Today is dustbin day and it's pouring down. I've have noticed that one of the binmen wears a shiny black hat when it's raining. The hat is made from a bin liner but it looks good. Today he was the man who emptied our bin so I asked him about the hat. He demonstrated how the hat was made. I was quite impressed by the complex series of folds that converted the black bin liner into a compact waterproof hat. With a talent like that the man should have been a designer. I asked him what he was doing on the bins with his skills. He replied that five years ago it was the only job he could get despite having a university degree. He got to like the job!
Stephen Wolstenholme wrote: > Today is dustbin day and it's pouring down. I've have noticed that one > of the binmen wears a shiny black hat when it's raining. The hat is > made from a bin liner but it looks good. Today he was the man who > emptied our bin so I asked him about the hat. He demonstrated how the > hat was made. I was quite impressed by the complex series of folds > that converted the black bin liner into a compact waterproof hat. With > a talent like that the man should have been a designer. I asked him > what he was doing on the bins with his skills. He replied that five > years ago it was the only job he could get despite having a university > degree. He got to like the job!
> Steve
Nice story Steve. Sad though to think that so many young graduates are facing a bleak future. No wonder that they feel the time in Uni could be better spent, without the debts that are incurred. Incidentally do you tip your dustbin men at Christmas?
<homefraih...@myhoose.co.uk> wrote: >Stephen Wolstenholme wrote: >> Today is dustbin day and it's pouring down. I've have noticed that one >> of the binmen wears a shiny black hat when it's raining. The hat is >> made from a bin liner but it looks good. Today he was the man who >> emptied our bin so I asked him about the hat. He demonstrated how the >> hat was made. I was quite impressed by the complex series of folds >> that converted the black bin liner into a compact waterproof hat. With >> a talent like that the man should have been a designer. I asked him >> what he was doing on the bins with his skills. He replied that five >> years ago it was the only job he could get despite having a university >> degree. He got to like the job!
>> Steve
>Nice story Steve. Sad though to think that so many young graduates are >facing a bleak future. No wonder that they feel the time in Uni could be >better spent, without the debts that are incurred. >Incidentally do you tip your dustbin men at Christmas?
>Bobbie
Degrees can be a mistake. Some students are aimed in the wrong direction when still at school.
One of our cleaners has a surveying degree. She did get a job that suited her qualifications but then decided she had made a mistake in her choice of career. She is now changing to medical training but working for us at the same time as a cleaner!
We don't tip the dustbin men but we always leave a big tin of biscuits on the top of the bin. With the change to four separate bins it could get expensive this year :)
Stephen Wolstenholme wrote: > On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:04:50 +0000, Bobbie > <homefraih...@myhoose.co.uk> wrote:
>> Stephen Wolstenholme wrote: >>> Today is dustbin day and it's pouring down. I've have noticed that one >>> of the binmen wears a shiny black hat when it's raining. The hat is >>> made from a bin liner but it looks good. Today he was the man who >>> emptied our bin so I asked him about the hat. He demonstrated how the >>> hat was made. I was quite impressed by the complex series of folds >>> that converted the black bin liner into a compact waterproof hat. With >>> a talent like that the man should have been a designer. I asked him >>> what he was doing on the bins with his skills. He replied that five >>> years ago it was the only job he could get despite having a university >>> degree. He got to like the job!
>>> Steve
>> Nice story Steve. Sad though to think that so many young graduates are >> facing a bleak future. No wonder that they feel the time in Uni could be >> better spent, without the debts that are incurred. >> Incidentally do you tip your dustbin men at Christmas?
>> Bobbie
> Degrees can be a mistake. Some students are aimed in the wrong > direction when still at school.
> One of our cleaners has a surveying degree. She did get a job that > suited her qualifications but then decided she had made a mistake in > her choice of career. She is now changing to medical training but > working for us at the same time as a cleaner!
> We don't tip the dustbin men but we always leave a big tin of biscuits > on the top of the bin. With the change to four separate bins it could > get expensive this year :)
> Steve
Of course, I was forgetting. We only have three, all wheelies as I expect yours are. One black, one blue and one Green. I go for black and blue only. All the green refuse goes on our own compost along with the paper and cardboard. It really is only bottles, cans and plastic that get recycled.
I rarely see our refuse men, such is the distance that we live from the road. but we always used to tip them. It always insured that the extra bag or large item got removed for the next year. Well done to the student. I hope with such determination that she does well. Being prepared to work as she does, says a lot for her character.
Stephen Wolstenholme wrote: > Today is dustbin day and it's pouring down. I've have noticed that one > of the binmen wears a shiny black hat when it's raining. The hat is > made from a bin liner but it looks good. Today he was the man who > emptied our bin so I asked him about the hat. He demonstrated how the > hat was made. I was quite impressed by the complex series of folds > that converted the black bin liner into a compact waterproof hat. With > a talent like that the man should have been a designer. I asked him > what he was doing on the bins with his skills. He replied that five > years ago it was the only job he could get despite having a university > degree. He got to like the job!
> Steve
I am afraid where I live the days of the dustbin man are ended. Our bins are placed on the nature strip and along comes a huge vehicle with a pick up 'gadget'. It lifts the bin, empties it into the vehicle and replaces the bin on the nature strip....sometimes upright, but usually on its side. Things have become very impersonal nowadays. jingles
On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:03:44 +1100, jingles <mommab...@mail.com> wrote:
>I am afraid where I live the days of the dustbin man are ended. Our >bins are placed on the nature strip and along comes a huge vehicle with >a pick up 'gadget'. It lifts the bin, empties it into the vehicle and >replaces the bin on the nature strip....sometimes upright, but usually >on its side. Things have become very impersonal nowadays. >jingles
Yes, our bins are emptied in the same way. People like me who can't manage to wheel the bins out to the street have what's know as "assisted collection". The four bins have different content and so have to be emptied separately. The result is that I see bin men at least once a week.
> On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:03:44 +1100, jingles <mommab...@mail.com> > wrote:
>>I am afraid where I live the days of the dustbin man are ended. Our >>bins are placed on the nature strip and along comes a huge vehicle with >>a pick up 'gadget'. It lifts the bin, empties it into the vehicle and >>replaces the bin on the nature strip....sometimes upright, but usually >>on its side. Things have become very impersonal nowadays. >>jingles
> Yes, our bins are emptied in the same way. People like me who can't > manage to wheel the bins out to the street have what's know as > "assisted collection". The four bins have different content and so > have to be emptied separately. The result is that I see bin men at > least once a week.
> Steve
I'm curious about that fourth bin. We have three - recyclables, yard waste and general trash. What is your fourth?
> Stephen Wolstenholme wrote: >> On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:04:50 +0000, Bobbie >> <homefraih...@myhoose.co.uk> wrote:
>>> Stephen Wolstenholme wrote: >>>> Today is dustbin day and it's pouring down. I've have noticed that one >>>> of the binmen wears a shiny black hat when it's raining. The hat is >>>> made from a bin liner but it looks good. Today he was the man who >>>> emptied our bin so I asked him about the hat. He demonstrated how the >>>> hat was made. I was quite impressed by the complex series of folds >>>> that converted the black bin liner into a compact waterproof hat. With >>>> a talent like that the man should have been a designer. I asked him >>>> what he was doing on the bins with his skills. He replied that five >>>> years ago it was the only job he could get despite having a university >>>> degree. He got to like the job!
>>>> Steve
>>> Nice story Steve. Sad though to think that so many young graduates are >>> facing a bleak future. No wonder that they feel the time in Uni could be >>> better spent, without the debts that are incurred. >>> Incidentally do you tip your dustbin men at Christmas?
>>> Bobbie
>> Degrees can be a mistake. Some students are aimed in the wrong >> direction when still at school. One of our cleaners has a surveying >> degree. She did get a job that >> suited her qualifications but then decided she had made a mistake in >> her choice of career. She is now changing to medical training but >> working for us at the same time as a cleaner! We don't tip the dustbin >> men but we always leave a big tin of biscuits >> on the top of the bin. With the change to four separate bins it could >> get expensive this year :)
>> Steve
> Of course, I was forgetting. We only have three, all wheelies as I expect > yours are. One black, one blue and one Green. I go for black and blue > only. All the green refuse goes on our own compost along with the paper > and cardboard. It really is only bottles, cans and plastic that get > recycled.
> I rarely see our refuse men, such is the distance that we live from the > road. but we always used to tip them. It always insured that the extra bag > or large item got removed for the next year. > Well done to the student. I hope with such determination that she does > well. Being prepared to work as she does, says a lot for her character.
> Bobbie
How do you tip them if you don't see them? I'm not that far from the road, but I'm usually still in bed or in a part of the house where I can't see out front when they come by.
Stephen Wolstenholme wrote: > On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:03:44 +1100, jingles <mommab...@mail.com> > wrote:
>> I am afraid where I live the days of the dustbin man are ended. Our >> bins are placed on the nature strip and along comes a huge vehicle with >> a pick up 'gadget'. It lifts the bin, empties it into the vehicle and >> replaces the bin on the nature strip....sometimes upright, but usually >> on its side. Things have become very impersonal nowadays. >> jingles
> Yes, our bins are emptied in the same way. People like me who can't > manage to wheel the bins out to the street have what's know as > "assisted collection". The four bins have different content and so > have to be emptied separately. The result is that I see bin men at > least once a week.
> Steve
We don't have that service....I have a neighbour who puts mine out for me. jingles
Joy wrote: > "Stephen Wolstenholme" <st...@tropheus.demon.co.uk> wrote in message > news:4sq6f51nmt2g1drubqbdufchvjl4t1g56k@4ax.com... >> On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:03:44 +1100, jingles <mommab...@mail.com> >> wrote:
>>> I am afraid where I live the days of the dustbin man are ended. Our >>> bins are placed on the nature strip and along comes a huge vehicle with >>> a pick up 'gadget'. It lifts the bin, empties it into the vehicle and >>> replaces the bin on the nature strip....sometimes upright, but usually >>> on its side. Things have become very impersonal nowadays. >>> jingles >> Yes, our bins are emptied in the same way. People like me who can't >> manage to wheel the bins out to the street have what's know as >> "assisted collection". The four bins have different content and so >> have to be emptied separately. The result is that I see bin men at >> least once a week.
>> Steve
> I'm curious about that fourth bin. We have three - recyclables, yard waste > and general trash. What is your fourth?
> Joy
We only have two bins...one for rubbish and one for recycling. jingles
>>>I am afraid where I live the days of the dustbin man are ended. Our >>>bins are placed on the nature strip and along comes a huge vehicle with >>>a pick up 'gadget'. It lifts the bin, empties it into the vehicle and >>>replaces the bin on the nature strip....sometimes upright, but usually >>>on its side. Things have become very impersonal nowadays. >>>jingles
>> Yes, our bins are emptied in the same way. People like me who can't >> manage to wheel the bins out to the street have what's know as >> "assisted collection". The four bins have different content and so >> have to be emptied separately. The result is that I see bin men at >> least once a week.
>> Steve
> I'm curious about that fourth bin. We have three - recyclables, yard > waste and general trash. What is your fourth?
>> Of course, I was forgetting. We only have three, all wheelies as I expect >> yours are. One black, one blue and one Green. I go for black and blue >> only. All the green refuse goes on our own compost along with the paper >> and cardboard. It really is only bottles, cans and plastic that get >> recycled.
>> I rarely see our refuse men, such is the distance that we live from the >> road. but we always used to tip them. It always insured that the extra bag >> or large item got removed for the next year. >> Well done to the student. I hope with such determination that she does >> well. Being prepared to work as she does, says a lot for her character.
>> Bobbie
> How do you tip them if you don't see them? I'm not that far from the road, > but I'm usually still in bed or in a part of the house where I can't see out > front when they come by.
> Joy
Sorry Joy, perhaps I didn't make myself clear. When I said "but we always *used* to tip them", I was referring to the fact that we only moved here just over 3 years ago, before that we lived very close to the road and Pickles was rather popular so refuse collectors always stopped and spoke, particularly at Christmas time when they were more likely to make their presence known. Since we moved here and because the trucks use the same method as both jingles and Steve described, I hardly know they have been.
>>> Of course, I was forgetting. We only have three, all wheelies as I >>> expect yours are. One black, one blue and one Green. I go for black and >>> blue only. All the green refuse goes on our own compost along with the >>> paper and cardboard. It really is only bottles, cans and plastic that >>> get recycled.
>>> I rarely see our refuse men, such is the distance that we live from the >>> road. but we always used to tip them. It always insured that the extra >>> bag or large item got removed for the next year. >>> Well done to the student. I hope with such determination that she does >>> well. Being prepared to work as she does, says a lot for her character.
>>> Bobbie
>> How do you tip them if you don't see them? I'm not that far from the >> road, but I'm usually still in bed or in a part of the house where I >> can't see out front when they come by.
>> Joy > Sorry Joy, perhaps I didn't make myself clear. When I said "but we always > *used* to tip them", I was referring to the fact that we only moved here > just over 3 years ago, before that we lived very close to the road and > Pickles was rather popular so refuse collectors always stopped and spoke, > particularly at Christmas time when they were more likely to make their > presence known. > Since we moved here and because the trucks use the same method as both > jingles and Steve described, I hardly know they have been.
> Bobbie
Thanks, Bobbie. Every year I hear that we're supposed to tip them, but I've never figured out how. I'm not about to leave a tip taped to the bin. They probably wouldn't see it anyway, since our bins are picked up by a contraption on the truck.
On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 17:39:13 -0800, "Joy" <toas...@real-me.net> wrote: >"Stephen Wolstenholme" <st...@tropheus.demon.co.uk> wrote in message >news:4sq6f51nmt2g1drubqbdufchvjl4t1g56k@4ax.com... >> On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:03:44 +1100, jingles <mommab...@mail.com> >> wrote:
>>>I am afraid where I live the days of the dustbin man are ended. Our >>>bins are placed on the nature strip and along comes a huge vehicle with >>>a pick up 'gadget'. It lifts the bin, empties it into the vehicle and >>>replaces the bin on the nature strip....sometimes upright, but usually >>>on its side. Things have become very impersonal nowadays. >>>jingles
>> Yes, our bins are emptied in the same way. People like me who can't >> manage to wheel the bins out to the street have what's know as >> "assisted collection". The four bins have different content and so >> have to be emptied separately. The result is that I see bin men at >> least once a week.
>> Steve
>I'm curious about that fourth bin. We have three - recyclables, yard waste >and general trash. What is your fourth?
>Joy
Green - garden waste, blue - tins & bottles, brown - paper & cardboard, black - everything else.
In message <4af37e43$0$28767$bd467...@news.dslextreme.com>, Joy <toas...@real-me.net> writes
>How do you tip them if you don't see them? I'm not that far from the road, >but I'm usually still in bed or in a part of the house where I can't see out >front when they come by. >Joy
Bin men used to call round just before Xmas for their tips, but the practice was stopped, as the implications were seen as intimidating for some elderly residents, and degrading for the bin men.
I don't tip them, but I am often out to exchange a greeting with them and thank them. With the use of wheelie bins their job is different, no lugging dustbins on their shoulder from the back of the property, and they whizz around very quickly these days. -- Gordon H Remove "invalid" to reply
>>>>I am afraid where I live the days of the dustbin man are ended. Our >>>>bins are placed on the nature strip and along comes a huge vehicle with >>>>a pick up 'gadget'. It lifts the bin, empties it into the vehicle and >>>>replaces the bin on the nature strip....sometimes upright, but usually >>>>on its side. Things have become very impersonal nowadays. >>>>jingles
>>> Yes, our bins are emptied in the same way. People like me who can't >>> manage to wheel the bins out to the street have what's know as >>> "assisted collection". The four bins have different content and so >>> have to be emptied separately. The result is that I see bin men at >>> least once a week.
>>> Steve
>>I'm curious about that fourth bin. We have three - recyclables, yard >>waste >>and general trash. What is your fourth?
>>Joy
> Green - garden waste, blue - tins & bottles, brown - paper & > cardboard, black - everything else.
> >>> "Stephen Wolstenholme" <st...@tropheus.demon.co.uk> wrote in message > >>>news:4sq6f51nmt2g1drubqbdufchvjl4t1g56k@4ax.com... > >>>> On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:03:44 +1100, jingles <mommab...@mail.com> > >>>> wrote:
> >>>>> I am afraid where I live the days of the dustbin man are ended. Our > >>>>> bins are placed on the nature strip and along comes a huge vehicle with > >>>>> a pick up 'gadget'. It lifts the bin, empties it into the vehicle and > >>>>> replaces the bin on the nature strip....sometimes upright, but usually > >>>>> on its side. Things have become very impersonal nowadays. > >>>>> jingles
> >>>> Yes, our bins are emptied in the same way. People like me who can't > >>>> manage to wheel the bins out to the street have what's know as > >>>> "assisted collection". The four bins have different content and so > >>>> have to be emptied separately. The result is that I see bin men at > >>>> least once a week.
> >>>> Steve
> >>> I'm curious about that fourth bin. We have three - recyclables, yard > >>> waste > >>> and general trash. What is your fourth?
> >>> Joy
> >> Green - garden waste, blue - tins & bottles, brown - paper & > >> cardboard, black - everything else.
> > Okay, thanks. Here we can put tins & bottles together with paper and > > cardboard.
> > Joy
> Things differ here, according to which local authority area we live in. > Here, we separate cardboard and paper into one bag and put clear > plastic bottles and washed out tins into another. These bags are tied > up and put out on Fridays. Food waste is put into yet another brown > bin and then there's a black bin for general rubbish that doesn't come > into any of those categories, like cellophane wrapping or polystyrene > trays that fruit comes in - that sort of thing. Irritatingly, IMO, > it's only collected every other week, so we can have two weeks of food > rubbish hanging around before it's collected. For people keeping bins > in very small areas, this must be a real trial and there have been a > lot of complaints about it. Ironically, when our tea room is open we > have separate green bins and absolutely everything can be mixed > together in those and they're collected once a week but on a different > day to all the other domestic rubbish! > -- > Sacha
Sacha,
I had never heard of "Bin" before but it looks like what we call "Recyclable" over here. The different items are separated and put in different containers for pickup. Paper, plastic, glass and metal are combined and garbage is kept separate and sent to landfills.
We have a big underground container about 75 meters from my front door, there is a small permanent bin above ground with a small door at the front, every household has a key and we simply take our rubbish bags to it whenever we want. A truck comes twice a week, lifts the whole thing from the ground and empties it in one go. There is another at the other end of the street about the same distance but I don't have a key to that one. Sometimes when I go to the shops I put my bin bag on my bicycle handlebars and take the rubbish to the bin. There is a similar green box next to it for kitchen and garden rubbish, same deal emptied once a week. At the end of the street is a container also with a lock for old paper. Near the supermarket, (all three in different directions) is an underground bottle container, without a key with different holes for green, brown and white bottles and jars. So once in a while I fill my shopping bag with bottles and jars when I go to the shops. The shops don't give away free plastic bags, and we don't have supermarket packers, plastic bags cost 25 euro cents each so most folk take a shopping bag with them. No bins ever on the street, no bin men, just one guy with an emptying lorry with a crane on the back to lift the underground containers. Every second Wednesday a guy in a council truck also with a crane, comes to pick up large rubbish, but you have to ring up to get them to call at your house. You can only put that large rubbish out between 7 and 10 in the morning on collection days, not overnight the day before. We have very strict rubbish police. We are the biggest recyclers in Europe. Graham
>>>>>> "Stephen Wolstenholme" <st...@tropheus.demon.co.uk> wrote in message >>>>>> news:4sq6f51nmt2g1drubqbdufchvjl4t1g56k@4ax.com... >>>>>>> On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:03:44 +1100, jingles <mommab...@mail.com> >>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> I am afraid where I live the days of the dustbin man are ended. >> Our >>>>>>>> bins are placed on the nature strip and along comes a huge vehicle >> with >>>>>>>> a pick up 'gadget'. It lifts the bin, empties it into the vehicl >> e and >>>>>>>> replaces the bin on the nature strip....sometimes upright, but usua >> lly >>>>>>>> on its side. Things have become very impersonal nowadays. >>>>>>>> jingles
>>>>>>> Yes, our bins are emptied in the same way. People like me who can't >>>>>>> manage to wheel the bins out to the street have what's know as >>>>>>> "assisted collection". The four bins have different content and so >>>>>>> have to be emptied separately. The result is that I see bin men at >>>>>>> least once a week.
>>>>>>> Steve
>>>>>> I'm curious about that fourth bin. We have three - recyclables, ya >> rd >>>>>> waste >>>>>> and general trash. What is your fourth?
>>>>>> Joy
>>>>> Green - garden waste, blue - tins & bottles, brown - paper & >>>>> cardboard, black - everything else.
>>>> Okay, thanks. Here we can put tins & bottles together with paper and >>>> cardboard.
>>>> Joy
>>> Things differ here, according to which local authority area we live in. >>> Here, we separate cardboard and paper into one bag and put clear >>> plastic bottles and washed out tins into another. These bags are tied >>> up and put out on Fridays. Food waste is put into yet another brown >>> bin and then there's a black bin for general rubbish that doesn't come >>> into any of those categories, like cellophane wrapping or polystyrene >>> trays that fruit comes in - that sort of thing. Irritatingly, IMO, >>> it's only collected every other week, so we can have two weeks of food >>> rubbish hanging around before it's collected. For people keeping bins >>> in very small areas, this must be a real trial and there have been a >>> lot of complaints about it. Ironically, when our tea room is open we >>> have separate green bins and absolutely everything can be mixed >>> together in those and they're collected once a week but on a different >>> day to all the other domestic rubbish! >>> -- >>> Sacha
>> Sacha,
>> I had never heard of "Bin" before but it looks like what we call >> "Recyclable" over here. The different items are separated and put in >> different containers for pickup. Paper, plastic, glass and metal are >> combined and garbage is kept separate and sent to landfills.
>> Don
> In this area 'bin' is a wheelie bin with a flip-top hinged lid. In some > other areas, they have boxes for recyclable waste and those are put out > every fortnight. The whole rubbish collection thing is a bit of an issue > in some areas because some authorities are a bit more co-operative and > lenient as to the 'rules', while others are little dictators. Our cleaner > lives in a different area and saw the bin men go past her house the other > day, totally ignoring her wheelie bin. She asked them why and they said > because she had left it on her 'drive' and not on the edge of the > pavement. Her 'drive' only just accommodates the length of her car and is > open to the pavement - there's no wall, hedge or fence enclosing it and it > makes the corner of the road. They had to walk maybe two extra strides, > maybe three, to get her bin and they wouldn't do it! She works 5 days a > week and is usually out when they arrive but if she puts the bin out too > early in the position they 'require', she'd get told off for blocking the > pavement! Honestly, I do think that people in council offices who dream > up these rules sometimes forget who pays their wages. We don't have > problems with garden waste here because the Nursery has a huge compost > heap and a separate bonfire area but different authorities deal with > garden waste in different ways, with most adding it to the food rubbish to > be composted by the rubbish disposal companies.
> We have a big underground container about 75 meters from my front door, > there is a small permanent bin above ground with a small door at the > front, every household has a key and we simply take our rubbish bags to it > whenever we want. A truck comes twice a week, lifts the whole thing from > the ground and empties it in one go. There is another at the other end of > the street about the same distance but I don't have a key to that one. > Sometimes when I go to the shops I put my bin bag on my bicycle handlebars > and take the rubbish to the bin. There is a similar green box next to it > for kitchen and garden rubbish, same deal emptied once a week. At the end > of the street is a container also with a lock for old paper. > Near the supermarket, (all three in different directions) is an > underground bottle container, without a key with different holes for > green, brown and white bottles and jars. So once in a while I fill my > shopping bag with bottles and jars when I go to the shops. The shops don't > give away free plastic bags, and we don't have supermarket packers, > plastic bags cost 25 euro cents each so most folk take a shopping bag with > them. No bins ever on the street, no bin men, just one guy with an > emptying lorry with a crane on the back to lift the underground > containers. > Every second Wednesday a guy in a council truck also with a crane, comes > to pick up large rubbish, but you have to ring up to get them to call at > your house. You can only put that large rubbish out between 7 and 10 in > the morning on collection days, not overnight the day before. We have very > strict rubbish police. We are the biggest recyclers in Europe. > Graham
We recycle everything. We hire our own garbage haulers, who come on Monday morning. The papers and glass, etc. is taken every other week, but food garbage and nonrecyclables go every week. It is a big business here.
We haul our own large items, like electrical appliances, furniture/house items, large loads of glass, large magazines,etc, ect, to a large center provided at the edge of town
We have our own grocery bags, and it is much easier than using those plasic things.
When I lived in an apartment, nothing was recycled by the owner, so I hauled it out myself. It seems the law doesn't require landlords to do it, if there are several apartments.
Now a lot of the food scraps are put into the mulch bin, to cover the flowers for the winter, etc.. Our grass and cut up leaves are in there also.
As to old clothes and other things, we have a number places where we donate most items, like old coats, but I do have some second hand shops where I sell the better things and jewelry. I have taken to selling my gold and silver items that are no longer usable, and it pays nicely
>>>>>>> "Stephen Wolstenholme" <st...@tropheus.demon.co.uk> wrote in message >>>>>>> news:4sq6f51nmt2g1drubqbdufchvjl4t1g56k@4ax.com... >>>>>>>> On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:03:44 +1100, jingles <mommab...@mail.com> >>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> I am afraid where I live the days of the dustbin man are ended. >>> Our >>>>>>>>> bins are placed on the nature strip and along comes a huge vehicle >>> with >>>>>>>>> a pick up 'gadget'. It lifts the bin, empties it into the vehicl >>> e and >>>>>>>>> replaces the bin on the nature strip....sometimes upright, but >>>>>>>>> usua >>> lly >>>>>>>>> on its side. Things have become very impersonal nowadays. >>>>>>>>> jingles
>>>>>>>> Yes, our bins are emptied in the same way. People like me who can't >>>>>>>> manage to wheel the bins out to the street have what's know as >>>>>>>> "assisted collection". The four bins have different content and so >>>>>>>> have to be emptied separately. The result is that I see bin men at >>>>>>>> least once a week.
>>>>>>>> Steve
>>>>>>> I'm curious about that fourth bin. We have three - recyclables, ya >>> rd >>>>>>> waste >>>>>>> and general trash. What is your fourth?
>>>>>>> Joy
>>>>>> Green - garden waste, blue - tins & bottles, brown - paper & >>>>>> cardboard, black - everything else.
>>>>> Okay, thanks. Here we can put tins & bottles together with paper and >>>>> cardboard.
>>>>> Joy
>>>> Things differ here, according to which local authority area we live in. >>>> Here, we separate cardboard and paper into one bag and put clear >>>> plastic bottles and washed out tins into another. These bags are tied >>>> up and put out on Fridays. Food waste is put into yet another brown >>>> bin and then there's a black bin for general rubbish that doesn't come >>>> into any of those categories, like cellophane wrapping or polystyrene >>>> trays that fruit comes in - that sort of thing. Irritatingly, IMO, >>>> it's only collected every other week, so we can have two weeks of food >>>> rubbish hanging around before it's collected. For people keeping bins >>>> in very small areas, this must be a real trial and there have been a >>>> lot of complaints about it. Ironically, when our tea room is open we >>>> have separate green bins and absolutely everything can be mixed >>>> together in those and they're collected once a week but on a different >>>> day to all the other domestic rubbish! >>>> -- >>>> Sacha
>>> Sacha,
>>> I had never heard of "Bin" before but it looks like what we call >>> "Recyclable" over here. The different items are separated and put in >>> different containers for pickup. Paper, plastic, glass and metal are >>> combined and garbage is kept separate and sent to landfills.
>>> Don
>> In this area 'bin' is a wheelie bin with a flip-top hinged lid. In some >> other areas, they have boxes for recyclable waste and those are put out >> every fortnight. The whole rubbish collection thing is a bit of an issue >> in some areas because some authorities are a bit more co-operative and >> lenient as to the 'rules', while others are little dictators. Our >> cleaner lives in a different area and saw the bin men go past her house >> the other day, totally ignoring her wheelie bin. She asked them why and >> they said because she had left it on her 'drive' and not on the edge of >> the pavement. Her 'drive' only just accommodates the length of her car >> and is open to the pavement - there's no wall, hedge or fence enclosing >> it and it makes the corner of the road. They had to walk maybe two extra >> strides, maybe three, to get her bin and they wouldn't do it! She works >> 5 days a week and is usually out when they arrive but if she puts the bin >> out too early in the position they 'require', she'd get told off for >> blocking the pavement! Honestly, I do think that people in council >> offices who dream up these rules sometimes forget who pays their wages. >> We don't have problems with garden waste here because the Nursery has a >> huge compost heap and a separate bonfire area but different authorities >> deal with garden waste in different ways, with most adding it to the food >> rubbish to be composted by the rubbish disposal companies.
> >>> "Stephen Wolstenholme" <st...@tropheus.demon.co.uk> wrote in message > >>>news:4sq6f51nmt2g1drubqbdufchvjl4t1g56k@4ax.com... > >>>> On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:03:44 +1100, jingles <mommab...@mail.com> > >>>> wrote:
> >>>>> I am afraid where I live the days of the dustbin man are ended. Our > >>>>> bins are placed on the nature strip and along comes a huge vehicle > >>>>> with > >>>>> a pick up 'gadget'. It lifts the bin, empties it into the vehicle > >>>>> and > >>>>> replaces the bin on the nature strip....sometimes upright, but > >>>>> usually > >>>>> on its side. Things have become very impersonal nowadays. > >>>>> jingles
> >>>> Yes, our bins are emptied in the same way. People like me who can't > >>>> manage to wheel the bins out to the street have what's know as > >>>> "assisted collection". The four bins have different content and so > >>>> have to be emptied separately. The result is that I see bin men at > >>>> least once a week.
> >>>> Steve
> >>> I'm curious about that fourth bin. We have three - recyclables, yard > >>> waste > >>> and general trash. What is your fourth?
> >>> Joy
> >> Green - garden waste, blue - tins & bottles, brown - paper & > >> cardboard, black - everything else.
> > Okay, thanks. Here we can put tins & bottles together with paper and > > cardboard.
> > Joy
> Things differ here, according to which local authority area we live in. > Here, we separate cardboard and paper into one bag and put clear > plastic bottles and washed out tins into another. These bags are tied > up and put out on Fridays. Food waste is put into yet another brown > bin and then there's a black bin for general rubbish that doesn't come > into any of those categories, like cellophane wrapping or polystyrene > trays that fruit comes in - that sort of thing. Irritatingly, IMO, > it's only collected every other week, so we can have two weeks of food > rubbish hanging around before it's collected. For people keeping bins > in very small areas, this must be a real trial and there have been a > lot of complaints about it. Ironically, when our tea room is open we > have separate green bins and absolutely everything can be mixed > together in those and they're collected once a week but on a different > day to all the other domestic rubbish! > -- > Sacha
Sacha,
I had never heard of "Bin" before but it looks like what we call "Recyclable" over here. The different items are separated and put in different containers for pickup. Paper, plastic, glass and metal are combined and garbage is kept separate and sent to landfills.
>>>>> I am afraid where I live the days of the dustbin man are ended. Our >>>>> bins are placed on the nature strip and along comes a huge vehicle with >>>>> a pick up 'gadget'. It lifts the bin, empties it into the vehicle and >>>>> replaces the bin on the nature strip....sometimes upright, but usually >>>>> on its side. Things have become very impersonal nowadays. >>>>> jingles >>>> Yes, our bins are emptied in the same way. People like me who can't >>>> manage to wheel the bins out to the street have what's know as >>>> "assisted collection". The four bins have different content and so >>>> have to be emptied separately. The result is that I see bin men at >>>> least once a week.
>>>> Steve >>> I'm curious about that fourth bin. We have three - recyclables, yard >>> waste >>> and general trash. What is your fourth?
>>> Joy
>> Green - garden waste, blue - tins & bottles, brown - paper & >> cardboard, black - everything else.
> The message <7lldo6F3dsq6...@mid.individual.net> > from "Graham" <j.hut...@chello.nl> contains these words:
>> We have a big underground container about 75 meters from my front door, > . No bins ever on >> the street, no bin men, just one guy with an emptying lorry with a crane >> on >> the back to lift the underground containers.
> That sounds great in some ways, but what about people who can't > shift their own rubbish 75m?
> We have wheelybins for rubbish and recycling, and have to put them > outside the gate on collection day. The bin men push the bins about 2 m > into the arms of the grab which > empties them into the truck. (They will fetch bins from the house, for > frail people).
> Janet
If you can wheel a wheelie bin you can carry a small bag of rubbish on the way to the shops. The advantage is that you can put it in any time you like so a home help or a visiting grandson could put it in for you. Heck if you are so lonely that nobody visits you, I am sure some charity would send somebody round to do it for you. Maybe the volunteer who comes to fix your computer would do it for you;-) G.
> "Janet Baraclough" <janet.and.j...@zetnet.co.uk> schreef in bericht > news:31303030393032394AF5BFBB63@zetnet.co.uk... >> The message <7lldo6F3dsq6...@mid.individual.net> >> from "Graham" <j.hut...@chello.nl> contains these words:
>>> We have a big underground container about 75 meters from my front door, >> . No bins ever on >>> the street, no bin men, just one guy with an emptying lorry with a crane >>> on >>> the back to lift the underground containers.
>> That sounds great in some ways, but what about people who can't >> shift their own rubbish 75m?
>> We have wheelybins for rubbish and recycling, and have to put them >> outside the gate on collection day. The bin men push the bins about 2 m >> into the arms of the grab which >> empties them into the truck. (They will fetch bins from the house, for >> frail people).
>> Janet
> If you can wheel a wheelie bin you can carry a small bag of rubbish on the > way to the shops. The advantage is that you can put it in any time you > like so a home help or a visiting grandson could put it in for you. Heck > if you are so lonely that nobody visits you, I am sure some charity would > send somebody round to do it for you. Maybe the volunteer who comes to fix > your computer would do it for you;-) > G.
Most of our shops have their bins out of sight behind the shop. Carrying a bag of rubbish to the shops would mean finding access to the alley behind and going around. That wouldn't make much sense. Of course, we have wheelie bins that we put out once a week. A truck comes by for each one, with a reachy-grabby thingie that picks it up, dumps the contents into the truck, and then sits it down.
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