck or they just ignore you...

The one thing that still gets me is, before all this recycling thing we just had the one lorry in my area that came round to collect the rubbish, but now they have one for the black bin (general rubbish), one for the green bin (garden rubbish, grass etc), blue bin (everything that can be recycled) and an orange bucket (waste food), so how is this supposed to be greener with all the extra diesel fumes etc...

Anyway, off my soap box, I'm going to make a cup of Tea now...

 

[Guest]

We have a four bin system. Black=Landfill, Green=glass, paper, card and any recyclable plastics (not carrier bags or bin bags). Brown=garden waste but no soil. Silver=Food waste including veg peelings, meat, tea bags, coffee grounds, eggshells, plate scrapings etc. Brown and green collected by two lorries every other week (Brown only in season, not collected at the moment as there is little call for it, starts again very earl spring). The one collecting the green bins has front compartment for collecting the weekly food bin. Black bins and food bins collected by single lorry on the opposite week and again, has the front compartment for weekly food collections.

Overall, this works very well. Our main problem before the food bins was the two week old food rotting in the black bins in the summer, got a bit high I can tell you, but the superb little silver food bins we have now will put a stop to that as all food waste is tied into biodegradable bags and the bin has a locking lid. This will be a much better solution for this coming summer.

All in all, the Peterborough waste collection service works very well with any trip to the dump site almost a pleasure as it is staffed with very helpful and friendly people who certainly smile, share a joke and are always willing to help unload the car yet are serious and active in the aspect of Health & Safety . I believe they deserve a real pat on the back.

 

[Ian M]

We have a bin bag holder for household rubbish, a green wheelie bin for paper. On top of which we can put a clear palstic bag with batteries.

The bag gets changed every Monday, the wheelie bin the first Monday of the month. Bottles and Jars in a clear sack. Card and the like either in a box of clear bag. If its not in a clear bag it dont get taken. Garden rubbish in paper sacks. (great when its raining). Pretty much every thing gets taken and the bin mans bribe still works. If you have some thing a bit big or not quite correct, a beer or two on top normally sees it on its way.

Ian M

 

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

Firstly I have 4 bins to sort each week, all the recyclables can go in the black one, once all washed and boxes compacted down, the green is for garden waste but not dirt or grass sods, the brown is general rubbish and the little grey one is for food, now I want to know if we could charge the council for our time spent sorting the bins and also if I have to wash items out what about charging a fee for my water rates? I too had my recycle bin refused on tue morning, because someone had dumped a bananna in it and it was on top of all the cardboard !!!! Seems they are clamping down on health and safety

Adrian

 

[Guest]

the week before christmas they will all get emptied as loud as possible in the hope that we give a chrimbo tip

 

[Guest]

I think you are all missing the point here fellows. There are elements that have to be taken into consideration here,

1. Why is he employed by the council

2. Why is he a bin man

3. Why did he choose not to empty the bin.

Well ill tell you. Firstly he is employed by the council because of his ability not to be able to think for himself. Secondly, he is a bin man because he failed the council idiots test and is no good for any other job as he would not be able to use a brush or a shovel and thridly, he didnt empty the bin because he knows that he was told not to if the card isnt on the top. When he opened the lid and saw the weeds on the cardboard im sure he would have looked at it for several minutes and then decided that this was something like an excersice of the Kripton factor and so shut it again and moved on to the next one with a throbbing headhache.

Just my experience of these idiots.

Andy

 

[mossiepilot]

I am so pleased we have one collection a week. All waste, recyclable or not goes into a black bag and gets collected. So simple, put bags out on a morning and they are gone by midday, easy.

But they're going to spoil it all in the new year, we're going to get...................Wheelie bins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tony.

 

[Guest]

We got three no less, they are now talking about a 4th so you lot better make some space hehe

 

[Guest]

Sorry to be Optimistic.

We have one bin for household rubbish weekly no garden rubbish. One for a glass collection monthly.

In the Village we have large containers for tins, plastic bottles, paper & glass. All well used & this being voluntary (most use them) brings down the cost of the rates as we still call them in Jersey. Our rates are about £450 per year for a 4 bed property.

We have a depot to take all garden rubbish again self help.

The dustmen (refuse collector) will not take garden rubbish. But put an old scooter or an old bic out & they put it in the cab to take it to the tip.

The tip is an incinerator where all the rubbish is turned into electricity & fed into the Island supply. Think it accounts for 10% of the distribution. This has been the norm now from approx the 60's.

The dustmen all are Parish men who live in the Parish & as a close community we all meet them at the shops etc.. The Parish have been clever as they rotate the men from refuse to garden work on the public areas & they are with out doubt very happy people. And they all work hard.

Laurie

 

[Guest]

For 20 years I had the privilege of Working for Albright & Wilson in the Chemical industry - before being sadly made redundant.

For the last couple of years I have worked for the local council (not on the bins though - I plan social housing repairs)

I'd love to defend the way my council operates on any level, but i just can't, some days it makes me sick the amount of loopy money wasting initiatives we have have - I have seen decisions made that wouldn't happen in any sane business, but then again the council doesn't have to behave like a business which is part of the problem.

I could tell you stories but 1) you would think I was making them up they are that ridiculous, and 2) My contract has recently been changed to essentially say I can be sacked for criticising the council on electronic media.

I'd leave but jobs 'aint so easy to find at the wrong end of 40. (I don't want to work in B and bloody Q either)

That said i still find "Firstly he is employed by the council because of his ability not to be able to think for himself" fairly offensive.....lol

 

[Guest]

I asked them if they would not urinate in our street at the end of the road. I wrote to the council about it next week they knocked on my door and asked if they could use our toilet. I said there is a public tiolet in the town use that empty my bins and bugger off please.

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[spanner570]

I've just re-read this thread of mine and see it's gone off track a tad and a little bit heated!!

I wasn't suggesting our man lacked intelligence, neither was I knocking our refuse/recycling system as such, it works fine - usually......or my local council (Who spend my money wisely and on worth while projects!)

I was just pointing out how frustrating things such as this bin incident can be. I'm sure the bloke is as brainy as the rest of us, but I do question his common sense - daft regulations and rules aside - in not emptying my bin because I inadvertently threw a few weeds on top of the cardboard.

Perhaps this individual would care to swop his job for one with an 'End Product' where he has to make his own decisions and be judged on the outcome, instead of hiding behind 'The Book'...or system, if you prefer......

'Nuff said, I'm going back to modelling! lol

Ron

 

[Guest]

I think most comments (well I know mine was) were jest like.

I know several council workers who have degrees doctorates and qualifications galore, they choose to do the job as its simple and stress free. there are several workers who are jobs worth though as you'd expect in any trade.

I've had my own companies, been in the business sector, been a teacher and a councelor ...if I were to come out of early retirement and get a job it would be a nice simple one that takes no brains to do I wouldn't want the stress like i had before that's for sure and I would expect the stigma that came with the job.

 

[Guest]

I think Arun District Council deserve a mention. A while back they changed their rubbish contractor. Unfortunately they botched the contract with them. They sent us instructions where the bins were to be left (the previous contractor came into the garden to get the bin) and although I met their instructions, fifty odd phone calls and two judgements by the Ombudsman against them later, they will still not collect them from where they told us to leave them. :ranting2:

 

[colin m]

I too remember when bin men were giants. I was about 4 or 5 at the time, and these huge blokes would simply lift the massive metal bin onto their back and off with it. Anyway that was then, and this is now.

So Ron, as long as you are totally ashamed of your actions and have apologised to the council leader, the postman, milkman and the vicar. Maybe, just maybe they will do you a FAVOUR and empty your bin next time around.