Have many people have received their blue wheelie bins for recycling items. I had mine last week but my mum hasn’t yet and she only lives 5 minutes away.

I quite like the system as I only have to dump the items in a bin, there’s no travelling to the local supermarket to use their large dumpsters (I’m ashamed to say I was too lazy to bother most weeks except for bundles of papers and magazines)

no blue bins in garston yet.....

Some parts in Anfield have them but some not.

I notice it's only the council garden houses that have them, along with green bins for garden waste.
Maybe terraces won't get them.

I've recycled for a long time. :)

Terraces don't get them.We now are expected to recycle twice the amount of waste with the same,small,purple,lidless box.We are also told we are not allowed to put recycling in bags for collection.
Do they actually want us to recycle or not?

I live in a rented flat, but it's not a council one. My mum lives in an ex-council house but it is a terrace.
I thought it was a big push to reduce waste.
I've just put 2 medium size bins under my sink cupboards so it hasn't caused that much of a problem.

we got ours about 6 weeks ago, bin emptied about 3 times. We also
have the normal purple one and the green one for garden stuff

They're not in the Dingle, either.
I asked at the One Stop Shop, and there is a list of what areas are covered.

I don't have one in Kirkdale but my friend in Everton has a purple ,green & a blue one ,he only lives in a bungalow & you can't see his house for all the bins:rolleyes:

Terraces don't get them.We now are expected to recycle twice the amount of waste with the same,small,purple,lidless box.We are also told we are not allowed to put recycling in bags for collection.
Do they actually want us to recycle or not?

Yes, that's right.

I had a lot of stuff this week as we'd cleared out the shed! I had a lot of bits & pieces for recycling and had to put them out in the purple lidless box. It was full to the top so the rest of the stuff, along with papers and tins had to go in 3 other purple bags.
It was all taken ok yesterday, however they refused to take an old washing up bowl and an old plastic tray. Don't know why - it's plastic isn't it ?

Depending on how much stuff you put out, it will be a bit of a struggle as those purple bins fill up too quick. Cans and bottles take up most of it, then there's the food cartons. Everyone is complaining about all their food cartons being on show to the street - so everyone knows what you had for tea ! ha,ha.


I used to regularly use the Can/paper bank but our local ones have been removed. Maybe because of vandalism. They were always getting tipped up or set on fire. So now I have more than usual to go in the purple bin.

I don't have one in Kirkdale but my friend in Everton has a purple ,green & a blue one ,he only lives in a bungalow & you can't see his house for all the bins:rolleyes:

It does look a bit unsightly. I notice them all lined up in peoples' front gardens and it does spoil the look of the place. Especially if people just leave them dumped any old where looking untidy.

I live in a rented flat, but it's not a council one. My mum lives in an ex-council house but it is a terrace.
I thought it was a big push to reduce waste.
I've just put 2 medium size bins under my sink cupboards so it hasn't caused that much of a problem.

hmm, that's an idea .. under the sink. I might think about doing that. :)
At the moment I keep the stuff for recycling in the downstairs loo !! It does get to be a pain at times, looking untidy and in the way.

Still waiting for our blue bin and we are just off Mather Ave (Springwood end). Wish they would hurry up, those purple boxes are bloody useless

The 3, so far. Lined up for photo, they normaly live round the back.

I live in Fazakerley, and i too have the 3 bins :handclap:

Jacky :)

They've got them near me in Ullet Road, but no indication when we're getting them.
I have to take a shopping trolley on the bus to Lark Lane to do my recycling! :PDT10

My urges to kill already risen when we got black boxes for bottles and cans, I don't need my urges to rise even more when builders and students use these and wreck my street. :mad:

I used to put all my bins in the shed until I dumped them all out in the back garden to put our two bikes in the shed. The bins look unsightly wherever they are. Four bins and I still have to go to the bottle bank with my glass.:PDT_Xtremez_12:

Don't you have that black box for glass bottles and cans?

I've got boxes and bags all over the place, full of papers, glass, tins, plastic, etc, all for recycling. They do get in the way - and ours is a big house. I don't know how you would manage in a smaller place.
I sometimes wonder if I'm the soft one keeping it up .. I can't see a lot of people going to the trouble of having stuff lying around the house in the way for 2 weeks at a time. They just lash stuff into the entry around here !:angry:

I heard on the radio or tv the other day that they are now thinking of asking people to have food recycling bins too :shock:
I might have to draw the line at that ! I'm not going to tolerate having old food hanging around in the house. What about people living in smaller houses or flats ? There just isn't the space.


All this sorting of rubbish and then having to comply with all kinds of little regulations like; you must place your bin for pick up at a certain point, the lid must be shut and the bin must not be too full or weigh too much .... then you have to bring back the bin at the end of it all ..... well, it seems to me that you are more or less doing the blinkin' job yourself !!

By the way, I'm not criticising our binmen here, 'cos our particular binmen are smashing and we know them well - I'm just commenting on this system whereby you are paying for a bin service and yet practically doing it yourself.:neutral:

I don't understand why they don't just have a recycling centre (you know those skip type things with holes in the sides) in every 3 or 4 streets.
Those who are going to the effort of recycling will carry on as before and make the extra effort of taking it there.

Here, in Brampton, Ontario, Canada we recycle everything. Every household has a blue, grey and green box for recycleing. The blue box is for metal and plastic including shopping bags, the grey box is for paper products and the green box is for compostible kitchen waste, including meat products, bones and even cooking oil. The compost is then sold to residents as fertilizer. We, the city of Brampton, send 72% less waste to landfill, per person, than any other North American city. All this is done at curbside. The only thing we have to take to the recycling depot is hazmat. Stuff like paint, motor oil, construction waste and chemicals. The aim of the city is to reduce landfill waste by 85% per person within the next decade.

PS: The city has made a slight profit on recycling, overall, in the past seven years. To date, our recycling as been cost neutral.

Here, in Brampton, Ontario, Canada we recycle everything. Every household has a blue, grey and green box for recycleing. The blue box is for metal and plastic including shopping bags, the grey box is for paper products and the green box is for compostible kitchen waste, including meat products, bones and even cooking oil. The compost is then sold to residents as fertilizer. We, the city of Brampton, send 72% less waste to landfill, per person, than any other North American city. All this is done at curbside. The only thing we have to take to the recycling depot is hazmat. Stuff like paint, motor oil, construction waste and chemicals. The aim of the city is to reduce landfill waste by 85% per person within the next decade.

PS: The city has made a slight profit on recycling, overall, in the past seven years. To date, our recycling as been cost neutral.

Very good.. Here in Liverpool as you saw from my pix of the bins we have
3, well some of us do, the green is for garden waste, leaves, grass old plants
the blue is for paper, cardboard and aluminiium drinks cans, purple is for
normal household stuff. We also had a purple basket for papers, and a green
bag for garden stuff, these have been replaced by the bins.
We also have a service called," Bulky Bob,s", who will collect old furniture
fridges, TV,s etc and a lot of the stuff is refurbished and sold off to those
on low incomes.

the green is for garden waste, leaves, grass old plants
We also have a service called," Bulky Bob,s", who will collect old furniture
fridges, TV,s etc and a lot of the stuff is refurbished and sold off to those
on low incomes.Our garden waste is collected on a weekly basis in the spring and fall and is placed in large paper bags or "clearly marked" solid reusable containers and, large household items, fridges, stoves, washing machines, dryers, dishwasher, electronic equipment, furniture etc; are collected by appointment, no fee charged. We are allowed three (3) green garbage bags with a maximum weight of 25 kg per bag, free of charge but pay a $2.00 fee for all extra bags. We can also purchase compostible 'plastic' bags as liners for the kitchen waste. These bags break down in about twentyfour hours. They are made from corn (maize) and will not harm the environment.

No Max, the cans go into the grey bin while the glass has to go to the local large dumper in our supermarket car park.:PDT10

G'Dai All !
Here in Sharks Paradise ( North of Brisbane), we have two large bins. One for household waste and one for re-cycling waste . Pick up once a week. No bother with any of them . We put them out the front on the footpath ( A metre apart ) and the Garbo's (Binmen) empty them.
Also what we have is a transfer station where the Garbage is sorted and sent off to Landfill or where ever. We also have a Trash and Treasure shed where large household items are sold off at very cheap prices. I bought a solid Pine wall unit that someone had thrown out and it only cost me $20 which is about eight pounds or so and there wasn't a thing wrong with it. Beats the hell out of scavenging over a Tip. Young married couples could even furnish their home from there if they wanted. Some of the stuff is in excellent condition but has been thrown out because someone has been redecorating and it didn't go with the new decor. (Throw away Society).

Hi, new here, i've got 3 bins and it's been easy adjusting. My bin's in cupboard under sink so don't see much rubbish on show. Skips at every 3/4 streets sounds a good idea, but the fire bugs here would have a field day!

Been in this house 17yrs and have had NO bins issued by the Fuhrer HQ. oops I mean Halton BC.
While 99% of Runcorn have 3 (count em :- THREE) bins we have none.
Yes I have been on at the council for years but still no Bl**dy bins.
Phredd

ps:- and I dont owe a penny in Council Tax

contact the local government ombudsman, they will sort it for you