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Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sun Apr 10, 2011 12:39 pm ]
Post subject:  Government is to stop fines on rubbish collection
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13027786

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Fines for residents who break the rules on rubbish collections in England are to be scrapped.

The environment secretary, Caroline Spelman is expected to announce next month that the charges will be outlawed in all but the most serious cases of fly tipping.

Local authorities are to be banned from fining residents in England who break the rules on rubbish collections.

Common sene. The councils were getting petty and using it as a way raising money.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Sun Apr 10, 2011 7:14 pm ]
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Amnesia10 wrote:
Common sene. The councils were getting petty and using it as a way raising money.

+1
IMO the nosey beggers should never have had the right to looks in your bins or be able to demand that the lid wasn't even left open by an inch.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sun Apr 10, 2011 7:39 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Government is to stop fines on rubbish collection
I wonder if councils will go into overdrive for the next month to get as much money as possible before that wallet is closed forever?
Author:  forquare1 [ Sun Apr 10, 2011 7:45 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Government is to stop fines on rubbish collection
While I think it's petty for the council to fine for having "too much" rubbish. I do think they should fine people who leave rubbish out on the wrong day, or who don't abide by the recycling guidelines.

Here in Aberystwyth we don't have bins, bags are collected from the curb. Black bags of general rubbish are collected bi-weekly, while clear recycling bags and food waste bins are collected weekly. There are similar schemes in Carmarthenshire.
Black bags are torn apart by seagulls here, leaving rubbish strewn across the pavement. These seagulls are also quite vicious t=with it and will attack if you get to close to them. If people in my flat put out black bag rubbish when it's not a black bag week, I'm the one getting attacked by seagulls and stepping in God knows what...
They should be warned that what they are doing is wrong, and if they persist they should be fined, IMO.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:10 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Government is to stop fines on rubbish collection
The problem there is that if you have a fortnightly bin collection and you are on away for that date what next? Hold on to the rubbish for another two weeks. If they had bins they could avoid that problem.
Author:  forquare1 [ Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:16 pm ]
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Amnesia10 wrote:
The problem there is that if you have a fortnightly bin collection and you are on away for that date what next? Hold on to the rubbish for another two weeks. If they had bins they could avoid that problem.


True, or you could take it to the refuse centre which is five minutes out of town. If you don't drive I'm sure you know someone who could take it for you.

Bins are a problem because students run away with them...We have found this with the new food waste bins...
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:23 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Government is to stop fines on rubbish collection
forquare1 wrote:
Bins are a problem because students run away with them...We have found this with the new food waste bins...

Bring back the stocks. It is not a problem round here.
Author:  JJW009 [ Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Government is to stop fines on rubbish collection
forquare1 wrote:
While I think it's petty for the council to fine for having "too much" rubbish. I do think they should fine people who leave rubbish out on the wrong day, or who don't abide by the recycling guidelines.

I think not abiding by the recycling guidelines should be a capital offence. It really angers me when the good work of so many is ruined by the idle "f*ck your children and their planet, I can't be arsed" brigade.

However, I fully intend to put my bin out 4 days early and bring it in a day late next weekend. I'll be away on holiday. It shouldn't be a problem. If some student decides to nick it, I'll hunt them down and eviscerate them with a rusty spoon.

forquare1 wrote:
If you don't drive I'm sure you know someone who could take it for you.

Driving to the tip in a fossil fuelled vehicle makes a mockery of the green recycling intentions. If you know someone who would go those extra miles for you, then simply ask them to go the extra few yards instead and put your bin out for you. I intend to ask my neighbour if he'd be so kind, if I actually see him before I go...
Author:  belchingmatt [ Sun Apr 10, 2011 10:16 pm ]
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Too much packaging to start with in many cases. Get rid of that and there will be plenty of room in bins. Going away on holiday then get a neighbour to put your bin out for you. Get to know them, have a chat and perhaps you'll find someone who wants to take your organic waste for compost. Perhaps someone else will take your newspaper or cardboard to make fuel bricks.

:)
Author:  jonbwfc [ Sun Apr 10, 2011 10:19 pm ]
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JJW009 wrote:
I think not abiding by the recycling guidelines should be a capital offence.
....
If some student decides to nick it, I'll hunt them down and eviscerate them with a rusty spoon.

I can't help thinking you're taking it a touch too seriously...
Author:  davrosG5 [ Mon Apr 11, 2011 12:31 pm ]
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jonbwfc wrote:
JJW009 wrote:
I think not abiding by the recycling guidelines should be a capital offence.
....
If some student decides to nick it, I'll hunt them down and eviscerate them with a rusty spoon.

I can't help thinking you're taking it a touch too seriously...


Perhaps, but it depends on how much you get charged for a replacement bin.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Mon Apr 11, 2011 1:43 pm ]
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davrosG5 wrote:
jonbwfc wrote:
JJW009 wrote:
I think not abiding by the recycling guidelines should be a capital offence.
....
If some student decides to nick it, I'll hunt them down and eviscerate them with a rusty spoon.

I can't help thinking you're taking it a touch too seriously...


Perhaps, but it depends on how much you get charged for a replacement bin.

Doesn't yours have a spy in the bin? Mine does! :shock:
Author:  forquare1 [ Mon Apr 11, 2011 3:02 pm ]
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davrosG5 wrote:
jonbwfc wrote:
JJW009 wrote:
I think not abiding by the recycling guidelines should be a capital offence.
....
If some student decides to nick it, I'll hunt them down and eviscerate them with a rusty spoon.

I can't help thinking you're taking it a touch too seriously...


Perhaps, but it depends on how much you get charged for a replacement bin.


£125 if I want a new, or replacement bin.
Author:  JJW009 [ Mon Apr 11, 2011 3:18 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Government is to stop fines on rubbish collection
forquare1 wrote:
davrosG5 wrote:
Perhaps, but it depends on how much you get charged for a replacement bin.


£125 if I want a new, or replacement bin.

Wow, here it's free. One of mine basically fell to bits as the plastic crumbled in the sun a, one got the lid broken by the bin men and another blew away while I was at work on a windy day. One phone call and they were replaced.
Author:  rustybucket [ Mon Apr 11, 2011 8:35 pm ]
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I'm in favour of the fines.

Getting your rubbish correct really isn't hard.
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