Bin Collection - Side Waste


Is this the same case with the recycle blue bin or is it just for general shite in the green bin.

Usually have loads of cardboard and occasionally had it flattened and next to the blue bin when I couldn’t get anymore in
 
It’s absolutely crackers now man..lad in the gym who works on the bins was on about if they see grease on a cardboard pizza box they won’t take it..and i posted before about those white polystyrene cartons that kebabs and stuff come in..wrong bin and they leave them and you get a warning..as already posted..there’s going to be fly tipping arl ower.

The issue as I understand it is that it can’t be recycled and I may have this wrong but might contaminate the whole of the recycling in the load.

My daughter is 23 and severely disabled, still in nappies. I get them delivered in 4 huge cardboard boxes every 8 weeks and I used to fold them down and stick them behind my recycling bin, they always took them with my recycling. No idea what I'll do with them now as I don't drive so can't get to the tip and I never have the room in my bin to put them in there. They'd take up the full recycling bin on their own.

You’d think where there is a specific need for individuals or properties there could be an agreed service or strategy.

Apparently you can request a larger blue bin or a specific bin for medical waste/green bin (might be worth seeing if that is included if you haven’t already - apologies not meant to sound patronising).

States this on the following website:

If the medical waste that you currently place within your household green bin means you currently don’t have the option not to place side waste then one of our Waste Assessment Officers will visit your home and assess your needs. If it is deemed that extra capacity is required, then in the first instance a larger blue bin may be supplied.

If this is still not enough to manage your waste, then a second green bin may be provided in exceptional circumstances. You can request a bigger bin due to large amounts of medical waste by using the online request a bin form or by calling our City and Neighbourhoods Team on 0191 520 5550.

 
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The rules tell you not to put pizza boxes in recycling.
The obsession with bins in this country is weird. People will talk about it in the gym and rant about it on message boards but ask them to take the slightest bit of personal responsibility like reading what goes where, and it's like you've asked them to climb Everest with a wheelie bin on their back.

Council getting pelters for asking you to take a bit of responsibility and not be a scruff. Our bins a barely half full come collection day. If anyone in the street wants to hoy a black bag in mine they'd be more than welcome.
 
My neighbours are an elderly couple who are lucky if they fill a bin liner a fortnight.
They said I'm welcome to dump my rubbish in their bin as long as the lid closes.
 
Durham Council did this years ago.
Honestly, what are people putting in their bins? I've got 3 kids and never fill either bin between empties.

Break down boxes, crush bottles. Recycle as much as possible and you have no problem.

Mind, I don't put cardboard or food scraps in my bins as I have a composting bin for those. Which helps a bit.
 
The next phase is refusing to take bins where you can't shut the lid.

As a family of 5 it's easier now the 2 little uns are potty trained to a point so less nappies but the green bin always has the lid propped up a bit and the recycling is generally full even with crushing things down. Didn't even realise you could leave side waste until we got the notice saying it was stopping.
Already has to be closed - mine rarely is mind and they still empty it:-

Can I just stack up my bin with bags, with the lid sticking up/open?

No. Waste left on top of the bin, or stacked up waste in the bin that causes the lid not to close properly will be treated in the same way as side waste. For the safe operation of emptying the bin into the rear of the vehicle lids must be in the closed position.

Bin lids need to be fully closed for a number of reasons.
An open bin lid could easily blow in a crew members face when they are taking it to the refuse vehicle. An open bin lid can snag on machinery of the refuse vehicle. An open bin lid means the contents can easily fall/be blown out onto the street. An open bid lid means birds and vermin can more easily access the contents of the bin, and also pull the contents out onto the street.
 
It’s absolutely crackers now man..lad in the gym who works on the bins was on about if they see grease on a cardboard pizza box they won’t take it..and i posted before about those white polystyrene cartons that kebabs and stuff come in..wrong bin and they leave them and you get a warning..as already posted..there’s going to be fly tipping arl ower.
They've always said they won't take food packaging in the recycling if it has food waste on it. People are only gassing about it now because it was on Facebook.
 
Somebody’s nicked my bin. I’m currently engaged in a cat and mouse game of counter theft. I go out at 2am and whichever bin is left out in the back lane I borrow for 2 weeks.
I don't know why they don't offer optional weekly collections for a yearly fee.
I don’t know why more people don’t just burn it. If I run out of bin space it’s straight on the fire pit.
 
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What is the reasoning behind not taking side bags? Just seems to be a rule for the sake of a rule. Not hard to lob it in the back with everything else
 
Aberdeen City Council is the same we have to pay a yearly fee on top of our Council Tax to get our green waste collected plus they have put up the yearly Council Tax figure too. Mine is now over £3000 a year and they do less and less plus the estate we live on I have to pay a factor fee for them to cut the grass and empty the bins. So for my Council Tax I do not see what they do for the cost of it, during the cold spell the roads and paths weren't gritted and people we skidding and sliding all over making it so dangerous until I went out and gritted the paths and roads myself.
I sweep the paths and maintain the verges outside my house and the ones either side, elderly neighbour. I shamethe rest of the street into doing it too, mostly.
 
Rats, gulls and foxes rip them open.

All the more reason to empty it then surely? Vermin aren’t going to rip open a bag that’s on a back of a lorry but it is if it’s left there all day which you only see when getting home from work.

No logic if that’s their rationale
 
All the more reason to empty it then surely? Vermin aren’t going to rip open a bag that’s on a back of a lorry but it is if it’s left there all day which you only see when getting home from work.

No logic if that’s their rationale

My missus often puts the bins at the end of the drive the night before (as do a few other people in the street) and it doesn't get emptied til early afternoon. Bags often ripped open before the bin men have even been.
 
My missus often puts the bins at the end of the drive the night before (as do a few other people in the street) and it doesn't get emptied til early afternoon. Bags often ripped open before the bin men have even been.

I get that - but it still doesn’t make logical sense that leaving them on the path for the rest of the day is helping the issue. It’s the opposite.

Their job is to collect rubbish
 
What is the reasoning behind not taking side bags? Just seems to be a rule for the sake of a rule. Not hard to lob it in the back with everything else
maybe part of it is the extra time it takes? they are probably cutting the service to the bone due to funds so if everyone left extra bags out it's going to take a bit longer for each house.
 
I get that - but it still doesn’t make logical sense that leaving them on the path for the rest of the day is helping the issue. It’s the opposite.

Their job is to collect rubbish
And what happens when the bag is ripped and they pick it up and the rubbish all falls out. They supposed to hang about sweeping it up?

The point is not to put loose bags out. They're not leaving them there all day if you don't put them out.
 
And what happens when the bag is ripped and they pick it up and the rubbish all falls out. They supposed to hang about sweeping it up?

The point is not to put loose bags out. They're not leaving them there all day if you don't put them out.

All comes down to root cause/prevention.
 
And what happens when the bag is ripped and they pick it up and the rubbish all falls out. They supposed to hang about sweeping it up?

The point is not to put loose bags out. They're not leaving them there all day if you don't put them out.

They’re meant to be doing a public service and there’s caveats left right and centre.

It’s not like this is every house on the route, but if there’s someone who has excess cos they’ve had a clear out or something then they should be collecting everything. They were doing this decades ago when they had to lump those massive static bins over their shoulders to empty. Always used to have brushes on side if wagon to clear up anything that’s dropped out.

Just becoming lazier
 

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