AAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!

[hantsbear]

I cannot do right by my local council's refuse collection department. First there was the great wheelie bin debacle, where two little old ladies with nothing better to do declared war on all wheelie bins left in the street during the week. Thus, all residents received a letter from the head of the department stating that bins left on the pavement through the week were causing an illegal obstruction and reminded all residents to remove their bins to the rear of the property on any day other than collection day. Except that there are a number of obstacles to the easy removal of my wheelie bins to the rear of my property, the major one being my feeble memory. On at least two occasions I have forgotten to bring the bin through the gate (which can only be opened from inside the garden, meaning I have to trail the bin down the street, up an alleyway and back to my back gate; leave the bin, go back down the alley, up the street, open my front door, go through the house, open the back door, go up the garden, open gate, bring bin onto my property...) such that the local brats decide to steal the wheelie bin for whatever fun and games brats get up to in wheelie bins. So, I forfeited my wheelie bins and reluctantly put my refuse out in black plastic bags.

Then they introduced recycling, and supplied clear plastic bags for recycling. Fine thinks I. This week, I have been clearing out old documents and shredding them to avoid my address and other personal details being stolen by the unscrupulous. Put all my shreddings in clear plastic bags and put them out this morning for collection. Only to find them remaining outside the house when I got home. I ranted and fumed at the council, to be told "well, it's in all our literature..." The reason, apparently, that they can't take shredded paper is their equipment can't cope with it.

So much for trying to go green.

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[benpanced.livejournal.com]

In St. Paul, they collect the various recyclables - paper, glass, aluminum, etc. - except they will not collect plastic from multi-family units (apartments, condos, whathaveyou). Nobody can get an answer as to why they wouldn't take it, considering the amount of milk Peter and I go through a week.