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By *i1971Man
over a year ago
Cornwall |
Ours have been open for a few weeks now. It's related to your vehicle reg. Odd numbers on odd dates, evens on evens. Has worked well. (Even better if you have 2 vehicles with an odd & even reg.) |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Ours have been open for a few weeks now. It's related to your vehicle reg. Odd numbers on odd dates, evens on evens. Has worked well. (Even better if you have 2 vehicles with an odd & even reg.)"
Ours has been open for a while.
We just have not been yet as life is to short to sit in a queue for 2 hours. |
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By *i1971Man
over a year ago
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"Ours have been open for a few weeks now. It's related to your vehicle reg. Odd numbers on odd dates, evens on evens. Has worked well. (Even better if you have 2 vehicles with an odd & even reg.)
Ours has been open for a while.
We just have not been yet as life is to short to sit in a queue for 2 hours. "
I haven't visited either, but those who have say you can be lucky and almost go straight in, or there are times with queues, about 1hr is the most I've heard (but I wouldn't wait that long anyway) |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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In Kent you have too go through a 10 page online form that wants just about all your personal info then there is a wait of around a minimum 10 minutes to get to the slot times which usually then time out.
If I drive past the local tip there’s next to no one there. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"In Kent you have too go through a 10 page online form that wants just about all your personal info then there is a wait of around a minimum 10 minutes to get to the slot times which usually then time out.
If I drive past the local tip there’s next to no one there."
We have on down the hill from us and everytime we pass it the queue is huge.
They have even had to put temporary traffic lights in to direct traffic around the queue |
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Ours open, but you only have access 2 days a week depending upon the area of the town you live. need to bring ID.
Limited in what they take as the recycling and refuse plants further up the processing chain aren't fully up to speed yet.
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"It’s a joke trying to book a slot at a tip.
Just reopen.
It’s outside.
People are not there to socialise, your in and out as quickly as you can."
Ours have NEVER closed. They are operating a 1 in 1 out system which causes quite a queue, but no closure.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"In Kent you have too go through a 10 page online form that wants just about all your personal info then there is a wait of around a minimum 10 minutes to get to the slot times which usually then time out.
If I drive past the local tip there’s next to no one there."
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"In Kent you have too go through a 10 page online form that wants just about all your personal info then there is a wait of around a minimum 10 minutes to get to the slot times which usually then time out.
If I drive past the local tip there’s next to no one there."
This probably explains the hike in fly tipping among other reasons. |
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By *sGivesWoodWoman
over a year ago
ST. AUSTELL, CORNWALL |
"Ours have been open for a few weeks now. It's related to your vehicle reg. Odd numbers on odd dates, evens on evens. Has worked well. (Even better if you have 2 vehicles with an odd & even reg.)"
Yep, seems to be working well.  |
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Most Hampshire tips are on a booking system. Some you cant get a slot in for weeks (we looked) Running at half capacity to maintain 2m (not 1m+)
Some of this is BS, and agenda driven. Its all open air, tip operators are used to handling rubbish so hand sanitiser et al are standard and tips are the last place most would touch surfaces and put hands in mouths.
Every trip to tip not taken saves council money (though tip subcontractors lose out on resale), some someone will be thinking - we can record everyones vehicle AND have less waste to process if we simply blame Covid.
Of course fly-tipping goes through the roof... |
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By *os19Man
over a year ago
Edmonton |
"In Kent you have too go through a 10 page online form that wants just about all your personal info then there is a wait of around a minimum 10 minutes to get to the slot times which usually then time out.
If I drive past the local tip there’s next to no one there.
This probably explains the hike in fly tipping among other reasons."
. Certainly in my part of North London fly tipping is on the increase.Back in October / November my council said that collecting the green bin would cost £60 a year for fortnight collections for 6 months of the year as I don’t have much garden waste I decided I would take it to the dump myself then Covid19 happened and I needed to apply online to go to the dump.I had 3 bags of garden waste mostly grass cuttings in the end I gave them to my sister who put them in her green bin. |
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"In Kent you have too go through a 10 page online form that wants just about all your personal info then there is a wait of around a minimum 10 minutes to get to the slot times which usually then time out.
If I drive past the local tip there’s next to no one there.
This probably explains the hike in fly tipping among other reasons.. Certainly in my part of North London fly tipping is on the increase.Back in October / November my council said that collecting the green bin would cost £60 a year for fortnight collections for 6 months of the year as I don’t have much garden waste I decided I would take it to the dump myself then Covid19 happened and I needed to apply online to go to the dump.I had 3 bags of garden waste mostly grass cuttings in the end I gave them to my sister who put them in her green bin."
Green waste compost down or spread on flower beds. Breaks down into great fertiliser and stops the cats using flower beds as a toilet |
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By *os19Man
over a year ago
Edmonton |
"In Kent you have too go through a 10 page online form that wants just about all your personal info then there is a wait of around a minimum 10 minutes to get to the slot times which usually then time out.
If I drive past the local tip there’s next to no one there.
This probably explains the hike in fly tipping among other reasons.. Certainly in my part of North London fly tipping is on the increase.Back in October / November my council said that collecting the green bin would cost £60 a year for fortnight collections for 6 months of the year as I don’t have much garden waste I decided I would take it to the dump myself then Covid19 happened and I needed to apply online to go to the dump.I had 3 bags of garden waste mostly grass cuttings in the end I gave them to my sister who put them in her green bin.
Green waste compost down or spread on flower beds. Breaks down into great fertiliser and stops the cats using flower beds as a toilet "
. That’s what my mum said I think she may have used a couple of bags and my sister took the rest of the bags as I think it was 5-6 bags I had not 3 as I stated earlier |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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No booking needed in worcester or malvern. Not much queues after the first few days. I've been twice...once to my local, once in Malvern...straight in both times. |
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"In Kent you have too go through a 10 page online form that wants just about all your personal info then there is a wait of around a minimum 10 minutes to get to the slot times which usually then time out.
If I drive past the local tip there’s next to no one there.
This probably explains the hike in fly tipping among other reasons.. Certainly in my part of North London fly tipping is on the increase.Back in October / November my council said that collecting the green bin would cost £60 a year for fortnight collections for 6 months of the year as I don’t have much garden waste I decided I would take it to the dump myself then Covid19 happened and I needed to apply online to go to the dump.I had 3 bags of garden waste mostly grass cuttings in the end I gave them to my sister who put them in her green bin."
You should google home composting instead of expecting the rest of us to clear up your waste.
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"In Kent you have too go through a 10 page online form that wants just about all your personal info then there is a wait of around a minimum 10 minutes to get to the slot times which usually then time out.
If I drive past the local tip there’s next to no one there.
This probably explains the hike in fly tipping among other reasons.. Certainly in my part of North London fly tipping is on the increase.Back in October / November my council said that collecting the green bin would cost £60 a year for fortnight collections for 6 months of the year as I don’t have much garden waste I decided I would take it to the dump myself then Covid19 happened and I needed to apply online to go to the dump.I had 3 bags of garden waste mostly grass cuttings in the end I gave them to my sister who put them in her green bin.You should google home composting instead of expecting the rest of us to clear up your waste.
HTH"
Grass cuttings don't decompose when compressed, the create a Nitrogen and phosphate effluent which is highly poisonous to the water table.
Garden waste recycling company's use bulk chemicals to assist in the decomposition and separation of vegiitation they also have the specialist equipment to handle the effluent and waste.
The dried waste dependent on the vegetation will be compressed into animal feed or bio fuel.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Most of my waste is green garden waste from a garden becoming a wildlife (particularly butterflies) friendly one and one that produces crops so it’s not waste that’s generated to be a burden on the community. |
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"In Kent you have too go through a 10 page online form that wants just about all your personal info then there is a wait of around a minimum 10 minutes to get to the slot times which usually then time out.
If I drive past the local tip there’s next to no one there.
This probably explains the hike in fly tipping among other reasons.. Certainly in my part of North London fly tipping is on the increase.Back in October / November my council said that collecting the green bin would cost £60 a year for fortnight collections for 6 months of the year as I don’t have much garden waste I decided I would take it to the dump myself then Covid19 happened and I needed to apply online to go to the dump.I had 3 bags of garden waste mostly grass cuttings in the end I gave them to my sister who put them in her green bin.You should google home composting instead of expecting the rest of us to clear up your waste.
HTH
Grass cuttings don't decompose when compressed, the create a Nitrogen and phosphate effluent which is highly poisonous to the water table.
Garden waste recycling company's use bulk chemicals to assist in the decomposition and separation of vegiitation they also have the specialist equipment to handle the effluent and waste.
The dried waste dependent on the vegetation will be compressed into animal feed or bio fuel.
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Not sure what your point is. Home compost heaps aren't compressed - they're carefully aerated to avoid that. If your point is that garden waste made up of grass cuttings is hard to get rid of, then guess what? Stop growing stuff that's hard to get rid of. |
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"In Kent you have too go through a 10 page online form that wants just about all your personal info then there is a wait of around a minimum 10 minutes to get to the slot times which usually then time out.
If I drive past the local tip there’s next to no one there.
This probably explains the hike in fly tipping among other reasons.. Certainly in my part of North London fly tipping is on the increase.Back in October / November my council said that collecting the green bin would cost £60 a year for fortnight collections for 6 months of the year as I don’t have much garden waste I decided I would take it to the dump myself then Covid19 happened and I needed to apply online to go to the dump.I had 3 bags of garden waste mostly grass cuttings in the end I gave them to my sister who put them in her green bin.You should google home composting instead of expecting the rest of us to clear up your waste.
HTH
Grass cuttings don't decompose when compressed, the create a Nitrogen and phosphate effluent which is highly poisonous to the water table.
Garden waste recycling company's use bulk chemicals to assist in the decomposition and separation of vegiitation they also have the specialist equipment to handle the effluent and waste.
The dried waste dependent on the vegetation will be compressed into animal feed or bio fuel.
Not sure what your point is. Home compost heaps aren't compressed - they're carefully aerated to avoid that. If your point is that garden waste made up of grass cuttings is hard to get rid of, then guess what? Stop growing stuff that's hard to get rid of. "
Lol There is no legal requirement for a home compost heap.
The waste recycling centres are paid for by the tax payer.
The puplic are encouraged to use these centres.
But hey your intitleted your opinion.
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"In Kent you have too go through a 10 page online form that wants just about all your personal info then there is a wait of around a minimum 10 minutes to get to the slot times which usually then time out.
If I drive past the local tip there’s next to no one there.
This probably explains the hike in fly tipping among other reasons.. Certainly in my part of North London fly tipping is on the increase.Back in October / November my council said that collecting the green bin would cost £60 a year for fortnight collections for 6 months of the year as I don’t have much garden waste I decided I would take it to the dump myself then Covid19 happened and I needed to apply online to go to the dump.I had 3 bags of garden waste mostly grass cuttings in the end I gave them to my sister who put them in her green bin.You should google home composting instead of expecting the rest of us to clear up your waste.
HTH
Grass cuttings don't decompose when compressed, the create a Nitrogen and phosphate effluent which is highly poisonous to the water table.
Garden waste recycling company's use bulk chemicals to assist in the decomposition and separation of vegiitation they also have the specialist equipment to handle the effluent and waste.
The dried waste dependent on the vegetation will be compressed into animal feed or bio fuel.
Not sure what your point is. Home compost heaps aren't compressed - they're carefully aerated to avoid that. If your point is that garden waste made up of grass cuttings is hard to get rid of, then guess what? Stop growing stuff that's hard to get rid of.
Lol There is no legal requirement for a home compost heap.
The waste recycling centres are paid for by the tax payer.
The puplic are encouraged to use these centres.
But hey your intitleted your opinion.
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You're right, there's no legal requirement to home compost, but maybe there ought to be. Why on earth should we have people producing waste for no useful purpose the insisting the taxpayer pays for its disposal? |
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"In Kent you have too go through a 10 page online form that wants just about all your personal info then there is a wait of around a minimum 10 minutes to get to the slot times which usually then time out.
If I drive past the local tip there’s next to no one there.
This probably explains the hike in fly tipping among other reasons.. Certainly in my part of North London fly tipping is on the increase.Back in October / November my council said that collecting the green bin would cost £60 a year for fortnight collections for 6 months of the year as I don’t have much garden waste I decided I would take it to the dump myself then Covid19 happened and I needed to apply online to go to the dump.I had 3 bags of garden waste mostly grass cuttings in the end I gave them to my sister who put them in her green bin.You should google home composting instead of expecting the rest of us to clear up your waste.
HTH
Grass cuttings don't decompose when compressed, the create a Nitrogen and phosphate effluent which is highly poisonous to the water table.
Garden waste recycling company's use bulk chemicals to assist in the decomposition and separation of vegiitation they also have the specialist equipment to handle the effluent and waste.
The dried waste dependent on the vegetation will be compressed into animal feed or bio fuel.
Not sure what your point is. Home compost heaps aren't compressed - they're carefully aerated to avoid that. If your point is that garden waste made up of grass cuttings is hard to get rid of, then guess what? Stop growing stuff that's hard to get rid of.
Lol There is no legal requirement for a home compost heap.
The waste recycling centres are paid for by the tax payer.
The puplic are encouraged to use these centres.
But hey your intitleted your opinion.
You're right, there's no legal requirement to home compost, but maybe there ought to be. Why on earth should we have people producing waste for no useful purpose the insisting the taxpayer pays for its disposal?"
Well unless you have eliminated all packaging from the products you buy, you will still be producing unwanted waste.
The council run waste collection centres were put in place to encourage people to dispose of waste correctly.
Unless you are living off grid and living off the land, it's strange you can criticise others for using a service that is actively encouraged. |
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