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Stolen green bin and white bag

Some one has stolen our green bin and white recycling bag Any one know how easy it is to replace them

Mark Ryan ● 5044d24 Comments

Philippa Bond ● 4992d

Reduced price composters are available from LBEhttp://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/200489/recycling_rubbish_and_waste/289/composting/3http://www.recyclenow.com/home_composting/

Philippa Bond ● 4993d

It was the sandpit I found drove me nuts with it coming into the house.  It also gave hours of quiet entertainment.The wormery has a lid that is kept on all the time and is just lifted to put the food in.I had a Can-o-worms which I have now given away to a primary school. The next wormery will be a Worm Cafe when I get around to setting it up and sending for the worms.  The worms you send for are a particular type which work best in there - they do a lot of eating! I would recommend a tray type as they are easier to deal with than the big wheelie bin type I originally had.You can build your own and house the usual garden earthworms and you can find lots of info on the web.http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/gardening_with_children/homegrownprojects_watchworms.shtmlhttp://nurturestore.co.uk/how-to-make-a-wormery

Philippa Bond ● 4993d

Worms good idea I have two young toddlers That would love it But it would end up in the house all over the place

Mark Ryan ● 4993d

as it is now fortnightly I guess you've checked online that you are putting it out on the right week?The weeks roll into each other when the collection is up the creek.How about a wormery and a compost heap?  The wormery is the most fun and as you know there is still the recycling centre at Stirling Road...If the system isn't reliable it is really more trouble than its worth.

Philippa Bond ● 4994d

well we got out recycling bins i even went the whole hog and got a green wheelie bin for green waste which is over flowing and uncollected Im so glad i live in  Ealing they seem not to be able to organise anything But i will say there great at knocking on my door about me working from home on instruction of a local Councillor

Mark Ryan ● 4994d

Well after a reminder I received a white sack in time for the next recycling session, followed by the return of the original sack - from someone - followed bay another white sack!  On offering a spare one to a neighbour I discovered that she'd seen one disappear into the recycling lorry and not come out rather as I had seen a green box do.  Thrown into the muddled up recycling by a careless operative.  So who pays for this carelessness or the damage caused by boxes thrown down? I haven't been able to get online for quite a few weeks or would have commented as soon as it arrived.  I wonder if Mark has received his yet?I have been around to see the bizarre different versions of collections.  Who is in charge I am left wondering?As for the recycling at the Jazz Festival.  If you can't deliver the message clearly - why bother at all?  I hope there is a serious post mortem on this.

Philippa Bond ● 5003d

I confess to having lost interest in the scrupulous re-cycling I used to do. Shame.

Penny Crocker ● 5029d

My green box went missing five weeks ago.  I ordered another right away and had an automated response with a reference no. stating it would be replaced within 5 days.  As I had not received it after a week, I sent another request plus an explanatory email to customer relations and received another automated response with a different reference. To date I have not received a replacement. I will be putting my bottles and newspapers in the black bag from next week.  They seem to be downgrading the recycling and putting everything together anyway, so it makes me feel rather foolish for the years I have spent washing bottles and carefully separating all my recycling materials. Doh!

S. D. Brock ● 5029d

I've still not received a bag (have now missed TWO WEEKS' collection).I did take another look in the street yesterday to see if I could spot my bag.  I notice that a lot of them don't seem to say EALING on them as well as not having an address.  It is worth putting your address on clearly folks.  Other people will look silly putting your bag out and might even find their conscience!  Builders :) or Roofers :) won't and don't look good using them for business if they have Ealing and an address on them. I don't think the info about trying to keep them out of the sun/protect them from the weather is being given to residents either. It is easy to roll them up and they can go inside an upturned/on edge green box if you've no room indoors.

Philippa Bond ● 5030d

Still no bins

Mark Ryan ● 5030d

Your commitment to recyling is admirable Mark

Mark Stevens ● 5032d

Still no bins but I have just paid for green wheelie bin bet that Turns up quickly as I've paid for it. Well maybe

Mark Ryan ● 5032d

http://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/200489/recycling_rubbish_and_waste/293/neighbourhood_recycling_sites/7When you do your "waste audit" you will notice what material you have the most of - or what is the most bulky.  If you search this list you'll find the nearest place to recycle it. Then you can incorporate it into a trip you are taking somewhere else - or take the kids for a walk to find them and do some recycling!  Spot the recycliing banks. It doesn't always have to be a trip to the HWRC.Perhaps you take the kids to swim at Gurnell for instance? 

Philippa Bond ● 5035d

Really?  I don't think they've refused to take anything from here.  My neighbours often don't seem to be using the right bags for plastics - but as long as it is obvious it seems to go.(Well not really sure what this new lot are up to (suspect they don't know either))No neighbour to share a bag or bin with?

Philippa Bond ● 5035d

ive had nothing im storing recycling now until it arrives as this morning they refused to take unless in bag and box

Mark Ryan ● 5036d

me too but I have had a reply.

Philippa Bond ● 5036d

im still waiting

Mark Ryan ● 5036d

So have I.  I've always used customers@ealing.gov.uk and it has been good.  So I thought I would try it again.  So far I've had no reply which is unusual.

Philippa Bond ● 5042d

I have ordered three bags over the last two years, one ripped, one missing after 'recycling' and one where the plastic broke down in sunlight. All were delivered in a coule of days.Have faith. :-)

Nigel Brooks ● 5042d

I've ordered them What this space to see if they ever turn up

Mark Ryan ● 5042d

So have you ordered yours?

Philippa Bond ● 5042d

MarkPut your address on all recycling containers - it makes them less attractive to thieves. I thought I wouldn't mind sharing my food waste bin until mine was replaced by one that someone had obviously never ever rinsed out.  There was a very thick layer of yuck which took days of soaking to get off.  There are a lot of people who unfortunately cannot be bothered to order new ones and think anyone else's will do instead.  I don't mind sharing but I do mind having my bags/boxes nicked.  Name them and neighbours can sort them out easily and return them to each other.Just take a walk down a street on dustbin day and you'll see who isn't using any/hasn't replaced theirs/needs to replace theirs!It probably also helps if they have "London Borough of Ealing" on them as that makes it obvious when they are stolen and used for other purposes. My plastics bag did a disappearing act this week too.  I've walked the street looking for it.  (It wasn't marked as clearly as it should have been!)Let's see how we both get on getting new ones!

Philippa Bond ● 5044d

Really easy on the council website.Here's the linkhttp://www.ealing.gov.uk/site/scripts/xforms_form.php?formID=75&language=en

Nigel Brooks ● 5044d