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What a load of rubbish - please pass on to the council black bag snoopers From: Elizabeth Rimmington Date: 2006 Nov 01 10:46 UTC Short link
Did you contact the council and tell them in advance that you had a
one-off load of cardboard? Did you ask them if you could make an
arrangement?
I'm thinking that seeing the council can remove extra rubbish once-off,
they ought to remove extra recyclables once-off too. And as a gesture of
goodwill it should be free.
If you did contact the council then perhaps the next step is your local
councillor? I think the whole idea needs examining.
Elizabeth
-----Original Message-----
From: Glenn Williams [mailto:rollacoast@yahoo.co.uk]
Sent: 01 November 2006 10:28
To: <email obscured>
Subject: Re: [BH-Issues] What a load of rubbish - please pass on to the
council black bag snoopers
You may see this as a winge but there are some quite serious points. The
first is that a two weekly service is not good enough compared to the
excellent weekly service offered by Magpie. As I live in a small house
without a garden it is not practical for me to keep stuff for so long.
Since leaving Magpie I carry most bottles and paper round to my local
recycling point as two week's recycling takes up too much room in my
house. It's only plastic and card that I have to rely on the bi-weekly
service and have no choice but to use the council.
The other is that I'd read about people who'd been fined for putting
paper into black bin bags. I think one case was in Brighton but might
be wrong.
While I would obviously want to promote recycling this kind of
'criminalisation' does not do the recycling cause any favours. It's not
just the 'customer' who has responsibility.
I have carried loads of stuff round to Shabitat and charity shops but
frankly Freecycle are not going to be interested in tons of card (not
boxes or anything remotely useful). Having masses of cardboard in my
hallway at the top of my stairs for another 2 weeks is not an option so
the stuff has to go in a bin bag. It's not something I'm particularly
happy doing but I have no choice.
As this is only a one off massive amount of recycling I do not want
another box to clutter up my hallway as I won't need it until my next
big clear out.
As for getting Magpie to collect my green box well yes I should ring
them up but maybe I'll keep it and despite being broke, spend the money
and start using them again so I at least can go back to the many years
of reliable and hassle free recycling.
Glenn
-----Original Message-----
From: <email obscured>
[mailto:Joyce.Edmond-Smith@brighton-hove.gov.uk]
Sent: 01 November 2006 09:56
To: Glenn Williams
Cc: <email obscured>
Subject: Re: [BH-Issues] What a load of rubbish - please pass on to the
council black bag snoopers
Not at all "unbelievable" but obvious _ - The Green boxes belong to
Magpie
and if you are not using their services any more maybe you should return
the
box., I am sure Magpie would come to collect if it you ask them. I use
both
Magpie and the Council service and I would not expect the Council to
collect
the Magpie box - nor do I expect Magpie to collect the Council box. .
By
the way if you want more Council bins you only have to ask for them. As
for
putting all your cardboard in your rubbish bin - did
you say you were a "long standing recycler" ? ? Anyone "clearing
their
house" might want to know about Brighton & Hove freecycle. You just
post
what you have to offer - and in most cases someone does want it even
cardboard boxes !(and they will come to collect ) What about a bit
of
constructive thinking instead of endless whinging ?
Joyce Edmond-Smith
"Glenn Williams" To:
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<rollacoast@yahoo.co.uk cc:
> Subject:
[BH-Issues]
What a load of rubbish - please pass on to the council
black bag
snoopers
01/11/2006 09:34
As a responsible long standing recycler I stayed with Magpie for as long
as
possible but recently reluctantly quit them as I'm skint. Their service
was
fantastic but now I have had to resort to the council's sub-service.
After completely tidying out my house I had unbelievable amounts of old
books and paper most of which I carried (at least 10 trips) to the local
paper recycling bin as I don't have a vehicle. I also had loads and
loads of
heavy and light cardboard and a couple of kilos of old batteries which
were
waiting in my hallway to be taken away recycled. As I've only one
council
bin I used my old Magpie box for the card and batteries and put the two
bins
together. When they collected the stuff they left the Magpie box
contents
behind. Unbelievable!
As I can't keep masses of card in my house for another two weeks it all
went
straight in black sacks and is now waiting with my other rubbish for
this
morning's collection for the landfill. The batteries I will try again in
two
weeks. By the way will the council recycle my Magpie bin?
I believe the council have now taken to fining people for putting
recyclables in their normal rubbish. Well I own up and look forward to
receiving a fine from the council.
Please send any summons to
Glenn Williams
36 Park Crescent Road
Brighton
BN2 3HT
Glenn Williams
Yahoo IM: Rollacoast
Skype Name: Rollacoast
Glenn Williams
Elm Grove Area, Pavilion
More info:
http://forums.e-democracy.org/brighton-hove/contacts/glennwilliams
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