Sheffield moving to fortnightly bin collections

[barleycorn]

Health and Safety legislation doesn't give a limit as to the maximum weight that a person can lift. In fact, the legislation is extremely open ended, and the only numerical values of anything physical or environmental it gives is the minimum working temperature....

 

Whilst The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 may not give any specific weights there is guidance produced by the HSE which flags up weights/frequencies of operations which are likely to lead to injury. Employers have a duty of care to assess any lifting/carrying operations that there employees perform. Failure to do so leaves them open to legal action when an employee is injured through the employers negligence.

The HSE produces manual handling assessment charts which give guidance on what loads/frequency of operations are likely to cause injury to employees and require action to alleviate these risks.

 

http://books.hse.gov.uk/hse/public/saleproduct.jsf?catalogueCode=9780717606931

Injuries can harm occasional load handlers as well as those who handle loads regularly. The injuries happen not only in industries associated with ‘heavy work’ such as mining, agriculture, construction and engineering. They happen in all industries and services.

These injuries are costly. Costs to employers come from loss of output and disruption, sickness payments and from compensation claims leading to increased insurance premiums. Employees bear cost from loss of earnings, pain and sometimes permanent incapacity. Everyone has to contribute to the cost of medical treatment and social security benefits for those injured.

Modern medical and technical knowledge of the causes of manual handling injuries and their investigation has shown that these injuries can be reduced or prevented, usually by very simple steps.

The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (as amended) set out a framework for employers to reduce the risk of manual handling injury. Where employers cannot avoid manual handling where there is a risk of injury they must assess their manual handling operations and take steps to reduce the risk of injury to the lowest level reasonably practicable.

jb

[qazitory]

S6 Wadsley area. Bins not emptied yesterday.

 

Mine wasn't collected last Friday, so I contacted Velio and they have said they will come round in the next 48 hours. I would suggest doing the same.

[pottedplant]

Well, 2nd week in and our bin is full and won't emptied till Monday.

With the amount of rubbish 2 kids under five produce and 2 adults we are going to struggle under this system.

 

Same boat here - except have 3 kids living at home. We are full and have to wait until Monday too.

 

However my blue bin has all of 1 wine bottle, an empty tin from tomatoes and 2 empty water bottles in it !

[Penistone999]

Not quite that bad, as most of the bins weren't full before this scheme came into being. As mentioned loads of times on here, bin sharing would be a good option.

 

Really, id beg to differ unless you can supply evidence to show this. You only have to read through this thread to see that most people`s bins were full after a week .

[rtbcomp]

I'm going by what I see on my street, I've no intention of weighing people's bin just to keep you quiet.

[Dizzyblonde]

Bins full when it started.... would have helped if they had also said in the first letter that they were changing the collection day. Letter on Tuesday apologizing for not notifying that Monday was my new collection day and saying the replacement bin collection would be Tuesday. (earlier in the day) Letter delivered about 9pm at night.

 

Then they came around to apologise in the rain where I kept them talking for ages on my doorstep, no porch.

 

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

 

 

Email today saying if its their fault they apologise, nearly two weeks later, Bin collection due Monday so doubt they can do anything in that time given the timescale it usually takes them to reply to anything.

[Rob_1]

Had ours emptied yesterday after 9 days, we managed to get all the rubbish in (including 3 black sacks of rabbit and chicken waste) but the bin was rammed and very heavy.

 

We haven't got a chance of lasting 14 days, if the tips close again i'll be leaving sacks of waste at the gates.

[cybermum]

Try Jeyes Dust Bin Powder

 

ooh thanks im gonna look for that!

[alternageek]

Had ours emptied yesterday after 9 days, we managed to get all the rubbish in (including 3 black sacks of rabbit and chicken waste) but the bin was rammed and very heavy.

 

We haven't got a chance of lasting 14 days, if the tips close again i'll be leaving sacks of waste at the gates.

You do know veggie animal waste and bedding is compostable? If you dont want to, then can have a friend with an allotment or garden, they might be willing to take it off your hands and add to their compost bin.

[rtbcomp]

Try offering it on Freecycle