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Lazy, Selfish Bastards
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It doesn't need to be hi-tec. It just needs a basic mechanical lock, where the lorry itself can unlock the lid easily, when the bin is totally inverted - as normally happens when the bins are emptied by the lorry. The houseowner sets the lock, when the bin is taken out, the inversion automatically unlocks it. That would also stop the bin contents being blown about too, when it's windy.
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oh, thanks for the reminder, bin day was Tuesday. But it's raining, I'll wait til tomorrow.
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Highly likely they also have paid for an emptying service so the argument is moot. Rubbish is potentially litter, unless it goes in bins and it creates a better environment when it does..
A bag of turd in secure's bin is not going to significantly impinge on their ability to leverage the emptying service - there are better battles to fight
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Actually, it is - our local by-laws suggest bins should be taken in, within one hour of them being emptied.
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Within 1 hour?
wow!
My discussions with my council informed me that the bins are allowed to be out for 24hrs as that's the period they are insured for.
Sometimes I see them there for days afterwards, in fact some I have had to move to infront of the terrace they belong to so that we can get our bins in place to be emptied because the lazy so & so's left them in the only spot available.
Sometimes I'm a devil and leave the bin out until the weekend (emptied on Thursday).
wow!
My discussions with my council informed me that the bins are allowed to be out for 24hrs as that's the period they are insured for.
Sometimes I see them there for days afterwards, in fact some I have had to move to infront of the terrace they belong to so that we can get our bins in place to be emptied because the lazy so & so's left them in the only spot available.
Sometimes I'm a devil and leave the bin out until the weekend (emptied on Thursday).
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Your not making any allowances for Harry tonight.
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We get 24 hours. The bins are not to be put out onto the footpath before 1930 the night before and have to be removed from the footpath before 1930 on the day of collection. On pain of fixed penalty.
They have refused to collect rubbish where the wrong items have been placed in the bin or in cases where the lid won't close.
Old mate I haven't seen for about 18 years made a lot of money from providing dog wardens and bins to councils, he had contracts with maybe a quarter of UK councils, clever bloke. I imagine he's sold up by now, it had peaked last time I saw him when Councils were cutting back on optional services. He charged a fixed amount for the installation of each bin plus an annual fee for a warden to empty them and dispose of the waste. I believe they also provided the service of picking up the occasional stray and taking it to the local police station who by law were obliged to have kennels to take in strays. The police successfully had that responsibility removed from their remit and so the onus reverted to councils, the bloke I knew built a few kennels and charged the councils a generous fee to take that responsibility off the local councils, the thing with councils is they really don't want too much responsibility so will sub out whatever they can, at a high cost.
Back on topic, his main problem was disposing of the dog s**t at a reasonable cost, I know for a fact he was at one point sending trucks to Essex from Slough to dump s**t because it was a good price.
The reason is that dog s**t is classed as 'clinical waste', it falls into the same category as used heroin needles, you can't take that down the local tip.
Back on topic, his main problem was disposing of the dog s**t at a reasonable cost, I know for a fact he was at one point sending trucks to Essex from Slough to dump s**t because it was a good price.
The reason is that dog s**t is classed as 'clinical waste', it falls into the same category as used heroin needles, you can't take that down the local tip.
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Yes. The required adult:child height ratio is painted on the floor
To check, first leave the car in a suitably awkward, inconsiderate position such as one wheel on a pavement, on double yellows, diagonally blocking access to a large section of the car park. If adjacent to a public building like the shop you want to go in, make sure you leave the engine running too. Get your child out of the car and lie them on the floor, then lie next to them. When you find out you don't meet the required ratio, just leave the car where it is and go into the shop anyway
Oh, it does reward them.. Which is nice because few other things do!
That was the amount of time I originally read, but I agree it is impossible to achieve for many, and I have never heard of any being fined for leaving them out. I do find it is really taking the P when bins are still left out for days, with various family members walking past them, even pushing them to one side to get cars into drives, rather than take them in..
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