Bairnardo Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 The council will be dealing with the same problems everybody else is - staff self-isolating or being unwell - and they will quite rightly be looking to redeploy staff to support essential functions like social care where they can, as well as reducing all unnecessary work. How long does it even take to fill your plastic or paper bin anyway? I don't think either of mine has ever been more than half full with the current rate of collections. For most people the odd trip to a dump once every few weeks with a few bin bags is practically zero risk with no need to physically touch anything or be in proximity to anyone. Certainly less risk than sending the guys out in the lorries together unnecessarily to touch hundreds of bins a day. Obviously the elderly or those without cars might have some difficulty but they should have support networks or social work to help out, or they can use some basic common sense and do what Marshmallo is suggesting. Emptying refuse is an essential function, and given what not doing it brings, I'd put it in about the highest tier of the council functions. Every one of my bins is full to bursting at every collection date. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 9 minutes ago, ThatBoyRonaldo said: The council will be dealing with the same problems everybody else is - staff self-isolating or being unwell - and they will quite rightly be looking to redeploy staff to support essential functions like social care where they can, as well as reducing all unnecessary work. How long does it even take to fill your plastic or paper bin anyway? I don't think either of mine has ever been more than half full with the current rate of collections. For most people the odd trip to a dump once every few weeks with a few bin bags is practically zero risk with no need to physically touch anything or be in proximity to anyone. Certainly less risk than sending the guys out in the lorries together unnecessarily to touch hundreds of bins a day. Obviously the elderly or those without cars might have some difficulty but they should have support networks or social work to help out, or they can use some basic common sense and do what Marshmallo is suggesting. The Highland recycling centres have closed for the duration, but they haven't stopped emptying the recycling bins anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Know what the worst thing about shite like this is.... The generic patter on the website about making sure you dispose of your own waste safely etc. We are taking away the inherently safe service for doing this, for which you pay, and in order to cover ourselves we will write some bollocks attempt at are covering.... Something something safety bla bla bla. Totally meaningless and Carrie's no weight whatsoever. Just a shallow attempt to absolve responsibility.Get Falkirk council on the c***s list -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 5 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: Carrie's no weight whatsoever Has she been ill? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Is there a bus route to the dump and will anyone mind folk getting on carrying multiple black bags of rubbish? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Your main refuse bin is still being collected though. I don't really see the issue with having a binful of paper/cardboard or clean plastic/tins etc sitting for a few months, if you're able to take what would otherwise be collected of that nature to a dump every few weeks. What does not doing it bring? Your main refuse bin is still being collected though. I don't really see the issue with having a binful of paper/cardboard or clean plastic/tins etc sitting for a few months, if you're able to take what would otherwise be collected of that nature to a dump every few weeks. What does not doing it bring? It's not my main bin though. If anything, less now goes in the green bin than the others. Not doing it will result in folk dumping shite all over the place. We all know it will. We also know that not everyone will clean their stuff out. Maybe the rats will only congregate round those places, probably not though. I dont have space to store bags and bags of blue/burgundy bin waste around my house. Nor do I have the inclination. I also dont consider the frequent trips to the dump that this entails neccessary or even reasonable, given the circumstances, the safest thing to do as regards rubbish collection is to continue having folk move their bins to the kerb, and have small teams of guys paid to do so, collect them with no risk of social contact in doing so. You cant say the same for 2 cowps open 2 or 3 days a week to service a very very large number of people. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Have some faith in Magic Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Glasgow has stopped food but kept recycling and refuse collection. Seems a better idea than stopping recycling. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herman Hessian Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 12 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: Carrie's no weight whatsoever. 7 minutes ago, Zen Archer Esq. said: Has she been ill? she had a bit of a funny turn a little while back - something about "thought about school and it burst in to flames and burned to the ground" or some such bollocks... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Hard Graft said: That comment came from what people are saying on Facebook. I do not think the majority of people will withhold but there is a strong feeling against the Council who increased the tax by 4.8% and the members of the Council who are intent on building a new council building and civic centre at whatever the cost. Thousands of people are dying and the country is lockdown and people are being mildly inconvenienced with changes in bin collections. Utter cretins. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Burton Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 North Lanarkshire Council have closed all their recycling centres due to Corona in line with government restrictions yet Falkirk have them open and encouraging people to use them [emoji848] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Singh Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 My local dump was reduced to 2 days a week plus limited at weekends. Bedlam. Now it's shut completely for the duration. I fully expect a reduction next in waste collection. Then I read about Hentavirus in China. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddfg Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 We have an incinerator bin which we bought during some other crisis, possibly beast from the east, to burn papers and free up space that way.Someone put on our local town page today that burning your own rubbish was banned, can anyone enlighten me further? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 10 minutes ago, Terry Singh said: Then I read about Hentavirus in China. Fake news. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 2 hours ago, Tynierose said: I'm going to either burn mine or dump it in the Fawkirk Cooncil offices doorway. Do both! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Singh Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 1 minute ago, The Moonster said: Fake news. https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/25/man-dies-rat-borne-disease-similar-symptoms-coronavirus-12454908/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 38 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: Know what the worst thing about shite like this is.... The generic patter on the website about making sure you dispose of your own waste safely etc. We are taking away the inherently safe service for doing this, for which you pay, and in order to cover ourselves we will write some bollocks attempt at are covering.... Something something safety bla bla bla. Totally meaningless and Carrie's no weight whatsoever. Just a shallow attempt to absolve responsibility. Get Falkirk council on the c***s list 32 minutes ago, Zen Archer Esq. said: Has she been ill? Did we ever find out where she moved to? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 22 minutes ago, ddfg said: We have an incinerator bin which we bought during some other crisis, possibly beast from the east, to burn papers and free up space that way. Someone put on our local town page today that burning your own rubbish was banned, can anyone enlighten me further? Unless you intend to light up the sky like Mossmorran, just make sure none of your neighbours have a washing out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 (edited) They'll hardly have a washing out if their back garden's full of black bags. Edited March 25, 2020 by Jacksgranda sllepnig 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 They will be the same folk that will be ordering stuff online and complaining that its late or unavailable during this period of shutdown Thousands of people are dying and the country is lockdown and people are being mildly inconvenienced with changes in bin collections. Utter cretins. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Pub League Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Bairnardo said: 3 hours ago, ThatBoyRonaldo said: The council will be dealing with the same problems everybody else is - staff self-isolating or being unwell - and they will quite rightly be looking to redeploy staff to support essential functions like social care where they can, as well as reducing all unnecessary work. How long does it even take to fill your plastic or paper bin anyway? I don't think either of mine has ever been more than half full with the current rate of collections. For most people the odd trip to a dump once every few weeks with a few bin bags is practically zero risk with no need to physically touch anything or be in proximity to anyone. Certainly less risk than sending the guys out in the lorries together unnecessarily to touch hundreds of bins a day. Obviously the elderly or those without cars might have some difficulty but they should have support networks or social work to help out, or they can use some basic common sense and do what Marshmallo is suggesting. Emptying refuse is an essential function, and given what not doing it brings, I'd put it in about the highest tier of the council functions. Every one of my bins is full to bursting at every collection date. What the duck are you doing then? The website says its a four weekly cycle if your family are filling three bins every four weeks you really need to take a hard look at yourself and your footprint. Edited March 25, 2020 by Junior Pub League 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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