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Topic ID 253
Brown Bins
We have just had our brown recycling bin delivered, great idea to help residents recycle more, I'm all for it, but do they have to be soo big? I don't know about anyone else but as only garden waste can go in, it will take me forever to fill it up. A smaller bin would be easier to store and surely more economical.
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Reply ID 1695
I believe if you contact the council you can have a half size bin, you certainly can for the grey one's so I would assume it's the same for the brown one's. Let us know how you get one.
Reply ID 1696
You can also request NOT to have a bin and share one with your neighbour.
Reply ID 1698
thanks for those suggestions, I phoned the council, they are not going to supply small bins bt did offer the idea of sharing bin which might at least get us all talking to our neighbous.
Reply ID 1699
Lucky you for actually getting yours! Our first collection day for the brown bins is this coming Monday, but still no sign of a bin yet!!! David
Reply ID 1702
The council has informed those of us on High Oak road that our brown bins will now be collected on the same day as the grey ones. (they used to be collected seperately). So expect some posts from irate pedestrians next week, complaining about the lack of pavement space on a tuesday.
Reply ID 1710
I had the lack of pavement space nightmare today, if everybody in our small street has 2 large bins and also the small one for paper outside their house nobody is going to able to get out of their houses!
Reply ID 1713
I opened my brown bin today and found a family of asylum seekers hiding in it.
Reply ID 1717
were they eating Swan?
Reply ID 1720
I can't wait for my brown bin to arrive as I must have one of the biggest volumes of garden waste in the town (my hedge is about 100ft long!) How ironic then that the council has decided to equip the smaller terraced properties first where there is limited capacity to store 2 wheely bins. What ever happened to the small paper recycling boxes. Mine lasted all of a week before magically disappearing. Wouldn't it be a better idea to have a central collection point on every street and provide residents with wheelbarrows insteand of bins?
Reply ID 1727
Rebecca.......shame on you!......you should know that size is not important. And JohnT......no they weren't eating swan. In fact they weren't eating anything. They were singing what sounded like an old Yugoslavian folk song, but when I opened the bin they all stopped singing, leapt out and asked where David Beckham lives. I pointed in the direction of Sawbridgworth, whereupon the kids were bundled up into an old shabby holdall and they ran off up the A414 towards Harlow.
Reply ID 1729
Having just spent 15 minutes cutting my embarassingly short hedge, I went to put the clippings in my brown bin when I noticed in the corner of the bin...............a pile of white feathers and....................a beak!!!!..............could JohnT be right? Surely they wouldn't have................would they???
Reply ID 1735
Well its now Sunday and the first collection day for the new brown bins is tomorrow for us, and low and behold, still no bin!!!!! Do the council not think of the collection days and deliver the bins in good time for residents to actually use them!!!!! I have a pile of garden waste waiting to put in the bin ready for tomorrow. Maybe i should just put it on the pavement and see how they like that!!??! David Edited by - david c on 15 Jun 2003 18:04:01
Reply ID 1739
quote:I think that the beak is considered to be a delicacy amongst the 'respectable' asylum seekers of this area. So, it was probably just someone who had dined at Sfizio, and was urgently in need of a good meal. ****WARNING!!!! THE REST OF THIS POSTING HAS BEEN CENSORED BY THE 'REVIEW SECTION' POLICE. NO COERCION BY ANYONE AT THE 'TAP BAR'SHOULD BE INFERRED**** ............although, for a free meal, i am hapy to slag off any restaurant at all......Chrissie, please note!!!!
Having just spent 15 minutes cutting my embarassingly short hedge, I went to put the clippings in my brown bin when I noticed in the corner of the bin...............a pile of white feathers and....................a beak!!!!..............could JohnT be right? Surely they wouldn't have................would they???
Reply ID 1817
Day one of the brown bins being emptied today and I must say how useful they are. There is now loads more space for other rubbish in the black bin now that its not half full of garden stuff....I'm all in favour of having two bins. I am surprised though that the council do not offer FREE composters to anyone who wants one.
Reply ID 1818
Im glad that someone is finding them useful, i hope that i will agree WHEN we actually get ours!!! i've left numerous messages with the council, and several e-mails, but no-one is getting back to me about why we still havent had a bin, even though our first collection day was monday just gone!!! 
Reply ID 1819
I must admit after moaning about the size of the bins, I then chopped down our hedge and tree, completly filling the bin with waste! [:l] and all went smoothly with the collection.
Reply ID 1820
I think you'll find that Ichopped down the hedge, filling most of the bin! Let's try to keep to the facts...yeah?
Reply ID 1827
Surely filling and moving the bin is a man's job anyway or does your wife do all the hard graft.I know that I can work at a faster rate than my partner, cook a meal and breastfeed all at once! Unfortunately though I still have to pay the same council tax. Life is unfair
Reply ID 1829
Your partner is not moving slowly, he is being methodical and ensuring the job is done correctly first time rather than rushing and not doing it properly. You surely cannot blame him for being unable to breastfeed your child, and why would he want to cook if he has a wife to do it?
Reply ID 1830
Ok ok as a Moderator I think I have to moderate this topic as WOL cannot be involved in marital disputes especially if other parties are involved.
So please back to brown bins .
Reply ID 1877
The brown bins are good and I just wish I had somewhere to store it! Does anyone know if the council are thinking of collecting glass waste?
Reply ID 1880
AS yet, i don't think they are thinking of collecting glass. It would be very helpful if they were to think about collecting plastic bottles as well. We have started collecting plastic bottles and taking them to either Hoddesdon or Cheshunt, where there are collecting points. It is surprising just how much space doing this saves in the normal bins!!! If they don't like the idea of collecting from the doors, then i hope they will consider putting a collection point in the town at some point. I'm sure i wouldn't be the only one using it!?! Edited by - david c on 26 Jun 2003 17:02:36
Reply ID 1962
I must say, inspite of having filled my brown bin both times it was collected, I hate the things! The estate I live in, which is already littered with cars, is now littered with ugly bins. Walking out is now like walking through a rubbish tip. When folk had one bin, they on the whole found room for it. Now they have two, they are leaving them both out on the pavement. Makes a farce of development control looking at how people's amenity would be affected by proposed buildings. These bins have severely detrimentally affected the amenity of the residents in my area and it was the Council's idea.
Reply ID 1984
All you people whingeing about your brown bins, JUST BE GRATEFUL THAT YOU HAVE ONE!! We council tax payers who have not yet received a bin are fed up having our faces rubbed in it. So fill up and shut up and be glad that you haven't got a stinking pile of rotting vegetation in your back garden...OK
Reply ID 1986
we got a brown bin after we asked not to have one, we're sharing. We rang then council and they came and collected it the following day.if i'd have know Rebecca id have given you our one.
Reply ID 1989
I,ve just read the comments regarding recycling of plastic bottles in this area. I spoke to one of the managers of MRS who provide the waste collection services for the council about this very subject.Apparently, councils who deal with recycling are rewarded by how much weight they are able to collect. Plastic bottles weigh less than compost. I think we wareonliners should start our own plastic collection point and arrange it between us to get it to Hoddesdon ourselves. Sue Jones (Ware Quilters) had a great idea too...she suggested a bottle recycling bike ride along the two path with publicity from the local papers and radio to try and get the council to change their mind on this. Recycling plastic is such a good idea because it has so many uses.... such as clothing. Your fleece jacket is made from recycled p[lastic bottles.
Reply ID 1991
My typing is appalling! I meant to write TOW path!
Reply ID 1992
I would love to be able to recycle my plastic bottles and would support either of the above suggestions, (although I don't have a bike, anyone got a tandem?)
Reply ID 1997
Actually a friend of mine rides a tandem! There is one for sale in Highway Cycles for an extortionate amount of money, Seriously though, if the 'recycling cycle ride' has whetted a few appetites I would get in touch with Sue Jones. I'm all for it. I just need to get my bike roadworthy again.
Reply ID 1998
Yep I'm up for that too
Reply ID 1999
How would you carry a load of plastic bottles while riding a bike? I like the idea but i'm thinking of the practicalities here.
Reply ID 2000
Mine and many of my neighbours brown bins have gone back to the council as unwanted gifts . I filled mine up with garden rubbish and left if for collection only to come home and see it adorned with a ' contaminated' sticker . By ' contaminated ' , the intelligent people at the council advise it was because i had taken the outrageous step of putting grass cuttings etc into black bags . Wrap them in newspaper she said . Honestly.
Reply ID 2001
Did you not read the leaflet? it clearly stated that bins would only be collected if there was garden refuse ONLY in the bin. Plastic is not garden refuse and will not rot into compost! hardly rocket science.
Reply ID 2002
right then . you must be one of these people that has time to read leaflets . I chuck all mine in the brown bin.
Reply ID 2004
How long does it take to read a leaflet? one A4 sheet folded? if you had done so you wouldn't have needed to take the time to complain to the council or write your moan down and post it here. Neither would you have to get rid of your own garden waste - in black bags. Sorry Ray but I think you must have more time than me.
Reply ID 2005
Ray, The leaflet clearly indicates with a big 'NO thanks' that plastic bags should not be put in the brown bins. How much time does it take to glance at the leaflet and read the 'YES/NO' bullet points for heavens sake? Considerably less time than it must have taken you to log on here and moan about them rejecting your waste because of your error, i suggest. And incidentally Ray,if you had to dispose of the leaflet itself, it should have been in the green box, not the brown bin, (or perhaps you were joking?)
Reply ID 2006
I think that most people would assume that if it goes in to a bin shaped container then it gets put in a bin bag first, I'm positive that an awfull lot of people bagged up their waste in plastic bin bags before putting it in the brown bin. I, like alot of people assumed that when it said no plastic it was refering to plastic waste like bottles etc and not to the bin bags themselves. Also if the garden waste is in direct contact with the inside of the brown bin itself for any length of time it will become slimy and smelly and it will be another two pounds fifty a fortnight to have it cleaned along with the black bin. Thats assuming that they agree to do it as it will be considerably more foul than the regular bin. Edited by - Vlospire on 11 Jul 2003 17:06:38
Reply ID 2007
It seemed very clear and simple to me......it says ' no plastic bags'.
Reply ID 2010
If the bin becomes a bit grubby just empty a bucket of water in and swill it round. Or run a hose pipe to it and wash it ! Not too difficult is it? No one is making you put waste in the bin are they? Just put it where you would have done before the brown bins were supplied, free of charge,[although I expect the Council Tax has contributed]. I REALLY LIKE MY BROWN BIN.
Reply ID 2013
I am amazed by Ray and Vlospire's comments- what do they think happens to the contents of their brown bins?- is there a team of little men from the council sorting thorugh it and emptying their waste out of the plastic bags they have thoughfully used?????!!! or does it get put straight onto a composting heap? doh!
Reply ID 2015
I don't have a brown bin, I have a compost heap at the bottom of my garden and it's lovely thank you.
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