discussion People???

[outrunner]

I stopped in a passing place, yes, I know, but I needed to clean my visor so took a picture to show the nice quiet single track.

Nice, but when you look over the edge you see this.

A load of plaster and tiles along with lots of old carpets,this place is at least 18 miles from the nearest town so it must have taken an effort to go out with all that rubbish, WTF is wrong with people?

Andy.

 

[Waspie]

Make my blood boil, lazy workmen too lazy to get a license to get shot of their labours legally!!
Get loads of it where I live. Oh look, there's a nice cliff, let's tip it over there!!! poop:Heads)

 

[Jim R]

As long as people employ cowboys this sort of thing is bound to happen. Before employing any tradesman people must do their research, get references, check trade bodies etc. Unfortunately people will always be tempted by the "cheapest quote".

 

[Andy T]

I was just going to post something along those exact lines Jim.

It costs a good deal to dispose of waste correctly so if one gets a markedly lower quote it should be a warning sign that they could be fly tipping. If we stopped giving these cowboys business they'd stop doing it and the problem would be drastically reduced. Simple as that.

 

[Guest]

I get the impression this is a bit of an epidemic in the UK … at least from some TV shows I’ve seen about it, flytippers can be extremely bold over there.

The phenomenon is not unheard-of in the Netherlands, but it’s usually only very small scale. Except, of course, when it’s this kind:

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Be glad it’s just plaster and carpets you found

 

[Lee W]

I used to work at the local recycling centre, people used to tip 100m from the gate...?! You can't make it up!

 

[eddiesolo]

Chuffing scum...saying that, if councils didn't charge then stuff like this wouldn't be a major issue. Sorry it spoiled your ride Andy.

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Not saying it's "right" obviously,!!
.... But I can kinda see why it's happening....
I went to my local recycling plant recently and was turned away...
Apparently because I was in a van,(my own VW Caddy, with just a bed and a few bits from the house we wanted rid of),I was classed as "Trade", therefore had to go online and book in for my visit?!! WTF..
And these w***ers actually charge people for what you leave there?!! ..

 

[Waspie]

Not saying it's "right" obviously,!!
.... But I can kinda see why it's happening....
I went to my local recycling plant recently and was turned away...
Apparently because I was in a van,(my own VW Caddy, with just a bed and a few bits from the house we wanted rid of),I was classed as "Trade", therefore had to go online and book in for my visit?!! WTF..
And these w***ers actually charge people for what you leave there?!! ..

It would appear not all councils work from the same hymn sheet!! Our's local site is kinda ok, they are able to recognise trade from private vans. They also use ANPR.
But yeah I agree with we pay to get rid of certain items and they then charge for people/public to take them on!!
I do get that recycling is now big business and someone has to pay for the ever expensive new ways pf recycling!!!

 

[The Smythe Meister]

It would appear not all councils work from the same hymn sheet!! Our's local site is kinda ok, they are able to recognise trade from private vans. They also use ANPR.
But yeah I agree with we pay to get rid of certain items and they then charge for people/public to take them on!!
I do get that recycling is now big business and someone has to pay for the ever expensive new ways pf recycling!!!

Quite right Doug..
... They certainly don't all work the same... In our case, not even the bin men,(or REFUSE TECHNICIANS,as we are apparently supposed to call them around here these days?!! :sad: ),sing from the same hymn sheet as their precious tip workers,(or whatever fancy Dan name they're called these days?!),...
A few weeks ago I couldn't get all the segregated rubbish into the appropriate tubs,when I asked the "operative" what I should do with the excess stuff,he very kindly said,"just chuck it in the big black bin mate... It doesn't matter"!!
Said it all really!!

 

[Waspie]

Quite right Doug..
... They certainly don't all work the same... In our case, not even the bin men,(or REFUSE TECHNICIANS,as we are apparently supposed to call them around here these days?!! :sad: ),sing from the same hymn sheet as their precious tip workers,(or whatever fancy Dan name they're called these days?!),...
A few weeks ago I couldn't get all the segregated rubbish into the appropriate tubs,when I asked the "operative" what I should do with the excess stuff,he very kindly said,"just chuck it in the big black bin mate... It doesn't matter"!!
Said it all really!!

We have a good relationship with our bin men!! Came about several years ago the bin lorry broke down close to the house, so SWIMBO kindly, (and totally out of character), made them a brew. Ever since - we have never had a problem.

 

[eddiesolo]

SWIMBO kindly, (and totally out of character)

And...she lets you model Doug? :surprised:

 

[Waspie]

And...she lets you model Doug? :surprised:

You should see the paperwork I have to submit to even grab an hour!!!!! :smiling5:

 

[Gern]

You should see the paperwork I have to submit to even grab an hour!!!!! :smiling5:

Just make sure it all goes in the correct recycling bin! :smiling:

 

[colin m]

I took an old toilet to our local 'refuse recycling engineering centre of excellence' or whatever it's called. I'm sure it was just the 'tip' when I was a kid. Anyway, they charged me £3.00 to dispose of the old toilet. Gone are the days of spending a penny.

 

[stillp]

I had a boiler replaced by a local guy who'd just set up his business (He'd previously been the QA Manager for a major boiler manufacturer so hardly a cowboy.) He asked me to drive him to the local tip with the old boiler to save the fee for taking his van - unfortunately for him one of the staff there recognised him, and he was blacklisted - barred from using the local tip, so he had to drive to the next town to use their tip (and pay their fee). That helped the environment didn't it!
Pete

 

[rtfoe]

I live in a developing country so the mindset of garbage disposal is still in the WIP process. Any vacant piece of land is a magnet for garbage.
Sometimes it's scary to peer over a boarded up fence.

Cheers,
Wabble

 

[Tim Marlow]

I had a boiler replaced by a local guy who'd just set up his business (He'd previously been the QA Manager for a major boiler manufacturer so hardly a cowboy.) He asked me to drive him to the local tip with the old boiler to save the fee for taking his van - unfortunately for him one of the staff there recognised him, and he was blacklisted - barred from using the local tip, so he had to drive to the next town to use their tip (and pay their fee). That helped the environment didn't it!
Pete

Point is Pete, he should have factored the disposal cost into your job and paid properly. Wouldn’t have got blacklisted then would he :rolling:

 

[dave]

I get the impression this is a bit of an epidemic in the UK … at least from some TV shows I’ve seen about it, flytippers can be extremely bold over there.

The phenomenon is not unheard-of in the Netherlands, but it’s usually only very small scale. Except, of course, when it’s this kind:



Be glad it’s just plaster and carpets you found :sad:

That was the illegal drug lab waste, if I remember.

 

[Guest]

Not the, unfortunately, but some. These are just three pictures I came across when searching for photos of drug lab waste (mostly from XTC and crystal meth production, AFAIK) being dumped — that’s our flytipping epidemic.