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Weekly bin collections could return to waveney « Posted: 30 September 2011 at 01:41 PM »
Hi guys dont know if you have seen on the news but the government have said they will spend 250 million pounds across england to bring back weekly collections where fortnightly collections are present. So any feelings about this i have my feelings but would like to hear yours first. Its due to happen across england from april next year but its only if the councils wants to do it. The government says people want to get more form their council tax and this will be a way of getting it and apparently picking up more votes.
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Re: Weekly bin collections could return to waveney « Reply #1 Posted: 30 September 2011 at 01:59 PM »
I am perfectly happy with the alternate weeks collections - black bin one week and green and blue the other.  I usually only put my black bin out once every four weeks, for the small amount of landfill waste we produce. Admittedly there are only two of us so others will obviously be different.   I could probably get away with the blue bin on a similar basis, but I don't bother to compress most of the items as I have plenty of room in the bin not to have to do so.
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Re: Weekly bin collections could return to waveney « Reply #2 Posted: 30 September 2011 at 02:02 PM »
I am also happy with the current arrangements. I do worry about the sanity of this government.
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Re: Weekly bin collections could return to waveney « Reply #3 Posted: 30 September 2011 at 02:48 PM »
I think that this is aimed at the towns where the streets are lined with black plastic sacks
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Re: Weekly bin collections could return to waveney « Reply #4 Posted: 30 September 2011 at 03:07 PM »
i heard this on news,that amount of money is not enough so total waste.my black bin is hardly full and towns with just bin bags that amount of money make no difference.i too worry about this goverment
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Re: Weekly bin collections could return to waveney « Reply #5 Posted: 30 September 2011 at 03:15 PM »
Its not aimed at streets with black sacks its aimed at all areas who have the different bins etc black/blue. I must admit they were saying on the news this would only encourage people to chuck everything into the black bin and not bother recycling anythng. I like it as it is and enjoy doing the recycling i think its a total waste of money and lets think how will the pavements would be with all 3 bins out on the street every morning it would be stupid.
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Re: Weekly bin collections could return to waveney « Reply #6 Posted: 30 September 2011 at 03:33 PM »
I like it as it is i am very careful with waste and my black bin could easily go longer I usually only have one or at most two bags of unrecycled waste a fortnight.

Between the green, black, blue bin,s freangle and the charity shops I have nothing left tp throw away
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Re: Weekly bin collections could return to waveney « Reply #7 Posted: 30 September 2011 at 03:49 PM »
I am quite happy with the way things are now. No need for weekly collection on my account.
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Re: Weekly bin collections could return to waveney « Reply #8 Posted: 30 September 2011 at 03:54 PM »
Nor me!  There being only me - there's very little in the black bin after 2 weeks - but in this weather it pongs a bit - so sprinkle it with Jeyes Fluid "Freshbin Powder"!  The blue bin I put out every four weeks and it's always at least 3/4 full (don't know where it all comes from though!)
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Re: Weekly bin collections could return to waveney « Reply #9 Posted: 30 September 2011 at 04:00 PM »
If anything we need a smaller black bin, we do not generate that much waste, blue bin gets full.
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