Nanny State?

[V8mate]

Aren't you glad that the government has time to brief and direct us on the minutiae of life?

http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/waste25.pdf

[Lost soul]

[cobra kid]

That is fantastic, I shall be emailing it to a mate who works in the H & S Labs in Buxton.

[theironduke]

Checking of bins
22 The checking of a bin for people inside should be a simple, straightforward process. Any manual check should comprise the following elements:
Banging on the sides of the bin with or without a suitable tool for such
¡¡a purpose.
Lifting of the lid of the bin, taking care to ensure that the person undertaking the ¡¡check does not put themselves at risk by doing so by, for example, climbing up, or dislodging waste which might fall upon the checker.
Carrying out a visual examination of the surface of the contents. NB: Physically ¡¡disturbing and rummaging around in the contents is not recommended or required, although a suitable tool such as a reach pole or robust stick could be used to prod the contents if desired.


A robust stick???? This would be funny if only it hadn't cost God knows how many tens of thousands of pounds...

[zac510]

I love the definitions on Page 2, as if it's a legal document.

[cs02rm0]

That is a joke, right?

[dougc]

That has got to be a joke surely...

Bin Rules said:

27 The attachment of warning labels or stickers on individual bins should not replace primary control measures outlined above. Their use, however, may serve a dual purpose as a reminder to:
people about the dangers of occupying bins;
collection drivers and loaders about the need carry out a check on the bin contents before lifting.

28 Where warning labels or stickers are used it is recommended that pictures are used in their design to overcome language and literacy difficulties.

[zac510]

I reckon we could mock up a parody of that for "People in wasteful departments" without too much trouble.

Import some bitterness from the News and Politics section.

[V8mate]

cs02rm0 said:

That is a joke, right?

It's very, very real!

[Neil H]

Labour have been throwing money at pointless crap like this for years and is why we're are in so much debt.

[cs02rm0]

Could we submit an FOI request to find out how much it cost to produce that?

[V8mate]

cs02rm0 said:

Could we submit an FOI request to find out how much it cost to produce that?

[Sisyphus]

Neil H said:

Labour have been throwing money at pointless crap like this for years and is why we're are in so much debt.

They knew that the state of the nation's books meant a lot more people would be living in skips & acted with an eye to the future.
I commend them.

[timlongs]

I think the facepalm picture is appropriate for this thread

[loafer123]

They removed all of the waste paper baskets from my office, purportedly on H&S grounds.

My view is that if you are too stupid to avoid tripping over a bin, you're too fking stupid to work here.

[Original Poster]

Absolutely unbelievable, I actually burst out laughing when I read about the robust stick part...!

[Hitler Hadrump]

Bin Rules said:

28 Where warning labels or stickers are used it is recommended that pictures are used in their design to overcome language and literacy difficulties.

[cs02rm0]

V8mate said:

cs02rm0 said:

Could we submit an FOI request to find out how much it cost to produce that?

I've given it a go.

[V8mate]

cs02rm0 said:

V8mate said:

cs02rm0 said:

Could we submit an FOI request to find out how much it cost to produce that?

I've given it a go.

The chances are they say it'll have cost them nothing. The HSE will have told the waste industry that it's their problem that our society allows people to sleep on the streets (and, therefore, in our bins) and that they should come up with training/guidance to prevent the tragedy of living people being compacted and landfilled. (:snigger

Companies will have paid the salaries of their employees who form part of the industry bodies and the HSE will simply have given the document their seal of approval.

[Lost soul]

I still can not beleive that the Gov waste time and money on such stupid st