Tuesday morning - first post. Quote from faceboook.
I’ve had to spend 20 minutes online to book a slot at the tip and list off the items at the bottom and had to cover up the stickers on my van or entry is refused.
Three comments.
I had a permit to dispose of an old shed for my aunt, got to the tip with it, and turned away as my van is a twin wheeler back axel said only allowed 4 wheels lol, so just had a bonfire later that day the neighbours loved it lol
Those tips are a joke the rules are ridiculous, my friend went in a small toyota pick up you know the one, tiny little back on them not designed for moving rubbish, they were disposing of a 3 piece suite. 2 ladies in it got refused because it was a commercial vehicle now tell everyone that the rules are right , they're ridiculous it was plainly obvious it was from their house.
I got stopped from getting a permit for my tipper to take my own very very occasional big items to the tip. It's amazing how much you can fit in the back of an old Volvo 700. They are just trying make it difficult for people to get rid of large amounts of stuff when doing DIY jobs by borrowing/happening to own vans. They want you to pay for a skip
Then the conversations descend into a slanging match, between those who genuinely have a gripe about their local Councils, and those who love rules and regulations.
Happy Tuesday everybody. Catch you later. ilona
My uncle lives just within a county boundary. He can't use his local tip because it is over the county line and he is not a council tax payer there. His nearest tip in the other direction is 20 miles away. He is in his 80's. This seems to be a system designed to encourage fly-tipping and cost councils more in the long-term.
ReplyDeleteThis division of county boundaries is ridiculous. I suppose they all operate as independent businesses so they have to balance the books. There is no common sense in the rules.
DeleteWe use our tip regularly, but often get questioned about what we're tipping! Apparently they can issue a £250 fine if you say you're tipping something and on searching your rubbish, they find something different. No wo der fly tipping is on the rise!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds a bit over the top. I haven't been to my tip for about two years. Probably because I never replace my furniture or bulky items. When I had my bath changed I broke up the old cast iron one with a big hammer and put it into the general waste wheelie bin bit by bit over about six weeks.
DeleteHi ilona, I can't go to the tip locally because it's over the county line and my districts one is too far away to be worth it in terms of petrol,..., so I also chop stuff up and gradually put it into my general waste black bin over several weeks, I also ring up the local Romany rag&bone man to collect metals in his open pick-up,. old washing machine and metal washing line poles, he comes the same day. He just lifted the washine machine (concrete base!) up to his waist height and flung it up and in. How bl** y strong must he be ?!!! ,.. It too two of us to get it out of my house, and we had to stop several times and only lifted it a couple of inches over the door threshold. I do like a strong man :-) Norma .
DeleteYou're lucky if the council collect your rubbish near our house half the time. Our recycling boxes constantly go missing because they can't be bothered to put them back where they find them once they've emptied them, even with stickers on them displaying the house number! They seem to want to do the least amount of work they can get away with.
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