Ghostrider Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 The gospel of how it will work (allegedly), according to Maggie Sandison and her deskbound minions....read 'em and weep. http://www.shetland.gov.uk/rubbish-recycling/recycling-faq.asp?fref=gc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances144 Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 i live at the end of a rough croft track ...will the wheelie bin lorry come down the track to collect ....i am 76 years young and no way could i push the bins to collection at main road ...if i leave them at the main road the fishes will get the contents at the first strong wind unless the council builds a pound to hold them ^^^ exactly that ^^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances144 Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 (edited) The bins will blow away!There are many ways to secure wheelie bins, from bin stores to clamps/grips to bungee cord. During very bad weather all collections could be suspended and arranged for another day. Pahahahaha! What are they? Will they be supplying the clamps/grips and bungee cord? No. We are rolling out the new system across all of Shetland. So many ways to roll in a Force 12.Has our Maggie even been outwith Lerwick? Ever? Edited August 29, 2017 by Frances144 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RileyBKing Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 There is a very large Public Bin Store potentially available (currently vacant) available just across the road from Mareel. I'm not sure whether floor loading for wheelie bins has been calculated yet... Ghostrider and Frances144 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 ^ Well, its only ever been used to house crap previously, so why not. Frances144 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fionajohn Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 we are slowly going back to ower da banks .....cars rotting in parks ...fish bruck rotting on piers !!!!...rubbish littering next we paper and plastic discarded without trace .....when the madness stops we may get an answer ....s i c very apt name George. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 (edited) ^ Maybe the best investment the SIC could make is in hiring a psychologist to oversee everything they do. It shouldn't be rocket science to appreciate that the more difficult/expensive you make doing something, the less folk are going to be inclined to bother, or care. To the SIC though, that concept seems entirely alien. Edited August 29, 2017 by Ghostrider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suuusssiiieee Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 If each household is to get a bin, then in my flat block for example you will have 7 bins vying for the 1 and only space currently available. It could make for some interesting times. Other than that your going to have at least 6 bins on the public pavement 24/7. There's no way around that as you can't block up a communal stairwell with bins for fire regulations. The Dutch actually pay out something like 10 cents per bottle at depositories around the country, hence they have one of Europe's highest recycling rates (around 64%). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 (edited) This, is the "rubbish collection point" for this neighbourhood (Yes, for my sins I live in Horseshoe Close, what of it......). It serves 20 addresses...(plus numerous others from the wider district when they need crap out of their road before essy kert day - but we know nothing about anyone that ever does that)....and faces west, next stop Newfoundland, Canada - Check out the Grit bin lid for the consequences of that. I await the full "instructions" as to how these new proposals will specifically work on this particular site.....I expect them to be "interesting". Edited August 29, 2017 by Ghostrider waarigeo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George. Posted August 30, 2017 Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 This, is the "rubbish collection point" for this neighbourhood (Yes, for my sins I live in Horseshoe Close, what of it......). It serves 20 addresses...(plus numerous others from the wider district when they need crap out of their road before essy kert day - but we know nothing about anyone that ever does that)....and faces west, next stop Newfoundland, Canada - Check out the Grit bin lid for the consequences of that. I await the full "instructions" as to how these new proposals will specifically work on this particular site.....I expect them to be "interesting". Goodness, isn't the rubbish "Collection point" kept nice and tidy. The rubbish outside will probably be kept outside to let everybody know just what's inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironwithin Posted August 30, 2017 Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 Reading the information am I right in thinking people are better to just put stuff that can be burned like paper etc in their general rubbish, as the district heating can then burn it, but can't if it is put to be recycled? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted August 30, 2017 Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 (edited) This, is the "rubbish collection point" for this neighbourhood (Yes, for my sins I live in Horseshoe Close, what of it......). It serves 20 addresses...(plus numerous others from the wider district when they need crap out of their road before essy kert day - but we know nothing about anyone that ever does that)....and faces west, next stop Newfoundland, Canada - Check out the Grit bin lid for the consequences of that. I await the full "instructions" as to how these new proposals will specifically work on this particular site.....I expect them to be "interesting". Goodness, isn't the rubbish "Collection point" kept nice and tidy. The rubbish outside will probably be kept outside to let everybody know just what's inside. That pic is of one night's work by the local cat population. They'd managed to pull one bag down from the top of one of the bins....which aren't lidded as there's not enough room in that 'shed' for the lids to swing. Which they'd got to because despite it being reported more than once it took Housing over four months to patch up the doors which had blown off as they were muck rotten at the bottom hinges. Edited August 30, 2017 by Ghostrider George. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George. Posted August 30, 2017 Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 Aren't Housing doing a good job.................. of keeping an unproductive job. Ghostrider and Acid 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted August 30, 2017 Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 Aren't Housing doing a good job.................. of keeping an unproductive job. The best. George. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted August 31, 2017 Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 Reading the information am I right in thinking people are better to just put stuff that can be burned like paper etc in their general rubbish, as the district heating can then burn it, but can't if it is put to be recycled? Yes. But you'll be sent to stand on the naughty step if the guys on the truck suss. If the collection crews see the wrong material in the bin they'll leave you a note, highlighting what was wrong and how you can get it right for next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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