RE: Messy Birmingham - 4

#46 by astoness , Sun Aug 13, 2017 8:39 pm

well its going against the grain but unless we get a collection this week for the sake of health we we will forced to do a trip to the tip

#47 by Sheldonboy , Mon Aug 14, 2017 11:05 am

We actually had a collection last week, household and recycling all in the same wagon. Today the garden bin went out at 6 am and was collected at around 6.45.
It's always worth an email to :
letters@birminghammail.co.uk
It may just get printed.

#48 by astoness , Mon Aug 14, 2017 6:48 pm

they collected at warren farm road which is off our road and also ajoining chingford road today but by passed us...oh well maybe tomorrow..our street is starting to look a mess now despite people trying to keep things in a tidy order..my sister who lives in west heath had a collection last weds..just 1 day shy of 6 weeks..

#49 by astoness , Thu Aug 17, 2017 7:33 am

had to laff at a comment from a binman..." its a hard dirty job we do...we empty 100 bins an hour..taking bins from the door to the wagon and back again"

what a load of rubbish...they do do not take the bins from the door unless on assisted collection.....they move the bins about 3 feet from pavement to the wagon in my case...

and if its such a dirty badly paid job why is it that for years there has been a waiting list of people wanting to work on the bins...

as i type...bins just been emptied...strike over

#50 by Voltman , Thu Aug 17, 2017 8:34 am

Well Said.

#51 by Sheldonboy , Thu Aug 17, 2017 5:37 pm

They are not Bin Men anymore they are just a bunch of Overpaid Toss Pot Trolly Dollies.

#52 by astoness , Thu Aug 17, 2017 8:47 pm

as suspected my household wheelie was full of maggots even though i use black bags...got the hose out and used a large bottle of detol on that bin and also the recyle one...oh and yes you guessed it they left a large pizza box on the pavement...useless...

#53 by Voltman , Fri Aug 18, 2017 3:29 pm

Maggots can get very busy but I would have thought large pizza boxes were beyond their abilities.

#54 by Sheldonboy , Fri Aug 18, 2017 8:37 pm

Well I've never known Maggots buy a large Pizza.

#55 by astoness , Fri Aug 18, 2017 8:44 pm

#56 by Sheldonboy , Sat Aug 19, 2017 7:43 pm

I was only saying.........

#57 by Voltman , Tue Aug 22, 2017 2:53 pm

Early collection today.
They took all three bins into a three lift truck with two separate bays, as I watched them go along the road it became clear they didn't care what went where.
I'm just happy to see it go but recycling has taken a holiday.

#58 by Sheldonboy , Tue Aug 22, 2017 6:27 pm

We had our Recycling and household collected today all in the same truck. Had collections for three weeks now.
Strike what strike.
All we want now is to see the back of this bloody Council.

#59 by astoness , Tue Aug 22, 2017 8:08 pm

well you are lucky sb...we had a collection last thursday and fully expected another one yesterday as monday is our day...nothing so far...as suspected bcc could not run a pee up at brewery...no organisation at all as some areas seem to be getting more collections than others...

#60 by Voltman , Wed Aug 23, 2017 8:24 am

Ours was also a three week wait.
If they had turned up on our normal collection day then some of the people harbouring bags of rubbish in their own back gardens, instead of on the street, would have put them out.
Instead we got a 7am visit a day earlier than expected and no chance for fetching and hidden rubbish, consequently some bins went back out full within hours of being emptied.

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