The Retirement Thread

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Morning All
Chucking it down here but probably should clear in about an hour.
I want to get out on the bike today but then there is always manyana.

*Green wheelie bin and orange bottle box

 

[Gary E]

After doing some quick maths we've worked out that my wife and I will hopefully be able to retire in a little under 5 years can't wait

 

[Paulus]

After doing some quick maths we've worked out that my wife and I will hopefully be able to retire in a little under 5 years can't wait

I'm not sure that even makes you an associate member yet

 

[Drago]

We have black, green and blue bins. The green ones are for garden waste. I'm having a bit of a battle over the green one. Recently I put out out and the Carncil didn't empty it. I rang to complain, and they told me it was too heavy, and directed me to their website. Sure enough, on the web page it tells punters that if the green bin is too heavy they will not take it. I rang again, "Ok, how heavy is too heavy? What is the actual weight limit?" They could not or would not tell me, yet insist my green bin is too heavy.

Fine. So I scooped half out, put it in the black general rubbish bin, disguised it with 6 inches of normal rubbish on top, and they took that instead. One way or another they are taking it.

 

[numbnuts]

We don't have bins just black plastic bags and you have to ask beg the council for them.

 

[Mo1959]

Baffling why it's different in virtually every area/region. We are green for general, blue for plastic/cardboard and brown for garden and food waste. We have to take bottles to the bottle bank as they haven't supplied anything for them.

They have also recently levied a £25 charge for the brown bin unless it is purely for food waste. They won't take garden waste unless you have the sticker on the side to say you have paid up.

 

[welsh dragon]

The black bags we get from the Council are so thin, you can actually see through them. You can hardly put anything in them because they just fall apart. People are resorting to buying their own which is what the council wants of course. Saves them money

 

[Dirk]

We have general waste - black bin.
Optional garden waste costing an extra £36 a year - green bin.
Both collected alternately every other week, apart from the green bin which is not collected between the end of November and the start of March - even though we pay for a years collection.
Food waste is put in a separate caddy. Paper is in a green plastic sack. Cardboard in a brown plastic sack. Glass, recyclable plastic and tins go in a green plastic box. All of which gets collected every week.
Simple, innit?

 

[Gary E]

I'm not sure that even makes you an associate member yet

I can dream

 

[Mo1959]

We have general waste - black bin.
Optional garden waste costing an extra £36 a year - green bin.
Both collected alternately every other week, apart from the green bin which is not collected between the end of November and the start of March - even though we pay for a years collection.
Food waste is put in a separate caddy. Paper is in a green plastic sack. Cardboard in a brown plastic sack. Glass, recyclable plastic and tins go in a green plastic box. All of which gets collected every week.
Simple, innit?

No wonder some folk can't be a***d and stick everything in general!

 

[welsh dragon]

We have a food caddy, a main bin, a green bin for glass, a red one for plastic and tins and a blue one for paper/cardboard. The main bin is collected every 3 weeks. The food caddy is collected every week, and the rest we put out whenever they are full.

 

[Dirk]

I can dream

I'm sure we can accommodate an aspiring member - after all, you're probably older than that young whippersnapper @Drago.

 

[welsh dragon]

I'm sure we can accommodate an aspiring member - after all, you're probably older than that young whippersnapper @Drago.

I have shoes that are probably older than him.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I had an E-Mail from the postcode lottery yesterday, I've won! I've just got to figure out what to spend the tenner on.

 

[GM]

Dave r's my new best mate


We've got a grey bin for general rubbish, blue bin for anything recyclable, green bin for garden waste no weight limit yet, and a brown caddy for food waste which is sent on to Mcdonald's