Local Authority Recycling Centres (used to be tips)

[pvr]

Collect the leaves and put them in a bin liner. Dump them on the doorstep of your local council office and see what happens

You get fined for littering

[Vornwend]

Our garden waste collection went up from £36 last year to 42 for this year. The Council doesn't have to provide this service but from their point of view its extra income.

Our Council are looking to increase householder tax by 4.99% for the forthcoming financial year or by the maximum amount permitted. Its all about central Government pushing local Authorities to be more self funding hence why some are going bankrupt. Can't see this changing anytime soon soon, everything you pay your council will keep increasing, whether Council Tax, trips to recycling centre etc.

Tim.

Our council also want to increase by 4.99% - as they've done pretty much every year for the last 10. For once its closer to the actual rate of inflation than usual. Main culprit is reduced grant from central government- its a stealth tax if ever there was one!

Our 2 weekly garden waste collection fee was £30 but is going up to £60 next year. I probably use it 20 times a year so £3/collection which is cheaper and less hassle than taking it to the tip. In the summer it's usually packed to the gunnels and weighs a ton

[smorris_12]

I have to pay £40/45 a year for a single green waste collection bin which I can cope with if I squint a bit. But then, come winter, they go from fortnightly to monthly for Dec & Jan (and probably Feb) which is when I have the most to get shot of as I cut back all the hedges over Xmas. Come the summer and the grass is annihiliated by climate change and doesn't need cutting so nothing to chuck out. Grr.

[MikeyH]

I have to pay £40/45 a year for a single green waste collection bin which I can cope with if I squint a bit. But then, come winter, they go from fortnightly to monthly for Dec & Jan (and probably Feb) which is when I have the most to get shot of as I cut back all the hedges over Xmas. Come the summer and the grass is annihiliated by climate change and doesn't need cutting so nothing to chuck out. Grr.

Yes same here, bloody cheek if you ask me

[mmm-five]

I have to pay £40/45 a year for a single green waste collection bin which I can cope with if I squint a bit. But then, come winter, they go from fortnightly to monthly for Dec & Jan (and probably Feb) which is when I have the most to get shot of as I cut back all the hedges over Xmas. Come the summer and the grass is annihiliated by climate change and doesn't need cutting so nothing to chuck out. Grr.

For £40, our small 'green waste' bin is collected fortnightly, starting 1st week of March, and ending last week of November.

[Nanu]

Put green waste in a bin liner and put it in the general waste bin. Its free that way

[MikeyH]

Put green waste in a bin liner and put it in the general waste bin. Its free that way

Not meant to do that here and rummer has it that they sometimes check what's in the bins.

[MikeyH]

Whilst on the subject of what's permitted in the bins, I have a non deployed air bag from an old car and don't know what to do with it. Any sensible ideas?

[TitanTim]

Put green waste in a bin liner and put it in the general waste bin. Its free that way

But that gets my goat though as I pay a fee for the privelage.

This was picked up on one of the my local community website group chats where someone had seen their neighbour bag their green waste up and put it in with normal household waste and it was duly collected by the bin men, no questions asked. The person then called the Council to question this and they said yes if you put green/garden waste in with household it will get taken away.

So the point of me paying a fee is?

I will contacting my local Borough Councillor to raise it with the Council as it's plainly a farce if no checking is carried out. The only checks that are carried out is with the Green Waste bins that are put out that the homeowner has paid the yearly subscription fee which is confirmed by a sticker on the bin.

Tim.

[Pondrew]

Whilst on the subject of what's permitted in the bins, I have a non deployed air bag from an old car and don't know what to do with it. Any sensible ideas?

I also have one and am a bit worried about where to get rid of it. If I took it to the tip I can imagine they would cordon off the area and call the bomb squad.

There are a few you tube videos of how to deal with them, but don't come under sensible, unless you like the idea of living in a wheelchair.

[MikeyH]

Whilst on the subject of what's permitted in the bins, I have a non deployed air bag from an old car and don't know what to do with it. Any sensible ideas?

I also have one and am a bit worried about where to get rid of it. If I took it to the tip I can imagine they would cordon off the area and call the bomb squad.

There are a few you tube videos of how to deal with them, but don't come under sensible, unless you like the idea of living in a wheelchair.

I found out that my wife had put it in the non recycling bin last week but I managed to retrieve it before the bin men took it. I wonder how big the bang would have been when crusher thing did its work

[Pondrew]

I wonder how big the bang would have been when crusher thing did its work

I am guessing (but don't know quite how they work) there would be no bang. But I don't really want to chance finding out.

[pvr]

Perhaps the scrap yard? They must have a lot of them there

[MikeyH]

Perhaps the scrap yard? They must have a lot of them there

I must be loosing it with age, didn’t think of there

[smorris_12]

Disposing of airbags is an interesting exercise. I had one and a couple of seatbelt pre-tensioners to get rid of once and popped them off at fireworks night. The tensioners are like firecrackers while the driver's airbag was impressive/terrifying when you realise where they're mounted.

Ideally you need an airbag connector to make wiring them easier, but otherwise, remove the metal protective tab that keeps the pins connected when out of the car, run a couple of long wires to the pins, place it on its back (ie face-planting side upwards) and apply 12v to the wires from a reasonable distance. Job done.