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Wheelie bins

After receiving no bins I now find myself with 2 extra ,a black and blue bin appeared afterreceiving our 2 allotted.When advising I was told that I had to keep them in the front drive for a week or morewhen they may be delivered.I told our Councillors who requested removal,so far on Friday 17th to no avail.One has to be fit and strong to cope with these huge containers,more so when full.

Anthony Roden ● 3428d7 Comments

Rebel by putting everything in the black wheely for a couple of months.

Jon Wilkins ● 3422d

Neighbours ran after the lorry yesterday in order to try and get the wheelies they wanted too.  They do have space as they have side access to the garden - and they also have a lot of people living there.  This is something that would have been found out WITH a consultation.We still have many bins sitting in the road because the houses DO NOT have enough space for these things. It really does.  Instead of sorting out the problem properties everybody has been given these things which actually take a lot more than twice as much waste as many people were making.  A guaranteed way to increase waste or for people to not be bothered which bin to put anything in!  They are so difficult to manoeuvre in a small space that this is likely to increase that problem. Someone is ticking boxes on one page but busily creating worse problems elsewhere...  but hey that's probably someone else's department.If we just sit here and accept all ridiculous executive decisions we could end up in a worse situation ourselves.If we concrete over everything then we could have worse flooding when we have the massive downpours that we now seem to have.  The Department of the Environment changed the rules on concreting gardens because they now spend so much time and money dealing with flooding.  Just imagine how dreadful it would be to suffer like the people in Somerset with the disruption to life and business and losing so many irreplaceable possessions and having to dry out your house for months and months.

Philippa Bond ● 3423d

We ordered one small rubbish bin and a recycling bin way back in April. A week after the new collections began in June we had none. Three internet requests, one telephone call and intervention from a local councillor moved us on a bit last week - but brought us two large wheelie bins instead of one small and one large. We left the large rubbish bin outside with a note on it saying "Please remove. Awaiting delivery of correct (smaller) bin". Seems pretty clear. Today the bin delivery lorry turned up. They took the large bin but failed to leave anything in its place. Fortunately a neighbour alerted us, and we finally got what we'd ordered after my husband stood in the middle of the road and refused to move until they'd delivered the small bin we'd ordered. We have neighbours still awaiting the correct delivery. Is  there anyone with inside knowledge who can shed any light on what has happened? Are the wheelie bin delivery men unable to read? Are they given the wrong instructions? Between the internet request/phone call and delivery, what happens? In a borough where 44% of households have only one or two people in them, who decided that everyone should have a giant recycling bin - and why? At what point , from the director downwards, do things go wrong? If anyone has inside knowledge (facts, please - theories are interesting but won't get us anywhere) - please would they make them public?

Christine Gratus ● 3423d

We also had two extra, unwanted bins delivered but they were collected within a couple of days. Our food waste has not been collected today though. The foxes will have fun tonight

Simon Bell ● 3423d

http://myzerowaste.com/2009/06/wheelie-bin/#comment-68914

Philippa Bond ● 3423d

>I jestNow there's an idea.  Worked for hounslow didn't it?There's enough "spare" bins littering the streets of Ealing.And enough bins that others would happily "donate"Leave them outside the Town Hall with the lids open and given this weeks' weather they'd each fill with rain in no time making them quite a job to clear away !!!Maybe then they'd realise the bins are not as popular as their delusions lead them to believe.

Jon Wilkins ● 3427d

Shame they can't be wheeled to the front of the Town Hall. I jest but this is so frustrating.

Penelope Crocker ● 3428d