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Re: Weekly bin collections could return to waveney « Reply #20 Posted: 01 October 2011 at 11:08 AM »
At the risk of being shouted down, I actually welcome the return of weekly collections.  In my block of flats we have one blue and two black bins, and it took some persuasion on my part to get a 2nd black bin last year!  The council tried to make me pay, despite my quoting the law at them about it being one black bin 'per dwelling' not per building.  Even so, others down my road always have overflowing bins, and so I think weekly collections would help greatly.  Much of the problem in my view stems from the fact that nowadays bin men are not allowed to lift or wheel away heavy bins, and so if the lid sticks open so much as a few milimeters then it is left behind with a big yellow warning sticker.  Weekly collections would help sort this issue. 
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Re: Weekly bin collections could return to waveney « Reply #21 Posted: 01 October 2011 at 11:20 AM »
Yes its only us english though where my inlaws live in scotland they have fortnightly and if the black bin is full they put the sacks next to the bin on day of collection and the binmen take it all away its just the way we are down here very lazy. I guess for larger buildings and large families it will be welcome but i have a family and my black bin is never full we recycle most stuff and any food waste goes in the food waste bin and then into the green bin. Even when we had nappies etc i used to pay the extra few pence to get proper nappy bags and then it never stunk the bin out. Our problem is we are just too lazy to do anything well most of us anyway not all of us.
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Re: Weekly bin collections could return to waveney « Reply #22 Posted: 01 October 2011 at 11:46 AM »
I have added a poll to this topic.  You will only see the results if you vote.
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Re: Weekly bin collections could return to waveney « Reply #23 Posted: 01 October 2011 at 12:01 PM »
Quote from: JollyJapes on 01 October 2011 at 11:08 AM
At the risk of being shouted down, I actually welcome the return of weekly collections. 

Why do you think you're at risk of being shouted down?  icon_scratch  Any of us can have different requirements to other people. So, one's comments are based on one's needs.  I put my black bin out (once a month) - which is less than a quarter full - and other bins are full to overflowing!  But ending on a general note - if bringing in weekly bin emptying also helps reduce the amount of fly tipping in the area - then I'm all for it.
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Re: Weekly bin collections could return to waveney « Reply #24 Posted: 01 October 2011 at 03:54 PM »
Agree with that trigger if it does help stop fly tipping.
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Re: Weekly bin collections could return to waveney « Reply #25 Posted: 01 October 2011 at 04:57 PM »
........but it wont because most of fly tipping is to do with larger items sofas, beds, tvs etc the things that you cant get put in a bin however many times its a week
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Re: Weekly bin collections could return to waveney « Reply #26 Posted: 01 October 2011 at 06:33 PM »
I personally would love to see the glass recycling scheme extended in Lowestoft, and money used for that. Only North Lowestoft and Halesworth get it and it would be great to get rid of glass with the bin waste like other areas of Lowestoft, i think they only use bags for it??
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Re: Weekly bin collections could return to waveney « Reply #27 Posted: 01 October 2011 at 06:40 PM »
I do recycle all my glass by taking it a bike ride away every few weeks however I agree it would be lovely to have a glass collection
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Re: Weekly bin collections could return to waveney « Reply #28 Posted: 01 October 2011 at 06:49 PM »
So do I every month or so, usually beer bottles Roll Eyes it would be nice to have a small bag or box like North Lowestoft collected with my rubbish.
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Re: Weekly bin collections could return to waveney « Reply #29 Posted: 01 October 2011 at 06:58 PM »
Yes I totally agree 728
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