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...find someone has dumped two brand new pairs of Rocket Ron's in the household waste and the operative let's you take one pair. Both yay and boo!
You is a tip vulture 🙂 🙂
....you accidentally throw your car/house keys into the big general waste skip (you forgot they was it was still in your hand as you lobbed the box of un-recycleable crap in)....
...that feeling you get when you get away with dumping 5 bags of builders rubble when the limit is 2! 🙂
Took my rotten petrol mower to the tip as the casing had rusted to the extent that one of the wheels had fallen off. Chap in the next car spied said mower and asked if he could have the engine. He took the lot to be recycled for spares. Marvelous.
Was only just told I couldn't take bike, after years of taking bikes to do up and give away.
Utter waste. Was a braw steel road bike as well.
I love a good tip trip. It's a like a cleansing of the soul getting rid of a car full of crap that's no longer taking up space in the house.
I wish they'd let people take stuff away more often.
I realise there are probably liability concerns etc, but surely it is far better that someone re-uses stuff rather than the council paying to dispose of it.
I think there should be a "pre-tip" area where people can drop off random old junk and have a rummage through other old junk.
(I may have inadvertently described a car boot sale)
... there's two lovely hardwood folding garden chairs within easy reach at the top of the wood skip.
I realise there are probably liability concerns etc, but surely it is far better that someone re-uses stuff rather than the council paying to dispose of it.
Some tips do in Calderdale but not here in Kirklees, they are super miserable. However I did once intercept an old guy who was about to throw away 2 vintage Roberts radios - worked perfectly once I’d cleaned them up and still use them now. Sound lovely!
After unsuccessfully trying to give away set of roof bars for a mk2 civic, took them to the tip, as I was pulling them out of my van a chap pulls in behind driving a... yes you guessed it. Straight out of my van onto his car
pffft, Amatuer.
My return journey had this one day. We repaired it, paddled it for 3 years, sold it for £150....
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I wish they’d let people take stuff away more often.
At our recycling centre they have always been quite cool about it as long as the item is passed directly from one individual to another (ie, not salvaged from a skip). I am not going to win 'scavenge of the day' with my best find though - a massive piece of polystyrene that I used to insulate a rabbit hutch.
@matt_outandabout - Seems appropriate, that one. They were rubbish boats!
Tip trip tomorrow with some rubble from the garden I do love a good clear out.
Pyro
They were rubbish boats!
🤣🤣🤣
Like paddling a jelly - no edges, slow to accelerate and slow top speed, didn't resurface well either IIRC.
During a recent trip to the bottle bank I spotted two Tefal saucepans that had been dumped by someone who obviously couldn't be bothered to take them to the tip.
The were complete with lids, lids had handles.
Screwdriver out of the car tool kit, lids off and taken home to replace the two Meyer saucepan lid handles which have failed after 17 years of very regular use.
Result.
Not letting you take useful stuff away isn't necessarily them being miserable - our Council have contracted out the recycling centre and it's part of the deal that the contractor can take and refurbish/sell whatever they think it's viable to.
There's two sorts of people in this world, those who put things in skips and those who take things out.
I'm the latter, hate going to the tip and witnessing perfectly serviceable items slung away. Anything I put in is recyclable or well beyond salvageable. It's just a reminder of wanton consumerism and a waste of resources.
Tip near us has a recycle and reuse shop on site, so they keep the good stuff and sell it on for charity 👍
There’s two sorts of people in this world, those who put things in skips and those who take things out.
Do love a good skipdive. Got two heavy as hell terracotta troughs for the garden last year.
The bikes, electricals and furniture go to charity at ours but seemingly they're only interested in the good stuff and everything else gets skipped.
I wish they’d let people take stuff away more often.
Some tips host recycling charities who you can offer first dibs on anything you're throwing away. My local one has a dedicated container for bikes and bike parts that are collected for refurbishment and sale by local cycling charity The recycling centre in Forres actually hosts a shop on site within the recycling centre selling stuff that has been saved from the skip and refurbished.
.you accidentally throw your car/house keys into the big general waste skip (you forgot they was it was still in your hand as you lobbed the box of un-recycleable crap in)….
I'm paranoid about doing that. I always pat my pocket to make sure they are in there before chucking stuff in
Our local tip has a "donation" point too. Have got rid of some choice tat there over the years.
What has peeved me is seeing people drive past said donation point and lobbing kids bikes straight into the metal recycling bin. I suppose we should be grateful that they didn't just go in the "general waste" skip.
My local one has a dedicated container for bikes and bike parts
Nice! For bikes I encourage people to take them directly to our local https://recyke.bike/
The amazing sound of emptying a Bag For Life full to the brim of spent nitrous oxide chargers ten foot down into a metal shipping container. Don't ask.
I have a tip appointment booked for 14.00 tomorrow, during my work hours. But it's OK, I'm not shirking, I'm using my allotted 'Wellbeing time' to get rid of a Berlingo full of garden waste, recycling, and the rubbish cleared from my neighbour's shed. I'm going to feel great afterwards, the car will feel even better I should think.
Work at the local recycling centre on the yard if I'm not driving the wagons, usually cover weekends etc .... Some one bought a very nice islabike benin 20 in a few weeks ago , but the owner decided to cut the headtube off to stop it being used again ! Such a waste of a half decent bike ... Where I work your not allowed to take anything once its been tipped and that includes the staff etc ... although we do despite the cameras:)
Some one bought a very nice islabike benin 20 in a few weeks ago , but the owner decided to cut the headtube off to stop it being used again !
Crazy! Different but the same. When I lived in London there was a sandwich shop (a chai. I think) that the manager used to out all food to be thrown (next morning out of date) away in A bag and local homeless would grab it. Until the bigger bosses found out and they had to spoil the food.
but the owner decided to cut the headtube off to stop it being used again
I really don't get that mind-set. It's just downright weird. I used to have a girlfriend like that. I was once taking a TV to the tip and she casually said something like "make sure you smash the screen so nobody can take it". I was like wt-actual-f!? She didn't have an answer why she came out with such a mean-spirited spiteful thing, just raised like that apparently... but why? Expend effort in order to **** over your fellow man, who you don't even know, for no reason... Perfectly normal in most other respects (relatively). She didn't last long.
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Some one bought a very nice islabike benin 20 in a few weeks ago , but the owner decided to cut the headtube off to stop it being used again !
Found a pic of it , Its a Benin 24 not the 20 .. Bit tattier than what I remember, but still an ok bike for a kid
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When I lived in London there was a sandwich shop (a chai. I think) that the manager used to out all food to be thrown (next morning out of date) away in A bag and local homeless would grab it. Until the bigger bosses found out and they had to spoil the food.
When I worked in Costco we dumped the out of date food into a skip at the back. At the end of the day the manager would pour bleach over it so nobody could take it. Now bear in mind this was next to one of the most deprived areas in Glasgow. Spiteful waste of oxygen he was.
As a recycler I always feel sad to see things that could be re-imagined but asking you get reminded by the jobsworth that you are not allowed to take anything.
As he then walks back to his portocabin booth thats full of discarded electrical gear
Standard practice where I live is that they pull out anything worth and sell it in the Tip Shop for pennies. I get stuff there all the time. Bought my kids bikes, and got donors for parts as well.
I've also managed to intercept a few things like a huge toolbox and a punchbag.
My old local HwRC had a great area that you could put stuff you wanted to recycle or think could be reused. I got a cracking 3 wood from there for 1 UKP and so many other things. Fair is fair though, when I emigrated, I left so much stuff there too. Hopefully other people found use for the book cases, shelves, tables, etc.
Apart from hard drives. They get cut open with an angle grinder and then filled with mastic.
My brother in law smashes stuff up before taking to the tip. He says it's so the blokes who work there can't retrieve it and sell it for their own benefit. If he can't be arsed to eBay it and get the money, neither shall they.
I find it staggering, I imagine recycling workers are on not much more than minimum wage and between him and his wife they do OK for themselves.
The amazing sound of emptying a Bag For Life full to the brim of spent nitrous oxide chargers ten foot down into a metal shipping container. Don’t ask.
Collect those from my estate too, weigh them in at the recyclers though as they're high grade metal. Usually leave with £20-30 extra in my pocket.
I’ll never, ever, understand the mentality of people that destroy stuff before chucking it so that no one else can have use of it. The only things I do that to are old motorbike helmets - I always cut the straps before binning, but that’s for safety reasons.
There really are some messed up people out there.
Collect those from my estate too, weigh them in at the recyclers though as they’re high grade metal. Usually leave with £20-30 extra in my pocket.
I'm surprised the range I go (went) to don't do that, usually loads of CO2 powerlets in the bin. They do have a barn full (not exaggerating) of spent shotgun cartridges that they pull the caps off for recycling though. May suggest it next time I'm allowed to visit.
That Islabike might be a warranty claim where they have had to make the original unusable to claim a new one.
That Islabike might be a warranty claim where they have had to make the original unusable to claim a new one.
Syntace had a stem recall a few years back and to get a free new one you had to saw the old one in half and send them a photo...
I have a neighbour whose son recycles bikes and sells them from her front garden (we live in a studenty area). I drop off all my old bike bits with his mum and he re-uses them.
RE the Islabike - possible that it was cracked or damaged in some way that made it unsafe and the owner wanted to make sure that no one else would potentially hurt themselves on it? Or that adult sized Dad tried to show child how to land a jump properly and snapped it clean off?
The only feeling I have when I go to the tip is shame that I am awful at reversing my tiny trailer!
That feeling you get when you take your rubbish to the dump and…
the peRson in froNt of yOu (noRmaLly some 0ld goat) WANTS looK into the containEr for a split secOnd, as iF to to hAVE oNe last loNging look @ the craP thEy have throw away, whIle you wait @ the b0tt0m of the metal stairs struGGling to hold/balAnce the mOst amount if crap you pSSibly can .... GET OUT OF THE BLOOMNG WAY !!
ahhh ... I feel better