Why would someone steal a bloody bin?

[Bristol spark]

Well after a rather long "couple of days" !!!

I came home today, and a brand new bin was on my drive

So i immediatly made my marker on it, unfortunatly i only had
Crinkle Plus rocker cover paint in the garage, So will be interesting to
See what it looks like when dried!

[All that jazz]

That looks very council.

[Freds]

All that jazz said:

That looks very council.

I have to agree ! On a new bin as well......'Wheelie Council'....

[KingNothing]

My council have announced they're going to start charging a yearly fee to take away your garden waste, alot of people not happy about it on facebook. Cheeky s also mulch it all up and use it to feed the council plants, and will sell it back to you for a couple of quid a bag to feed your own garden.

Needless to say where I lived with my ex tried it, so few people actually paid the fee they had to revert back to the old system and refunded everyone their money.

Edited by KingNothing on Thursday 8th September 21:51

[Burnham]

Our Bin was nicked the other week too. Who's doing this?!

[soad]

Burnham said:

Our Bin was nicked the other week too. Who's doing this?!

Ours lost its lid.

[catso]

KingNothing said:

My council have announced they're going to start charging a yearly fee to take away your garden waste

Our council started doing this a couple of years ago, they call it a 'Garden Club' to which you can pay to be a member.

They will, however replace lost/damaged bins for free - at least they did a couple of years back when one of mine split.

[Shakermaker]

KingNothing said:

My council have announced they're going to start charging a yearly fee to take away your garden waste, alot of people not happy about it on facebook. Cheeky s also mulch it all up and use it to feed the council plants, and will sell it back to you for a couple of quid a bag to feed your own garden.

Needless to say where I lived with my ex tried it, so few people actually paid the fee they had to revert back to the old system and refunded everyone their money.

Edited by KingNothing on Thursday 8th September 21:51

Horsham been doing this for a few years now.

I just put my grass cuttings in the normal bin now and chuck my normal rubbish on top. Since I have no need/desire to store all my grass cuttings in my garden elsewhere.

Though I'm keen to know what would happen if I did put a full bin at the kerbside of garden waste, without the special sticker I'm meant to display to show I'm a member. But I can't be bothered.

However - the wife and I definitely fill the recycling bin up more than the normal bin - which must be a good thing.

[Freds]

soad said:

Ours lost its lid.

Apparently there's a lucrative black market for transplant parts.

[LarryUSA]

Bristol spark said:

Well after a rather long "couple of days" !!!

I came home today, and a brand new bin was on my drive

So i immediatly made my marker on it, unfortunatly i only had
Crinkle Plus rocker cover paint in the garage, So will be interesting to
See what it looks like when dried!

You could have done it properly, like I did with these:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-x-WHEELIE-BIN-NUMBERS-...

[Sheepshanks]

The younger me would feel obliged to steal the stickers!

[anonymous-user]

Someone stole one of our two green bins and dumped it in an alley way up the road, some old todger goodie two shoes reported it to the council and they took it away. It even had our bloody house number on it.

[KingNothing]

Shakermaker said:

Horsham been doing this for a few years now.

I just put my grass cuttings in the normal bin now and chuck my normal rubbish on top. Since I have no need/desire to store all my grass cuttings in my garden elsewhere.

Though I'm keen to know what would happen if I did put a full bin at the kerbside of garden waste, without the special sticker I'm meant to display to show I'm a member. But I can't be bothered.

However - the wife and I definitely fill the recycling bin up more than the normal bin - which must be a good thing.

Mine will just be going into my general waste bin when I move into my own house. All those years ago we only used to have one (non-wheely bin) and that used to get everything including grass cuttings. I don't know what justification they could give to exclude you from putting them in the regular bin, although I do imagine there will be some petiness from the council about it.

[Shakermaker]

KingNothing said:

Shakermaker said:

Horsham been doing this for a few years now.

I just put my grass cuttings in the normal bin now and chuck my normal rubbish on top. Since I have no need/desire to store all my grass cuttings in my garden elsewhere.

Though I'm keen to know what would happen if I did put a full bin at the kerbside of garden waste, without the special sticker I'm meant to display to show I'm a member. But I can't be bothered.

However - the wife and I definitely fill the recycling bin up more than the normal bin - which must be a good thing.

Mine will just be going into my general waste bin when I move into my own house. All those years ago we only used to have one (non-wheely bin) and that used to get everything including grass cuttings. I don't know what justification they could give to exclude you from putting them in the regular bin, although I do imagine there will be some petiness from the council about it.

Thankfully I don't seem to have had any problems with it at all. I don't believe the bin lorry driver and his mate are too bothered. Tabloid stories of "Bin Nazis" don't appear to affect our little town. Apart from in the "odd neighbours" category of course.