Hard Rubbish Day!

[foxy]

Could you put them out, then early morning just before the pickup go and grab them back without her noticing?

No, done that in the past, she doesn't miss a trick

 

[chthon]

They wont let you on ours if you have a trailer even if its unmarked (not a business) you have to have a permit.

Here, a simple trailer with only two wheels (max. load 500 kg) is considered personal, anything bigger also needs a permit, and I think there is even one day (or two half days) in the week where only people with permits are allowed.

One thing that COVID-19 changed for good is the fact that everybody now needs to make an appointment. No more 30-60 minutes of waiting time in busy seasons or weekends.

 

[user 44889]

We used to get the same when we lived in Adelaide SA. You'd put your hard rubbish out and over night loads would vanish lol.. if they could use it good on them.

 

[Leon103]

In the UK we take our rubbish to what is usually called 'a tip'. Or we can pay someone to remove it. I got quoted £60 last week to remove a old kegerator. Up from £30 when same company removed one last year. Decided to put it in back of the car and took it to the tip myself

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Two banes of my life when it comes to relationship between my wife and I is hard rubbish day and Christmas day. Hard rubbish, I don't know if it happens in the UK but it is the day when you can put out all the hard rubbish accumulated. My wife has the idea that if you don't have any hard rubbish one will be branded as a hoarder. As blokes we all know that something will come in useful one day. So to keep her happy I decided to dump my pressure barrels on the nature strip. As I was putting them out there was a guy in a van loading them! I also through out a Sensas carp net bag, this morning that has now gone. So the wife is now looking for more stuff to throw out to convince the neighbours we are not hoarders. Does this happen in the UK.View attachment 73719

You should perhaps tell her she is being a little paranoid and over the top - coming from a woman lol

 

[The Baron]

You should perhaps tell her she is being a little paranoid and over the top - coming from a woman lol

If Foxy shows his wife that reply she's gonna hunt you down

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

If Foxy shows his wife that reply she's gonna hunt you down

That'll cost her more than a few pressure barrels worth

 

[foxy]

You should perhaps tell her she is being a little paranoid and over the top - coming from a woman lol

I go with the philosophy 'happy wife happy life' I never cede to anything, but I have given up trying to be logical with my wife.

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

I go with the philosophy 'happy wife happy life' I never cede to anything, but I have given up trying to be logical with my wife.

Bless you - my husband is the same.

 

[user 41945]

I have heard several stories recently about people getting fined for putting unwanted stuff outside their houses. And some councils get really sh*tty if your rubbish doesn't all fit in the bin or the lid doesn't close properly.
We have to provide proof of residence to use the tip, and if we see somebody with something we can use, any swap or handover has to take place *outside* of the tip premises.
For the tip, when it was run by a private firm, it was brilliant. But now under the dead hand of the council.
We have a way to go. I love to re-purpose or re-cycle stuff.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I have heard several stories recently about people getting fined for putting unwanted stuff outside their houses.

Its called fly tipping.

And some councils get really sh*tty if your rubbish doesn't all fit in the bin or the lid doesn't close properly

When the wagons lift the bins on windy days loose rubbish blows out of the bins the crews don't have time to chase this rubbish, if people recycle properly the bins wouldn't be so full in the first place.

 

[foxy]

I have heard several stories recently about people getting fined for putting unwanted stuff outside their houses. And some councils get really sh*tty if your rubbish doesn't all fit in the bin or the lid doesn't close properly.
We have to provide proof of residence to use the tip, and if we see somebody with something we can use, any swap or handover has to take place *outside* of the tip premises.
For the tip, when it was run by a private firm, it was brilliant. But now under the dead hand of the council.
We have a way to go. I love to re-purpose or re-cycle stuff.

True story, one hard rubbish day I put out a mulcher, electric motor with a sign full working order. A guy came along and cut the electric lead off for the copper!

 

[DocAnna]

When the wagons lift the bins on windy days loose rubbish blows out of the bins the crews don't have time to chase this rubbish, if people recycle properly the bins wouldn't be so full in the first place.

Can I point out this is a bit a presumption. Our grey 'rubbish' bin is picked up once every 4 weeks - and we often don't come close to filling it even then. Our cardboards bin and our plastics and tins recycling bin are also every 4 weeks, and we regularly have to tamp these down, or hold things back for the next collection - and that's after carefully sorting them into recyclable and non recyclable plastics. So we do recycle carefully, and the bins are full exactly because of this

 

[Chippy_Tea]

We are on a fourtnightly collection non recyclable waste one week garden waste and recycling the next and you still see many overflowing bins when you drive past on bin day.
Sounds like you have a tight wad council I can imagine the state round here if it was monthly.

 

[The Baron]

I am guessing because it is monthly Anna may have the larger refuse bins, we can have them in our area but you have to ask pay for a larger bin etc. Being Yorkshire not many people do pay for the larger ones

 

[Jim Brewster]

True story, one hard rubbish day I put out a mulcher, electric motor with a sign full working order. A guy came along and cut the electric lead off for the copper!

Funny thing is motor would have been worth more than the cable as scrap

 

[foxy]

Funny thing is motor would have been worth more than the cable as scrap

Easier to strip the wire from a cable than a motor. From here it gets sent to China, you wouldn't believe how much live cable gets nicked from the railway. The factory next to mine became vacant some folk were stripping the copper pipe and wiring from the factory! The police entered guns drawn willing to shoot.

 

[DocAnna]

I am guessing because it is monthly Anna may have the larger refuse bins, we can have them in our area but you have to ask pay for a larger bin etc. Being Yorkshire not many people do pay for the larger ones

Nope - standard wheelie bins: Grey for non recyclable rubbish, blue:Plastics, cans and cartons, Green: Paper and cardboard, black box for glass, and we pay extra for a brown garden rubbish bin which also takes food waste. We found it really challenging to begin with but we are now really used to it and wouldn't go back as it would just seem wrong not to be so careful about recycling.

 

[Deadhead]

Wow Anna, you have a lot of bins! We have a blue bin for recycling and a green bin for rubbish and if you want to pay , a brown bin for garden waste. The blue and green bins are picked up every other week. I wish my council picked up glass! We always quickly fill our blue bin ,but the green one takes ages. We're compost junkies, so don't use the brown bin.

Hard rubbish day sounds awesome. We have a garage full of things that we need pay the council to come pick up. And we're total cheapskates. So there they sit....

 

[The Baron]

We only have 3 green for garden waste, brown for recycling with it embossed on top with "recycling" and brown again for general waste with embossed on top "No Hot Ashes". All are standard bins but we get a 2 weekly collection.