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Senex said:
BananaFama said:
How long has Swindon not been "Wiltshire "? 
Geographically Swindon is located within Wiltshire but it has been a Unitary Authority since 1997 which means it is no longer under the auspices of Wiltshire Council.The ceremonial county of Wiltshire consists of two unitary authority areas, Wiltshire and Swindon, governed respectively by Wiltshire Council and Swindon Borough Council.
Swindon Borough contains two towns: Swindon and Highworth, and several villages.
One of my other jobs was to get a new dishwasher waste hose as I’d broken mine removing the machine
Found a perfect one at the tip but got yelled at for trying to liberate it, I understand the rules but seems sad you can’t recycle stuff at the recycling centre
Ironically the lady who’d shouted at me was taking bits out of my trailer into a “staff only skip” round the back
Spare tyre said:
Years ago I was taking some old kitchen bits to Purton tip.
One of my other jobs was to get a new dishwasher waste hose as I’d broken mine removing the machine
Found a perfect one at the tip but got yelled at for trying to liberate it, I understand the rules but seems sad you can’t recycle stuff at the recycling centre
Ironically the lady who’d shouted at me was taking bits out of my trailer into a “staff only skip” round the back
On "money for nothing " tv prog ,they always emphasise the "special permission " to take stuff off the public destined for the skips .One of my other jobs was to get a new dishwasher waste hose as I’d broken mine removing the machine
Found a perfect one at the tip but got yelled at for trying to liberate it, I understand the rules but seems sad you can’t recycle stuff at the recycling centre
Ironically the lady who’d shouted at me was taking bits out of my trailer into a “staff only skip” round the back
Not had too much problem with Swindon tip, but really I don't go there much now. When I'm there I just make sure to fill the black wheelie bin as much as possible, or the green one. The booking system has stopped the 1 hour queuing though.
Wiltshire to save money shut their tips every other day, got rid of staff and moved them between tips.
The Pembrokeshire tips are a delight to use, in and out in a couple of minutes, helpful staff and my local is next to the estuary so a great view too.
However, they've made it residents only, so the holiday makers can't take their rubbish there, so they end up stuffing the local street bins, filling them instead.
The locals have started doing it as well, because they've cut down household waste collection to every three weeks, a max of 3 bags (i.e. one bag a week) is collected and has to be the special council bag.who wants 3 week rubbish smelling, especially in the summer.
So now they have the bins emptied daily instead!
Wiltshire to save money shut their tips every other day, got rid of staff and moved them between tips.
The Pembrokeshire tips are a delight to use, in and out in a couple of minutes, helpful staff and my local is next to the estuary so a great view too.
However, they've made it residents only, so the holiday makers can't take their rubbish there, so they end up stuffing the local street bins, filling them instead.
The locals have started doing it as well, because they've cut down household waste collection to every three weeks, a max of 3 bags (i.e. one bag a week) is collected and has to be the special council bag.who wants 3 week rubbish smelling, especially in the summer.
So now they have the bins emptied daily instead!
Edited by Byker28i on Tuesday 21st March 11:59
Spare tyre said:
Years ago I was taking some old kitchen bits to Purton tip.
One of my other jobs was to get a new dishwasher waste hose as I’d broken mine removing the machine
Found a perfect one at the tip but got yelled at for trying to liberate it, I understand the rules but seems sad you can’t recycle stuff at the recycling centre
Ironically the lady who’d shouted at me was taking bits out of my trailer into a “staff only skip” round the back
Hills have the waste service contract for Wiltshire, they run the recyling centers, waste collection and disposal.One of my other jobs was to get a new dishwasher waste hose as I’d broken mine removing the machine
Found a perfect one at the tip but got yelled at for trying to liberate it, I understand the rules but seems sad you can’t recycle stuff at the recycling centre
Ironically the lady who’d shouted at me was taking bits out of my trailer into a “staff only skip” round the back
It's a huge enterprise now, with as much as possible sorted and recycled and sold at different sites Even the black rubbish gets converted to power station fuel at Westbury. An amazing site
https://www.hills-waste.co.uk/our-sites/westbury
They even tap the methane from the buried waste as part of the land management and use it to generate electricity
deadtom said:
My local council (Kirklees, West Yorkshire) tip is great. You have to register your car (up to two per household, which I dutifully have done but I've never actually been checked) but other than that you can turn up as often as you need to, and it's open Saturday and Sunday. They even take old car tyres.
I realise this is no help to you OP, but I wanted to bring some balance and say that they aren't all bad
Ye Olde Fashionede Free-For-All here, Rochdale. I’ve got a honking big trailer with tall mesh sides. Rubble, car tyres, plasterboard - all fine. Staff even help you get your heavy stuff out. You can’t use tip commercial waste (you can use a van though if it’s got domestic waste) and you can’t use a twin axle trailer. I realise this is no help to you OP, but I wanted to bring some balance and say that they aren't all bad
I’m dreading the day they start getting ideas like some of those councils that I read about on these threads - I suspect that someone sensible costs this up and compares it with how much it costs to sort out fly-tipping. I think they’ve got it right.
ETA: Jesus! Those charges a few posts up above, in Buckinghamshire. Holy crap
I’ve just done a big kitchen, utility room and bathroom. A lot of trailer loads to the tip - and I’d estimate two or three grand in fees if I had to pay those charges. Wow. How’s the fly tipping? Edited by Dog Star on Tuesday 21st March 12:42
Spare tyre said:
Years ago I was taking some old kitchen bits to Purton tip.
One of my other jobs was to get a new dishwasher waste hose as I’d broken mine removing the machine
Found a perfect one at the tip but got yelled at for trying to liberate it, I understand the rules but seems sad you can’t recycle stuff at the recycling centre
Ironically the lady who’d shouted at me was taking bits out of my trailer into a “staff only skip” round the back
I used to like using Purton...before bloody Covid. It is closer to me than Cheney Manor.One of my other jobs was to get a new dishwasher waste hose as I’d broken mine removing the machine
Found a perfect one at the tip but got yelled at for trying to liberate it, I understand the rules but seems sad you can’t recycle stuff at the recycling centre
Ironically the lady who’d shouted at me was taking bits out of my trailer into a “staff only skip” round the back
There is no booking system but they do have a Nazi on the entrance now demanding to see a local Council Tax bill or similar, just to make sure you're not from the big bad city.
As for "staff only skip" I have observed them sorting out a kid's bike for the chosen few i.e. their mates.
Edited by Senex on Tuesday 21st March 13:25
Byker28i said:
Hills have the waste service contract for Wiltshire, they run the recyling centers, waste collection and disposal.
It's a huge enterprise now, with as much as possible sorted and recycled and sold at different sites Even the black rubbish gets converted to power station fuel at Westbury. An amazing site
https://www.hills-waste.co.uk/our-sites/westbury
They even tap the methane from the buried waste as part of the land management and use it to generate electricity
So if they are making money from the enterprise, it's strange how Hills are now avid post code checkers (they didn't use to be before covid). It's a huge enterprise now, with as much as possible sorted and recycled and sold at different sites Even the black rubbish gets converted to power station fuel at Westbury. An amazing site
https://www.hills-waste.co.uk/our-sites/westbury
They even tap the methane from the buried waste as part of the land management and use it to generate electricity
One would think, the more waste brought to them, the more profit.
Especially as they actually own the landfill sites from which they have extracted millions of pounds worth of sand and gravel.
Byker28i said:
However, they've made it residents only, so the holiday makers can't take their rubbish there, so they end up stuffing the local street bins, filling them instead.
The locals have started doing it as well,
Congrats on moving from Swindon to Pembrokeshire.The locals have started doing it as well,
In the car park of my local Tesco, there used to be a mini-recycling centre for cardboard, paper, glass and tins etc. and very popular it was too.
Our wise council decided to get rid of something people liked and used so now all the nearby bins are overflowing with s
t.Great success.
We're in Hampshire and still have to book the tip, which I don't mind too much as it means there's a lot less of a queue to sit in at weekends. However, I have three bags of past-it lime mortar that I need to dispose of, and the tips in Hampshire will relieve me of £18 for this pleasure..
One of my work colleagues lives just over the border in West Sussex, where there is no requirement for any booking and they will take the lime mortar for free. I'll be bringing the bags in later in the week to hand over to him, along with a couple of beers!
What really does piss me off though, is the fact that I am no longer allowed to buy old electronics, speakers and hi-fi equipment at any tip any more. The bargains I've had over the years have been incredible.
One of my work colleagues lives just over the border in West Sussex, where there is no requirement for any booking and they will take the lime mortar for free. I'll be bringing the bags in later in the week to hand over to him, along with a couple of beers!
What really does piss me off though, is the fact that I am no longer allowed to buy old electronics, speakers and hi-fi equipment at any tip any more. The bargains I've had over the years have been incredible.
Senex said:
Byker28i said:
Hills have the waste service contract for Wiltshire, they run the recyling centers, waste collection and disposal.
It's a huge enterprise now, with as much as possible sorted and recycled and sold at different sites Even the black rubbish gets converted to power station fuel at Westbury. An amazing site
https://www.hills-waste.co.uk/our-sites/westbury
They even tap the methane from the buried waste as part of the land management and use it to generate electricity
So if they are making money from the enterprise, it's strange how Hills are now avid post code checkers (they didn't use to be before covid). It's a huge enterprise now, with as much as possible sorted and recycled and sold at different sites Even the black rubbish gets converted to power station fuel at Westbury. An amazing site
https://www.hills-waste.co.uk/our-sites/westbury
They even tap the methane from the buried waste as part of the land management and use it to generate electricity
One would think, the more waste brought to them, the more profit.
Especially as they actually own the landfill sites from which they have extracted millions of pounds worth of sand and gravel.
As for making money, yup, it's what keeps the bills down, which ultimately residents would be paying for somehow. It's all factored into the cost of waste management these days. No idea what Swindon does...., but it's also one of the reasons for pushing recycling so much, along with the huge cost imposed now to just landfill.
They were going to build a black bag/ waste facility by Junc 15 but didn't, looks like housing going there now. Then they tried processing at Cheney manor, but thats gone now
Those charges above are obscene, I'll bet the region has a massive flytipping problem too. Our local one is great - turn up in a van, tip loads of stuff, no worries. Main thing the staff do is make sure things are going in the right place, eg, no soil in the rubble skip. Looks like this area is pretty good at recycling\reselling the waste.
With one exception,
One day I went in with the van - bin full of general stuff,a few litres of oil, and some big cardboard boxes. The guy on site that day went mental,
"you're on cctv that's a van you're not meant to bring a van you're on cctv that's trade waste you're meant to have a permit you're on cctv trades have to pay for a book of permits you're on cctv" for about 10 minutes on a loop.
There's no restriction on vans, it wasn't trade waste, it was obvious he'd seen van, assumed trade, and lost his st.
I was happy to keep explaining and let it go until I got the utter nonsense of
"You shouldn't be bringing cardboard to site, you've got a recycle bin at home"
I dunno who pissed on his chips that day, but he got complained about.
Contrast with this weekend - two vanloads full of timber and garden waste, no problem at all.
With one exception,
One day I went in with the van - bin full of general stuff,a few litres of oil, and some big cardboard boxes. The guy on site that day went mental,
"you're on cctv that's a van you're not meant to bring a van you're on cctv that's trade waste you're meant to have a permit you're on cctv trades have to pay for a book of permits you're on cctv" for about 10 minutes on a loop.
There's no restriction on vans, it wasn't trade waste, it was obvious he'd seen van, assumed trade, and lost his s
t.I was happy to keep explaining and let it go until I got the utter nonsense of
"You shouldn't be bringing cardboard to site, you've got a recycle bin at home"
I dunno who pissed on his chips that day, but he got complained about.
Contrast with this weekend - two vanloads full of timber and garden waste, no problem at all.
The one I occasionally use has a little shed on the entrance. Always stopped/greeted with the same questions. Have you got your drivers licence or bill with you (to check you live in the area)? Usual response is I didn’t know you needed one. Next one is, what have you got in the car? Err, rubbish. They always let me through 
Actual said:
StevieBee said:
Actual said:
Where we are now EVERYTING is free
It really isn't.You can take many household items to a recycling centre for free. This includes:...
Such facilities are not provided though altruistic endeavour. They cost money to operate and that money comes from the tax payer - you!
In Hampshire we still have to book, which can be a pest but not the end of the world
The problem I have is my local tip had a 2m height restriction on entrance, which is not there on weekends
I emailed about it and it’s meant to stop vans, which is fine, they explained they will open it if you ask, except they get shirty about it
My car is over 2m high, don’t have time at the wekend.
The old boy next door is a very helpful fella, he helps me out now by processing whatever I have and drip feeding it into the bin. I repay him by doing heavy lifting, IT repairs etc
Not been to the tip for a while now
Local transit van based family recently got fined £140 for getting caught on camera fly numerous times
What they tipped would have cost more than £140 at the tip!
The problem I have is my local tip had a 2m height restriction on entrance, which is not there on weekends
I emailed about it and it’s meant to stop vans, which is fine, they explained they will open it if you ask, except they get shirty about it
My car is over 2m high, don’t have time at the wekend.
The old boy next door is a very helpful fella, he helps me out now by processing whatever I have and drip feeding it into the bin. I repay him by doing heavy lifting, IT repairs etc
Not been to the tip for a while now
Local transit van based family recently got fined £140 for getting caught on camera fly numerous times
What they tipped would have cost more than £140 at the tip!
Mine is in Salford. Like all Greater Manchester recycling centres you just turn up. There is a maximum of 52 visits per for any vehicle registration (machine read on entry). Vans have to use a specific site(s) and be weighed. Can't believe any council is making people book. It's ludicrous.
My nearest tip is a 40 minute round trip and I took my parents three piece suite there in my trailer.
Unfortunately, although I got in ok I wasn't allowed to dump it because you can't bring a pickup in with a trailer.
I could have apparently bought the same trailer in with my car but that doesn't have a towbar.
I looked at my next nearest tip (45 minute round trip) and they don't allow trailers over 6 foot, mine is 7.
Finally looked at the third nearest tip (1 hour round trip) and they don't allow pick up trucks at all.
If anyone wants a used three piece suite, there's one in our field going free.
In unrelated local news: We have a sudden surge in fly tipping ...
Unfortunately, although I got in ok I wasn't allowed to dump it because you can't bring a pickup in with a trailer.
I could have apparently bought the same trailer in with my car but that doesn't have a towbar.
I looked at my next nearest tip (45 minute round trip) and they don't allow trailers over 6 foot, mine is 7.
Finally looked at the third nearest tip (1 hour round trip) and they don't allow pick up trucks at all.
If anyone wants a used three piece suite, there's one in our field going free.
In unrelated local news: We have a sudden surge in fly tipping ...
Spare tyre said:
In Hampshire we still have to book, which can be a pest but not the end of the world
The problem I have is my local tip had a 2m height restriction on entrance, which is not there on weekends
I emailed about it and it’s meant to stop vans, which is fine, they explained they will open it if you ask, except they get shirty about it
My car is over 2m high, don’t have time at the wekend.
The old boy next door is a very helpful fella, he helps me out now by processing whatever I have and drip feeding it into the bin. I repay him by doing heavy lifting, IT repairs etc
Not been to the tip for a while now
Local transit van based family recently got fined £140 for getting caught on camera fly numerous times
What they tipped would have cost more than £140 at the tip!
I have to ask but what is your car that is over 2m high ?The problem I have is my local tip had a 2m height restriction on entrance, which is not there on weekends
I emailed about it and it’s meant to stop vans, which is fine, they explained they will open it if you ask, except they get shirty about it
My car is over 2m high, don’t have time at the wekend.
The old boy next door is a very helpful fella, he helps me out now by processing whatever I have and drip feeding it into the bin. I repay him by doing heavy lifting, IT repairs etc
Not been to the tip for a while now
Local transit van based family recently got fined £140 for getting caught on camera fly numerous times
What they tipped would have cost more than £140 at the tip!
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