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willywills
Joined: 05 Sep 2008
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Location: Northampton
Mon Sep 08, 2008 7:31 pm |
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As you can now be fined more than a shop lifter for leaving your bin 4 inchs open,Contractors are sending our household waste to India,5000 miles;this is a bloody scandal,we are being told to separate our rubbish,pay as you bin is just around the cornerWHY is it to pay for are rubbish to be transported half way around the world.I know for a fact that Fridges in this county are tranported miles to be de gassed,as we all know the fridges now can be vented to air safely.Why because contractors are paid per fridge,per mile,for de gassing,they also get paid for said fridges in scrap.A win win situ.  
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Sara
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:22 pm |
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Have you considered running for office or starting a petition, Willywills?
In my neighborhood, the trash service is contracted through the neighborhood association. Every three years the contract is either renewed or bids from other service providers are solicited. The entire neighborhood votes on who the contract will be entered into with and it’s a flat rate for each home. Each home has a recycling bin (streamlined process), regular trash bin and a yard clippings bin. Pick-up is once a week with all three bins at the curb. One of the waste sites that it is transported to locally wanted to expand the size of the landfill. Many local neighborhoods rallied their local politicians and put a stop to it. Some times the political process actually works. Something to consider, anyway. |
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willywills
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:39 pm |
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All good points Sara,the tender for Northampton has another 15 months to run,our Council has;nt a clue where half the recycling gets sent,because destinations are changed,for the best deal to the contractor.They the contractor, has to many back handers,they will change a good system of dispolsal for a bad one,simply to make more money.Or they implement a system that does;nt give them a reward,here i know they were offered a dispolsal system for batteries,months ago, they turned it down.They will only start to collect batteries at the end of this month.1000s of batteries have gone to landfill,when there was no need.Going back to the fridges i;ve been banging on to the council for months,fingers x i might have got some where with it.
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Sara
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Thu Sep 11, 2008 2:55 pm |
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Bang on the council door in numbers, Willywills! The more voices you can stir up in support of your position the greater the likelihood of being heard and subsequently change being implemented. Document the steps that you take as a group and then call the local media for some airtime. Politicians don’t like negative media attention, particularly if they are hoping to get reelected.
Willywills for Council! |
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willywills
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Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:28 pm |
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I dont think so Sara,going into any type of Govt would drive me nuts.They are not like normal people,all the corruption seems to go over their heads.
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gingerjim
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Mon Sep 15, 2008 7:56 pm |
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| its a pity the public are not allowed to have all politicians of all partys investigated as to the money they have in all bank accounts, onshore and offshore, i should imagine the planning officers are probably the richest, but alas they are all tarred with the same brush so we will never know, ginger, |
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ranroz
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Tue Sep 16, 2008 1:38 pm |
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So this is Y people Fly tipp in the UK, I was wondering when I was visiting my sister we had to refuel we was at a petrol station, It looked like it was buit in the middle of a RUBISH dump.
But the biggest problem lies by the producers the should cut down on the packing for a start and the shops should charge for the plastic bags.
And Bottles shold have a deposit on them.
Or take a portable crate, I do her in Holland and get the vege by the local farmers shop its fresher and NO plastic.
When My sister was her she put a milk carton in the Bin and I told her to make it Flat, it saves space as the only come once in the 2 weeks for rubbish and garden also.
Paper once in the Month normaly one the 3rd Friday. If you have large you can deliver it to the council they ask for your Postcode and if you live in thier area its Ok BUT if not you pay.
But I do agree if you steal you get a smaller fine than if the bin is too FULL
its a upturnd world.
One thing more our bins have to be put in groups of about 5-8 houses and the have to be all faceing the same way because in a couple of years its all done my machine NO workers at the back.
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willywills
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Tue Sep 16, 2008 3:39 pm |
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Your right in what you say,ranroz.Super market packageing has a lot to play in the waste we produce.I never buy meat from a super market,awhile back some of our super markets were caught repackageing meat and changeing the sell by date.Prepacked food stuffs are packaged in such a way as to hide imperfections,but our butchers etc have mostly gone now killed of by the big boys.I was stationed in Germany for many years,litter was rarely seen on the streets,they seem to be proud of their country,here litter everywhere.
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ranroz
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Tue Sep 16, 2008 3:55 pm |
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| willywills wrote: | | Your right in what you say,ranroz.Super market packageing has a lot to play in the waste we produce.I never buy meat from a super market,awhile back some of our super markets were caught repackageing meat and changeing the sell by date.Prepacked food stuffs are packaged in such a way as to hide imperfections,but our butchers etc have mostly gone now killed of by the big boys.I was stationed in Germany for many years,litter was rarely seen on the streets,they seem to be proud of their country,here litter everywhere. |
With 17 Million people if we did not It would be a RITE OLD mess in hours not days days.
Can you imagene HOW it is was in NAPLES with the heat and the RUBBISH
ARRRRg
Plus I herd that ONE of the BIGGEST Supermaket chains in the UK had RATS outside the RECIEVING BAY. Due to RUBBISH they did not clean UP.
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willywills
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Tue Sep 16, 2008 6:01 pm |
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Have to agree,spent alot of time in Holland,as with Germany it was usually litter free.
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Tue Sep 16, 2008 6:07 pm |
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YAA Y cant the BRITISH People do the same?
It does not cost to mutch
OHHh yaa time to walk to the BIN might miss Eastenders.
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willywills
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Tue Sep 16, 2008 6:49 pm |
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| ranroz wrote: | YAA Y cant the BRITISH People do the same?
It does not cost to mutch
OHHh yaa time to walk to the BIN might miss Eastenders. |
thats where eastenders ought to go,the bin. 
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ranroz
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Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:20 am |
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| willywills wrote: | | ranroz wrote: | YAA Y cant the BRITISH People do the same?
It does not cost to mutch
OHHh yaa time to walk to the BIN might miss Eastenders. |
thats where eastenders ought to go,the bin. |
DID YOU KNOW that when the EASTENDERS ends l. The POWER COMPANY's have to buy Electricaty from FRANCE because of the POWER Needed for the Kettel to make the TEA.
As Britain cant make enough to keep the supply UP
That was on a BBC Program BRITAN from ABOVE
Very interesting too.
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Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:39 am |
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Dont think Eastenders have any Adverts do they cause they are BBC?, it is a pity they dont? it would mean les time watching the C*** they call drama?
I mean they are now featuring Paedophillia? anything to get the viewers in? I would not watch it if you paid me, and thankfully the wife has learned also. |
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