alta-pete Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 28 minutes ago, scottsdad said: My folks live in Clackmannanshire and they have to pay for the garden waste bin. Only a matter of time before it comes our way. Aye. And the beggars don't do kerbside glass collections any more either. With the diesel I burn doing the back and forth to the bottle bank I'm not sure I'm much helping the drive toward Net Zero... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 1 minute ago, alta-pete said: Aye. And the beggars don't do kerbside glass collections any more either. With the diesel I burn doing the back and forth to the bottle bank I'm not sure I'm much helping the drive toward Net Zero... Tell me about it. My dad is too ill to lift a box of glass, and mum isn't all that strong. Add to that they ID cars coming into the dump to make sure they are from the county, so I can't even just load up my car and do it for them. I end up putting the glass in my mum's boot, and my niece goes with my mum to dump them. Pain in the arse. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 Some local authorities still not charging for garden waste ? Edinburgh has been doing it for around 3-4 years now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 14 minutes ago, Slim Charles. said: Some local authorities still not charging for garden waste ? Edinburgh has been doing it for around 3-4 years now. They don't in Fife, but have a big plant to turn the gas released when it rots into energy so I guess with the current prices that must cover a good chunk of the costs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 Just hide stuff they won't uplift in your non recyclable bin. Or dump it in a neighbour's bin. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 1 hour ago, 101 said: They don't in Fife, but have a big plant to turn the gas released when it rots into energy so I guess with the current prices that must cover a good chunk of the costs. Aye, that'll help I guess. I know that the Scottish Government used to subsidise garden waste pick ups with a grant which ended a few years ago. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hard Graft Posted December 6, 2022 Author Share Posted December 6, 2022 1 hour ago, bennett said: Just hide stuff they won't uplift in your non recyclable bin. Or dump it in a neighbour's bin. Drop it off at your nearest lay-by. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 Some bump. Falkirk Council back in the local news today, rather depressingly under discussions to shut a number of the high school pools, which obviously.are used during school times but also for swimming lessons etc, and also taking a yearly 35 quid fee to empty the garden waste binSchools with swimming pools. WoW. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 3 hours ago, Slim Charles. said: Some local authorities still not charging for garden waste ? Edinburgh has been doing it for around 3-4 years now. In parts Erskine we don't have a garden waste bin. We have sacks for glass and plastics and one for paper. When I moved in I enquired about buying bins as some in street have them but at £50 a go decided just to stick to the bags provided. I did buy a non-recyclable bin though. Streets a mess on pick up day as bags have to be out night before. so birds and foxes rip them apart. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 5 hours ago, Bairnardo said: Yeah, they can GTF will the pool closures though. What an absute shit show we are presiding over if we can't provide that Facility for school kids to learn to swim You’ve got the canal, the Carron, the Forth… 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 It has belatedly occurred to me that this thread could have equally been titled "Falkirk Council refuse collection". Nice to reminisce about the good old days of March 2020 all the same 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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