Have you asked them for one?
Which reminds me of some fun with Stirling Council.
"Hello, we are moving in to a new house in Killin. It has no bins yet - please can we get some?"
"Are you in the property yet?"
"In four weeks we will"
"Well we can only take an order for new bins when you move in"
"Great, how long to get the bins delivered then?"
"Three months"
😯 "Can I order them now, or pick them up from a depot?"
"Orders can only be placed when you have started paying council tax, you cannot collect"
😕
After three months of using neighbours bins, a 7.5t truck with two council staff in appears one day and delivers one bin (black). Mrs_OAB pointed out we needed a brown one, and recycling caddies.
"oh yes" say the delivery men "we only have your bin today, so we will pop back to Stirling and get one."
So said 7.5t truck heads back to Stirling (that day was two men, 140 miles and over half a day...)
"I've been recycling old till receipts for years and shall continue to do so until the council tell me to stop. If the council chooses to ditch an entire batch of paper based on the unproven rumour of BPA contamination then that's their problem."
its ok - they would have a fit when they realise what my onsite recycling facility for paper is.....
If this was mumsnet then correspondents would have commented on how infuriating it is trying to negotiate a £700 pushchair around bins haphazardly replaced by council operatives post emptying, whilst still not bothering to move them aside for others. But its actiondadsworld instead so where the owner is obvious I park the particularly obstructive ones back on the steps/driveway even If I've not got the pushchair.
Basking in karma (and bin germs) all the way.
Thanks to wombat for giving me a way to relieve retirement tedium.
Careful chaps...
[i]A man dialled 999 to complain about the position of a wheelie bin on his Cheltenham street last night.
Police responded with the full force of the law, armed with handguns and tasers. Yes, you read the gun part right.
Officers went to Russell Shurmer's house in the area of Hatherley after his neighbour, George Clifton, 65, complained to cops that Russell's green bin was far too close to the window of his living room[/i]
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(as an aside wtf is that little boot rack doing on the Mustang?)
Police said Mr Clifton threatened violence in the call and armed officers arrived, recommending that Mr Shurmer move his bin.It is the latest turn of events in an ongoing dispute between the pair, which has previously seen 65-year-old Mr Clifton convicted for assaulting his neighbour with a 20-inch handsaw and racially abusing his wife.
I firmlly rely on the retirees opposite us as well to inform me of brown or black...
I rely on the flats opposite. This week I put out a 70s sideboard, a stained mattress and threw the black bags over the railway sidings. 😆
We can follow the advice to shred out paper or the advice to recycle it. However, we are not allowed to recycle shredded paper.
We can follow the advice to shred out paper or the advice to recycle it. However, we are not allowed to recycle shredded paper.
It's the same here - what's that all about?
You can compost shredded paper (and the contents of your vacuum cleaner to an earlier poster).
slowoldgit - MemberThanks to wombat for giving me a way to relieve retirement tedium.
You're welcome 🙂
well I was confused today half the street had green out half brown , so I put out both just to avoid causing offence.
shreaded paper is great for starting the stove.
I have no idea how to embed this video but the wheelie bins in Brighton have achieved sentience, are congregating and shouting 'exterminate'.
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