Earlier this week, in Ealing Common Ward, an Amey team was seen emptying a food waste bin into a rubbish bin before emptying that into their truck. Anyone else seen that happen?
Ian Richardson ● 3491d9 Comments
They had their own wheelie bin each (two blokes, one going down each side of the road).This was before normal collection so they must've been their own.
Paul James ● 3488d
Do you mean the contents of the wheelie bin or the complete bin and contents? Do they use their own wheelie bin or borrow one they find (and leave it filthy)?
Christopher Bell ● 3489d
Round here the operatives collecting food waste use a wheelie bin to dump the food in, then dump those in the food waste truck.
Paul James ● 3490d
There may be an acceptable explanation for what happened, but the food waste bin was outside the home of someone who is very careful to follow the rules. But we will never know.
Ian Richardson ● 3490d
I've seen them going along the street emptying all the caddies into a wheelie bin. I think if they thought a container was contaminated they would leave it. They ought to put a sticker on it saying why. They do have various stickers - but I'll bet there is some reason why they aren't carrying them... I hope they'll prove me wrong.It was early and woke me up and I wasn't going to chase them to find the lorry - but I might just do that yet...
Philippa Bond ● 3491d
I suspect the explanation for the apparent transfer of food waste into a "rubbish" wheelie bin is that for the operatives to go back and forth from property to truck individually for each food container would be very time consuming and thus they go along the pavement emptying the caddies at the doorstep and hopefully then, when the wheelie bin is full, transfer the contents into the correct food recycling container on the truck.
Philip Coe ● 3491d
could be several reasons for amey operatives actions. The food waste bin was contaminated with non food waste,so as not to leave the food waste uncollected (more problems doing that) they empty the contaminated food waste into the trucks rubbish (landfill) compartment.This action ensures less contaminated food waste is transported to the food waste contractor (many miles away) so is it better for the kerbside collection operatives to reject this bin or the food waste contractor to reject a full truck approx 10 tons+.If the food waste contractor rejects a delivery,then the council is charged for them to dispose of it or sort it so a lot of extra charge for the council.
Harry Jay ● 3491d
You'll notice if you watch that lorries are often split into two sections.I think they do something else on red routes.
I presume you mean wheelie bin. Yes. The food waste collection is a lot earlier than the recycling or residual waste collection round my way.They also do this with the bags of garden waste - which may be why bags are sometimes not returned as they should be and found further along the street.They will also tip the green boxes of the houses that still use them into a nearby recycling wheelie before hoisting an tipping the wheelie.It is all to do with reducing the cost of manpower. It was quicker and easier with black sacks but the Council failed to address and help problem properties.