Comments on: Bin Spin http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/04/25/bin-spin/ “ferocity with a purpose” Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:30:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Laurence Boyce http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/04/25/bin-spin/comment-page-1/#comment-47980 Laurence Boyce Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:19:04 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/04/25/bin-spin/#comment-47980 The trouble with fortnightly bin collections is that there is virtually no slack in the system. It works fine if everyone does as much recycling as they can, but then say if some foreign students turns up and they don't know the drill, the wheels can come off quite rapidly. This happened on my patch last summer and it was revolting. Rubbish strewn everywhere plus maggots, basically because the dustmen were playing it by the book, and just leaving stuff behind that wasn't properly bagged or whatever. I had to personally bag it all up and take it to the local tip in what was the most disgusting Sunday afternoon of my entire life. Then the next day I went to give the local waste disposal officer merry hell. In my view, it is irresposible to leave behind rubbish in the high heat of summer, which then obviously will have another two weeks to run. The rubbish should first be collected, and then the miscreants should be dealt with after the fact. It's a very bad sign when one starts obsessing about rubbish! The trouble with fortnightly bin collections is that there is virtually no slack in the system. It works fine if everyone does as much recycling as they can, but then say if some foreign students turns up and they don’t know the drill, the wheels can come off quite rapidly. This happened on my patch last summer and it was revolting. Rubbish strewn everywhere plus maggots, basically because the dustmen were playing it by the book, and just leaving stuff behind that wasn’t properly bagged or whatever. I had to personally bag it all up and take it to the local tip in what was the most disgusting Sunday afternoon of my entire life. Then the next day I went to give the local waste disposal officer merry hell.

In my view, it is irresposible to leave behind rubbish in the high heat of summer, which then obviously will have another two weeks to run. The rubbish should first be collected, and then the miscreants should be dealt with after the fact.

It’s a very bad sign when one starts obsessing about rubbish!

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