Is it me or are those wheeliebins the wrong shape or something? When it's windy - and they've been emptied - they blow all over the place. I've retrieved them from the middle of our road! It's a pain, it really is.

It's fair enough when you are in the house: you can fetch your bin straight back in after emptying, but as most people are out at
the time, there doesn't appear to be an answer.

I suppose someone will take me seriously once some poor pensioner has been decapitated by a flying bin.

:D:D

I'm sorry I'm sure your post wasn't meant to be humorous but the comment about an OAP being decapitated by a flying wheelie bin just made me giggle.

Originally posted by Sam Miguel
Is it me or are those wheeliebins the wrong shape or something? When it's windy - and they've been emptied - they blow all over the place. I've retrieved them from the middle of our road! It's a pain, it really is.

It's fair enough when you are in the house: you can fetch your bin straight back in after emptying, but as most people are out at
the time, there doesn't appear to be an answer.

I suppose someone will take me seriously once some poor pensioner has been decapitated by a flying bin.

It would help if the bin collectors could put the bins back how they found them.

By this I mean we HAVE to line them up at or near the kerbside (depending on what your local requirments are) but when they have been collected the bin collectors create a salom course by just leaving them all over the shop.

Jubby

Originally posted by steelblade
:D:D

I'm sorry I'm sure your post wasn't meant to be humorous but the comment about an OAP being decapitated by a flying wheelie bin just made me giggle.

Now that would be a headline

Originally posted by jubby
It would help if the bin collectors could put the bins back how they found them.

By this I mean we HAVE to line them up at or near the kerbside (depending on what your local requirments are) but when they have been collected the bin collectors create a salom course by just leaving them all over the shop.

Jubby

Now that is just expecting way too much.

I think the fact that the empty bins form a random zig-zag pattern all the way down the road is largely due to the fact they are trying to get finished as early as possible, and you can't blame them for that.

Unless it's because they are rushing about dodging flying bins.

Originally posted by steelblade
I'm sorry I'm sure your post wasn't meant to be humorous but the comment about an OAP being decapitated by a flying wheelie bin just made me giggle.

Originally posted by jubby
Now that would be a headline
I still remember seeing "OAP in Fireball Drama!" on one of the Star's ad boards. From that point on, I've always imagined two OAPs running away from a fireball like some kind of Hollywood action movie...

Originally posted by Sam Miguel
I think the fact that the empty bins form a random zig-zag pattern all the way down the road is largely due to the fact they are trying to get finished as early as possible, and you can't blame them for that.

Unless it's because they are rushing about dodging flying bins.

But we may be in a rush to get to work, etc but we still HAVE to do it. We are paying them to do the job, they should do it bl**dy right.

Yes, they should. I agree.

They are really hampered, though. On our road with all the double parking, the traffic builds up and they are under pressure to move on quickly.

"OAP in airborn bin decapitation shocker"

Priceless

Actually this is a subject that really pushes my buttons.
Firstly I think householders should position their bins handles outwards (making it easy for bin men to get hold of) and as far as possible away from the kerb.
Secondly I think the bin men should return them to this position.
Why you may ask does this wind me up so much.
Well next it's your bin day look people have postioned their bins and look again when the bin men have been. Now imagine you are blind/partially sighted or confined to a wheel chair or pushing a pram and you wanted to travel along the pavement. It's bad enough if you are sighted and able bodied traversing this wheelie bin obstacle course.
Sorry, but it's really thoughtless and it really get on my ****. And it's not just the fault of the bin men.

Rant over.

Nomme

Yes, it works both ways.

It wouldnt be so bad if they had straps on so two empty bins could be linked together, making a more stable object and thus reducing likelihood of bins blowing around. Would look neater too.

The neighbours could take turns in putting the bins back in each others driveways, and thus get to know one another. Better chance of knowing thy neighbour.

Can I have a quick moan about the bin men?

Ours are here so early! This week it was about 0545, sometimes it's earlier. The bin lorry, bins being wheeled about, and the guys shouting all mean I'm wide awake before 6AM.

I'm sure an early start means a nice early finish for the lads, but I think well before 6 is pushing it a bit.

Must say though, on the plus side, they don't seem to mind the bins being a bit overfilled or the odd crafty bin liner of rubbish placed next to it.

Moan over, just like my sleep :)

"How many times must a bin blo-ow away,
Before it be-heads a man,
Yes 'n how times must I while away the day,
As I watch the guys load up the van.
Then the wheelie bin my friend
Just blows in the wind
The wheelie bin jus' blows in the wind."

B Dylan 2004

Ours won't even come if there's cars parked on both sides of the cul-de-sac.....

Nor will they take anything that isn't actually IN the bins, like the bin bags at the side of the bins.

Originally posted by Sam Miguel
Yes, they should. I agree.

They are really hampered, though. On our road with all the double parking, the traffic builds up and they are under pressure to move on quickly.

I can sorta understand when they're on a road where people can't pass the lorry, but it is every road in Sheffield, and the same for the blue bins. never seen size of truck they use for them.

what would happen if we all started leaving the bins out not in a row.

Originally posted by nomme
Actually this is a subject that really pushes my buttons.
Firstly I think householders should position their bins handles outwards (making it easy for bin men to get hold of) and as far as possible away from the kerb.
Secondly I think the bin men should return them to this position.
Why you may ask does this wind me up so much.
Well next it's your bin day look people have postioned their bins and look again when the bin men have been. Now imagine you are blind/partially sighted or confined to a wheel chair or pushing a pram and you wanted to travel along the pavement. It's bad enough if you are sighted and able bodied traversing this wheelie bin obstacle course.
Sorry, but it's really thoughtless and it really get on my ****. And it's not just the fault of the bin men.

Rant over.

Nomme

One thing that annoys me the most is, my mum is unable to get the bin to the berb and back, so she has this done by the binmen as arraged by the council.

The problem lies when the normal lads don't come and the message doersn't seem to get to the replacement team so her bin doesn't get emptied, even if she goes out to tell them they won't do it. She has to phone the council for a van to come to empty the bin

Originally posted by Sheffield20
Can I have a quick moan about the bin men?

Ours are here so early! This week it was about 0545, sometimes it's earlier.

The following website :

http://www.onyxsheffield.co.uk/ywaste_collection_bin1.asp

states that bins are collected from 7am - maybe you should complain ?

There is also info on that page about how to get them to collect and return your bin if you cant do it yerself.

The page also states that "Householders are responsible for the security of their wheeled bin." - gonna get CCTV and an alarm installed and phone up Norwich Union and get them to quote me happy :P

Originally posted by rtapper
The following website :
http://www.onyxsheffield.co.uk/ywaste_collection_bin1.asp
states that bins are collected from 7am - maybe you should complain ?


Tempted, thanks for the pointer.

Do you have a regular time for the bin-men?

Our bin men are about as regular as our postman. They could come at 6am, they could come at 10am. It really is that irregular.

I have noticed that they just seem to throw the bins back in the general direction of the house. So when I get home from work, the bins are all up the pavement, leaving no room to walk, park the cars etc.
But I cant complain. We all try to cut down our work, and if I could get home faster by working faster, I too would probably cut a few corners.

It's just that when they do it, it bothers us so we complain.

Q. What is worse than a wheelie bin blown over?

A. A full blue bin of newspaper blown over.

I got up on Monday this week, after it had been pretty windy in the night, to find the whole contents of a blue bin blowing all over the the street/gardens where I live. What a mess.

These bins should have had an inbuilt clip to stop the lid coming up.

:thumbsup:

Nightmare.
Good point with the clip, except binmen would complain that it would add to their workload...

Originally posted by jackthedog
Do you have a regular time for the bin-men?


Yeah, always early - rarely much after 6AM! We're right on the South Yorkshire/Derbyshire boundary so I guess we're first stop on the day's round.

Originally posted by Sam Miguel
Is it me or are those wheeliebins the wrong shape or something? When it's windy - and they've been emptied - they blow all over the place. I've retrieved them from the middle of our road! It's a pain, it really is
My bin gets blown over even when it's in its storage place up my back passage (...maybe I could phrase that better...).
Maybe theres a project for a University student here to do some wind-tunnel testing and design an aerodynamic wheelie bin. That must be good enough to earn for a PhD.
20 years ago part of the service was for the bin men to collect the bin from my rear entry (...no that's no better...) and return it after - another 20 years and I expect they'll have us wheeling the bins to the end of the road at 7:00 am and tipping them into the truck ourselves.
Well it's easy to grumble but - Sheffield City Council - English average
Cost of waste collection per household - £29.93 - £30.05
Missed collections, per 100,000 bins - 84 - 173.1
% of the total tonnage of household waste arising which have been recycled - 4.3 - 9.8

taken from: http://www.upmystreet.com/inf/pi/det/eng/?l1=s11#Corporate_health
Very low "missed collection" figure, cost about average, recycling - oops - better get using those blue bins!

Originally posted by robh
Very low "missed collection" figure, cost about average, recycling - oops - better get using those blue bins!

Another whinge... bought the current house in Sheffield 4 years ago. Back then the blue box recycling scheme would take plastic bottles, glass bottles and paper for recycling. Not too long ago they stopped taking plastic bottles. And now, with the new blue wheelie bin scheme, all they'll take is paper. Seems like a real step back to me...

Originally posted by Sam Miguel
"How many times must a bin blo-ow away,
Before it be-heads a man,
Yes 'n how times must I while away the day,
As I watch the guys load up the van.
Then the wheelie bin my friend
Just blows in the wind
The wheelie bin jus' blows in the wind."

B Dylan 2004
Gets harmonica out......... :D

I dunno about wind but we had a crazy neighbour who would go thru our rubbish and tip it up everywhere then say it was a fox! My dad tied the lid down with rope and boyscout like knots and reliably the rubbish was everywhere!.....I never knew foxes could untie knots!

Sounds like your old man should've used the rope and boyscout like knots on the neighbour...

Originally posted by jackthedog
Sounds like your old man should've used the rope and boyscout like knots on the neighbour...
Hmmm.....Maybe
altho being tied up may have caused excitment!

trust me to lower the tone!

Depends how Crazy Neighbour feels about your Dad I suppose.

Originally posted by rtapper


The page also states that "Householders are responsible for the security of their wheeled bin." - gonna get CCTV and an alarm installed and phone up Norwich Union and get them to quote me happy :P


Can`t say I have the problem with wind on my bin, but I have had 3 stolen in the last 15 months.

Originally posted by venger
Can`t say I have the problem with wind on my bin, but I have had 3 stolen in the last 15 months.

What a strange kind of thing to want to steal! I Wonder: what drives someone to pinch something like this?

Originally posted by Sam Miguel
Is it me or are those wheeliebins the wrong shape or something? When it's windy - and they've been emptied - they blow all over the place. I've retrieved them from the middle of our road! It's a pain, it really is.

It's fair enough when you are in the house: you can fetch your bin straight back in after emptying, but as most people are out at
the time, there doesn't appear to be an answer.

I suppose someone will take me seriously once some poor pensioner has been decapitated by a flying bin.

Hmmmm

I'm sure I've heard someone else complaining of EXACTLY the same thing recently.

Must be a common problem in Hillsborough too ...

maybe the design of the bin is a load of rubbish

Aha !

So you're back on then !

(you're original account still works there Kim - use that one and come and say hello..)



Originally posted by Kimberley_04
Hmmmm

I'm sure I've heard someone else complaining of EXACTLY the same thing recently.

Must be a common problem in Hillsborough too ...

Originally posted by fattybear
Aha !

So you're back on then !

(you're original account still works there Kim - use that one and come and say hello..)

Ha Ha

I can't remember my password ...

Originally posted by fattybear
Aha !

So you're back on then !

(you're original account still works there Kim - use that one and come and say hello..)

Ah, so you've decided to come into my wheeliebin thread.

I like your taste.

Well done!

Does yours blow over?

My next door neighbour had his bin stolen, so the council sent him a nice shiny new one. Almost worth the hassle, because it was better than mine, it had bigger handles and a much more substantial hinge system.

Originally posted by Sam Miguel
What a strange kind of thing to want to steal! I Wonder: what drives someone to pinch something like this?

If you take the wheels of one bin with a bit of messing about you can reattach them to the handle, if you then lay the bin down you have one hell of a go-kart type thing..........

No it wasn't me who nicked the bins before you ask :)

personally, I think that's a 'rubbish' idea.

Geddit?

:roll:

Originally posted by jackthedog
personally, I think that's a 'rubbish' idea.

Geddit?

:roll:

Not as daft as you may think.....

From the BBC's ' I love South Yorkshire site':

http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/i_love_sy/bluebins/index.shtml

:o :rolleyes:

Nomme

Black ones are better though as you can wrap yourself in a quilt and climb inside - get someone to tie the lid shut then shove you down a hill, trust me when I say you need the quilt :D

I'd say it's more hygenic to use the blue ones, but we used to do that as kids with the black ones when they were first delivered!

So much fun. And dangerous. 8)

Originally posted by jackthedog
I'd say it's more hygenic to use the blue ones, but we used to do that as kids with the black ones when they were first delivered!

So much fun. And dangerous. 8)

Yeah I'm talking back when they were first introduced in Sheffield.

When your a kid you tend to overlook the danger part as long as it seems like it could be fun :D

Originally posted by Sam Miguel
What a strange kind of thing to want to steal! I Wonder: what drives someone to pinch something like this?

Strange or not, this week the count has gone upto 4 stolen bins.

WHY?