| Rubbish collections 21:42 - Jun 25 with 2620 views | SullutaCreturned |
The Senedd has done it then, recommended to Welsh councils that balck bags should only be collected every 3 to 4 weeks because that is sufficient,
walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/welsh-councils-told-only-collect-31930619
They are saying that 60L per week is enough for "black bag"waste and a wheelie bin holds 240L but what they miss there is that a decent chunk of the wheelie bin is space, put 3 black bags in and around 20-30% (at a guess) is wasted space.
It also says that of the 22 councils only a few ciollect every 3 weeks with Conwy being at 4 weeks. Most are forthnightly
Will this work across the whole of Wales or is it thet start of fly tipping?
Speaking for our house our bin has 3 bags in it every collection and sometimes (at Christmas for example) we have extra bags and we recycle everything we can but we also buy a lot online and have it delivered and there is always a lot of unrecycleable packaging..
Our council tax bills have risen again and they are saying that from now on there could be 5% rises year on year. It's more of the same then, our bills continue to rise while our services get cut. [Post edited 26 Jun 12:24]
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| Rubbish collections on 21:48 - Jun 25 with 1111 views | Dr_Winston |
Considering that, other than roads, household waste collection is basically the main service that every Council Tax payer actually uses, to continually degrade it is a gob in the face. |  |
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| Rubbish collections on 21:52 - Jun 25 with 1107 views | Luther27 |
More nails in the Labour Senedd coffin.
They really do have their finger on the pulse. | | | |
| Rubbish collections on 22:25 - Jun 25 with 1071 views | Boundy |
| Rubbish collections on 21:48 - Jun 25 by Dr_Winston |
Considering that, other than roads, household waste collection is basically the main service that every Council Tax payer actually uses, to continually degrade it is a gob in the face. |
We manage to put out two black bags a fortnight but that's just two of us, I can't imagine families being able to manage the same amount. As you say that's the most basic service we receive and that's now becoming infrequent .Swansea Council are having difficulty recruiting waste collectors and drivers ,it used to be the case of a job and finish that's why they were seen running everywhere but I believe that's been stopped and they have to remain in work regardless.
Now the council are trialling new bins and and extra one to collect the likes of crisp packets which items like that are not currently recycled, so another receptacle to keep on your premises. | |
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| Rubbish collections on 22:32 - Jun 25 with 1062 views | max936 |
Our wheelie bin is choc a block well before the fortnight collection very often.
Just goes to prove that they've got no idea.
If Labour gets back in next year, then we deserve all we get, free country mind and we are constantly dictated to. [Post edited 25 Jun 22:34]
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| Rubbish collections on 22:45 - Jun 25 with 1039 views | Kilkennyjack |
| Rubbish collections on 21:48 - Jun 25 by Dr_Winston |
Considering that, other than roads, household waste collection is basically the main service that every Council Tax payer actually uses, to continually degrade it is a gob in the face. |
Spot on.
Dull idea. |  |
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| Rubbish collections on 23:01 - Jun 25 with 1012 views | ReslovenSwan1 |
| Rubbish collections on 21:52 - Jun 25 by Luther27 |
More nails in the Labour Senedd coffin.
They really do have their finger on the pulse. |
They are right and you are wrong. Out of the average waste 80-90% can be recycled. They do not like polystyrene and thing a like wet wipes and used kitchen roll etc. In my house this is about 5% of what I use.
All food has to go in the enclosed food waste bin which is seagull and cat secure. If you train people and they follow the rules it should work well.
All citizen are educated for at least 10 years funded by the taxpayers so should be able to work it out. |  |
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| Rubbish collections on 23:10 - Jun 25 with 995 views | ReslovenSwan1 |
| Rubbish collections on 22:45 - Jun 25 by Kilkennyjack |
Spot on.
Dull idea. |
Most of the stuff put in the black bin can be recycled.
Welsh people need to be mentored on this . Only polystyrene and used wipes need to go in the black bin. Cardboard boxes paper packaging tins, glass plastics all can be recyclable if processed by the residents.
he streets are 'dirty' because people of Wales are dirty. The streets of South east England suburbs or Bavaria are clean because the people live cleaner and take more care,
Where people "blame the council" the people are careless and looking for people to blame instead of tidying up.
Tell me what items cannot be recycled. For me is is 5% of my total waste. If you fill your black bags with cardboard then what do you expect? | |
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| Rubbish collections on 00:14 - Jun 26 with 964 views | Boundy |
| Rubbish collections on 23:10 - Jun 25 by ReslovenSwan1 |
Most of the stuff put in the black bin can be recycled.
Welsh people need to be mentored on this . Only polystyrene and used wipes need to go in the black bin. Cardboard boxes paper packaging tins, glass plastics all can be recyclable if processed by the residents.
he streets are 'dirty' because people of Wales are dirty. The streets of South east England suburbs or Bavaria are clean because the people live cleaner and take more care,
Where people "blame the council" the people are careless and looking for people to blame instead of tidying up.
Tell me what items cannot be recycled. For me is is 5% of my total waste. If you fill your black bags with cardboard then what do you expect? |
No one mentioned what materials were placed in the their black bags so climb down from your high horse , you have no idea same as I don't what rubbish people put out . In Swansea food waste goes out weekly, black and green bags containing carboard /paper and tins go out fortnightly with plastic alternately .Anything the council deem recyclable found in black bags then that bag is not collected and has a large sticker attached upon it giving a reason why it wasn't.
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| Rubbish collections on 00:48 - Jun 26 with 953 views | Robbie |
Beware of any layby or open spaces off the beaten track close to where you live .
Off road dumping is about to reach a new peak , the rodents will love it too .
Got a fridge freezer coming to the end of its working life and needs replacing .
NPTC want £21 to take it a local recycling centre , anybody know of a quiet late night spot. | | | |
| Rubbish collections on 00:52 - Jun 26 with 948 views | ReslovenSwan1 |
| Rubbish collections on 00:14 - Jun 26 by Boundy |
No one mentioned what materials were placed in the their black bags so climb down from your high horse , you have no idea same as I don't what rubbish people put out . In Swansea food waste goes out weekly, black and green bags containing carboard /paper and tins go out fortnightly with plastic alternately .Anything the council deem recyclable found in black bags then that bag is not collected and has a large sticker attached upon it giving a reason why it wasn't.
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No it does not help at all. We live in a sophisticate highly educated country in global terms top shelf. No one mentioned the details because they were in an 'easy street' blame mode.
You are making excuses. I have a very good idea what goes in black bags,
Now tell me what goes in black bags that cannot be recycled?
Polystyrene is one and it should be banned especially those tiny balls they crush into and get blown into hedges. .
Food into food bins nappies into nappy bins . Tins glass and bottles recycled cardboard recycled. Lazy people put recyclable thing into black bins because they are lazy or arrogantly see it below them. They blame the council or in this case the Senedd. When people take care of their wastes rates will come down.
There are beautiful spotless cities in Europe like Austria Spain and part of Germany. The people live cleaner than we do. Immigrant areas are dirtier as they start to adapt. An adapt they will. [Post edited 26 Jun 0:55]
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| Rubbish collections on 05:14 - Jun 26 with 904 views | ItchySphincter |
I can’t quite decipher the OP but we currently have black bags and glass collected every three weeks with blue bags and food waste collected every week. No problem because we do things properly - one or two blue bags a week, a black bag or two every three weeks and food waste every week. Not sure what the issue is if you can arsed to put your stuff in the correct bin, and no animals ripping it up looking for food either. |  |
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| Rubbish collections on 05:20 - Jun 26 with 902 views | ItchySphincter |
| Rubbish collections on 00:48 - Jun 26 by Robbie |
Beware of any layby or open spaces off the beaten track close to where you live .
Off road dumping is about to reach a new peak , the rodents will love it too .
Got a fridge freezer coming to the end of its working life and needs replacing .
NPTC want £21 to take it a local recycling centre , anybody know of a quiet late night spot. |
I assume you’re buying a new fridge freezer and paying for delivery? You must be because if you had the means to collect it you could use the same means to take the old one to recycling, or to the lay-by you are asking about.
Pay the 21 quiz and stop moaning. The people that don’t want to pay for anything are the same people that moan when they haven’t got anything. | |
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| Rubbish collections on 06:52 - Jun 26 with 879 views | builthjack |
In Powys, the black bag bin has been collected once every 3 weeks for the last 5 years.
Never had a problem. |  |
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| Rubbish collections on 07:03 - Jun 26 with 864 views | Togg |
Walked past the old Vetch Field yesterday. What a mess . Bags ripped to shreds. Rubbish everywhere. | | | |
| Rubbish collections on 08:25 - Jun 26 with 828 views | raynor94 |
What are people putting in black bags? You can recycle card/paper bottles/cans and food waste at the doorstep, soft plastics can be deposited at a supermarket.
Admittedly I live on my own but I'd put a black bag out once a month |  |
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| Rubbish collections on 09:01 - Jun 26 with 800 views | Whiterockin |
Seagulls rip the bags open every week even if there is no food inside. Don't start me on the blue bags, the contents are so lightweight the bags were flying everywhere and ended up not being collected. Nobody used them again. Just give wheelie bins to everyone to keep the rubbish tidy when it is put out. |  | | |
| Rubbish collections on 09:33 - Jun 26 with 763 views | raynor94 |
| Rubbish collections on 23:10 - Jun 25 by ReslovenSwan1 |
Most of the stuff put in the black bin can be recycled.
Welsh people need to be mentored on this . Only polystyrene and used wipes need to go in the black bin. Cardboard boxes paper packaging tins, glass plastics all can be recyclable if processed by the residents.
he streets are 'dirty' because people of Wales are dirty. The streets of South east England suburbs or Bavaria are clean because the people live cleaner and take more care,
Where people "blame the council" the people are careless and looking for people to blame instead of tidying up.
Tell me what items cannot be recycled. For me is is 5% of my total waste. If you fill your black bags with cardboard then what do you expect? |
Well Well a post you have made that I 100% agree with, far to much is put in black bags that can be recycled | |
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| Rubbish collections on 10:58 - Jun 26 with 706 views | union_jack |
We have to be mindful of what the endgame is with this. Year on year services become less and the public are expected to do more. And that includes paying more!
What will it look like 10 years from now? No collections and we will be expected to take it to a site to have it weighed in and charged by the lb?
They are saying that it needs to be clean waste. That means washing all the cans before bagging up. And plastic food trays. All this is extra expense to the householder over a period of time and a draw in his / her time. But no decrease in council tax.
Will we need to take labels off cans to put in the paper bin separate from the can?
I hope I’m not giving them ideas but the decrease in responsibility if the council with no financial benefit to the householder is getting greater all the time. |  |
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| Rubbish collections on 11:02 - Jun 26 with 702 views | Scotia |
| Rubbish collections on 08:25 - Jun 26 by raynor94 |
What are people putting in black bags? You can recycle card/paper bottles/cans and food waste at the doorstep, soft plastics can be deposited at a supermarket.
Admittedly I live on my own but I'd put a black bag out once a month |
There's three of us and we put out one a fortnight, it's about 3/4 full.
Swansea council are also trialling a recycling scheme for soft plastics, that's probably 50% of what goes in my black bag. | | | |
| Rubbish collections on 11:35 - Jun 26 with 654 views | Luther27 |
| Rubbish collections on 23:01 - Jun 25 by ReslovenSwan1 |
They are right and you are wrong. Out of the average waste 80-90% can be recycled. They do not like polystyrene and thing a like wet wipes and used kitchen roll etc. In my house this is about 5% of what I use.
All food has to go in the enclosed food waste bin which is seagull and cat secure. If you train people and they follow the rules it should work well.
All citizen are educated for at least 10 years funded by the taxpayers so should be able to work it out. |
Educate the council then as in Neath after every plastic collection the roads are strewn with the stuff coming off the overfilled recycle lorries, and that’s not taking into account the mess left after the operatives loading the waste into the lorry bays.
3 to 4 week collections are unhygienic. Travel abroad and when you return home you will see what a filthy island we have become since the advent of recycling. | | | |
| Rubbish collections on 11:50 - Jun 26 with 638 views | raynor94 |
| Rubbish collections on 11:02 - Jun 26 by Scotia |
There's three of us and we put out one a fortnight, it's about 3/4 full.
Swansea council are also trialling a recycling scheme for soft plastics, that's probably 50% of what goes in my black bag. |
But you can take soft plastics to any supermarket they all have bins for them | |
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| Rubbish collections on 12:11 - Jun 26 with 605 views | Boundy |
| Rubbish collections on 11:50 - Jun 26 by raynor94 |
But you can take soft plastics to any supermarket they all have bins for them |
But think of the emissions created by driving there. ?
I find it strange that in Swansea that any black bag not taken by the collectors due to the dreaded yellow sticker being applied is often left out and within a few days you see a council man + van driving around collecting the offensive bags . | |
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| Rubbish collections on 12:16 - Jun 26 with 600 views | raynor94 |
| Rubbish collections on 12:11 - Jun 26 by Boundy |
But think of the emissions created by driving there. ?
I find it strange that in Swansea that any black bag not taken by the collectors due to the dreaded yellow sticker being applied is often left out and within a few days you see a council man + van driving around collecting the offensive bags . |
I just save the soft plastic and take it to a supermarket once a month whilst shopping it saves a black bag | |
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| Rubbish collections on 12:35 - Jun 26 with 566 views | SullutaCreturned |
| Rubbish collections on 10:58 - Jun 26 by union_jack |
We have to be mindful of what the endgame is with this. Year on year services become less and the public are expected to do more. And that includes paying more!
What will it look like 10 years from now? No collections and we will be expected to take it to a site to have it weighed in and charged by the lb?
They are saying that it needs to be clean waste. That means washing all the cans before bagging up. And plastic food trays. All this is extra expense to the householder over a period of time and a draw in his / her time. But no decrease in council tax.
Will we need to take labels off cans to put in the paper bin separate from the can?
I hope I’m not giving them ideas but the decrease in responsibility if the council with no financial benefit to the householder is getting greater all the time. |
We have to wash all the food containers but we are also told we use too much water.
Our plastics and tin bag is usually full because my dipstick son won't drink talwater so he buys bottled water by the crate and goes through 3 or 4 per week.
Glass takes us over a month to fill.
People can be sanctimonious but when there are muktiple occupants it's not always so easy.
Judging others by yourself is a tad pointless because we are all different, have different needs, buy different things. There will be a lot of households that will struggle with a monthly black bag collection and those who can't be bothered and just fly tip.
Around here some fly tip already, they dump black bags by or even in other peoples bins.
Part if my job takes me to social housing in Pontardawe and we regulalrly come across fly tipped rubbish, the people in the social housing reported cars stopping and rubbish being dumoed and when we checked there was evidence because the dozy twonks had removed address labels from cardboard and soft plastic wrapping. It goes on now so this will make it worse. | | | |
| Rubbish collections on 14:10 - Jun 26 with 533 views | Boundy |
You like in many subjects make an awful lot of assumptions ,you have no idea what is contained in peoples rubbish bags like I have no idea but what I do know is its quite telling that Wales happens to be the second best country in the world in terms of the amount that's recycled .
I agree we're a dirty nation in terms of dropping litter of which there is no excuse, just pop over the France to see the difference , its education at a young age which is missing from children's life's but not every child will drop a sweet wrapper the same that not every householder fills their black bags with recyclable products. | |
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