aliceBB Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Was charged an arm and a leg recently for the privilege of leaving the waste from renovating our bathroom (shower base, tiles, plasterboard) at our local recycling centre. Apparently charges were introduced in August, when all N. Yorks recycling centes were contracted out to a private company. So this company charges you to leave stuff at the tip, then it makes even more money by selling it on(for road hardcore, etc). We also have to pay to have garden waste collected, which the private company then sells back to the local council for use as compost. I am left wondering why I pay Council Tax. A conversation with a plumber revealed that most people just take their household waste to the tip free, and fill their wheelie bins with the stuff they would otherwise have to pay to dump. What's it like in Sheffield? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penistone999 Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Its free to dump your rubbish at the tips . Tradesmen arnt suppose to use them , but they just either park the vans outside and carry the rubbish in to get rid for nowt , or take it in their car and pass it off as their own . But for the public the dumps are free to use. Down here the tips are subbed out to a private company called Veolia ,who have subbed them out to another private company called The Green Company ( whoever they are ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgksheff Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Its free to dump your rubbish at the tips . Tradesmen arnt suppose to use them , but they just either park the vans outside and carry the rubbish in to get rid for nowt , or take it in their car and pass it off as their own . ....... Surprisingly enough, many tradesman take the excess that they have charged their customers and use it to pay for the waste to be disposed through commercial waste disposal operators sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliceBB Posted February 15, 2015 Author Share Posted February 15, 2015 Down here the tips are subbed out to a private company called Veolia ,who have subbed them out to another private company called The Green Company ( whoever they are ) So what's in it for Veolia? ---------- Post added 15-02-2015 at 23:51 ---------- Surprisingly enough, many tradesman take the excess that they have charged their customers and use it to pay for the waste to be disposed through commercial waste disposal operators sites. I don't object to tradesmen being charged to dump trade waste. It just seems wrong that ordinary householders are being charged (twice) to take stuff from their own homes, and that the profit form that isn't even going back to the council to provide local services Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgksheff Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 (edited) North Yorkshire has only started charging for some items ... the items you wanted to dump (unfortunately) ... "Charges for waste Residents will now be charged for the disposal of hardcore, rubble and plasterboard delivered to our household waste recycling centres." http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/article/29205/Hardcore-rubble-and-plasterboard-waste Edited February 16, 2015 by cgksheff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliceBB Posted February 15, 2015 Author Share Posted February 15, 2015 North Yorkshire has only started cahrging for some items ... the items you wanted to dump (unfortunately) ... "Charges for waste Residents will now be charged for the disposal of hardcore, rubble and plasterboard delivered to our household waste recycling centres." http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/article/29205/Hardcore-rubble-and-plasterboard-waste Thin end of the wedge, methinks! It'll be cardboard next. Then compostable waste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly4danny Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Thin end of the wedge, methinks! It'll be cardboard next. Then compostable waste. I would most certainly contact the council and complain. Council tax is a huge burden on families, yet the majority pay it without question. It seems like North Yorks council like to see its residents pay over the odds for a service that should be included in your right as a local council tax payer. It seems the consultation closed on 6 January 2015 regarding waste resources, but that does not mean you cannot air your views, as you couldn't possibly have known the implications of changes to the councils waste procedures as the results would have been in section "Blah" of appendix "Blah Blah". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelix Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Thin end of the wedge, methinks! It'll be cardboard next. Then compostable waste. Drive it to Thorp Arch. That's Leeds council it's free and they don't yet check if you are a resident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 So what's in it for Veolia? They cream off a tidy profit for doing jack-all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 They cream off a tidy profit for doing jack-all. They're responsible for the delivery of the service, they've chosen to outsource it, seems like good business to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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