Bin collection

We have 3 large bins and one caddy for used food etc. Black bin is collected fortnightly and is for general rubbish but no food. Blue bin is collected fortnightly and is for recyclables. Green bin for garden waste is collected spring to late autumn on the same week as Blue bin.The caddy is collected weekly. It is an excellent operation and very well thought out.

We used to have communal bins sited all around the commune - easy for us as one was a few yards up the road and then we had black bags and recycling bags. About a year ago we were given two great bins - one with a yellow lid for recycling and a black one. The size of the bin depends on how many in the house but they allow for us to have many more in the summer!
We have little land fill stuff as being in the country we all have compost bins but our recycling is almost full each week. Big items we take to the dechetterie and every year or so the council organise a pick up of any household large items you may want to be rid of. At certain times too the dechetterie have piles of compost from the vineyards you can just go and help yourself to.

Fine if you're fairly fit and have transport. How do others manage?

Like granjura, we don't have bin collections.
Everyone has to do their own sorting and take stuff to the correct communal bins, or the dechetterie, which is for stuff like large cartons, garden rubbish, old clothes, furniture, electric gadgets, used oil.

We have none, whatsoever - it works really well

Fife Council I believe have a 4 week bin collection.

Falkirk were looking at a 4 week bin collection , no idea if they went ahead.

We pay extra for our garden rubbish bins but it's £24 a year. Our collections are fortnightly for garden waste, plastic/glass/cardboard, household rubbish.

Are you sure it is £25 a month Auntieflo that sounds a lot to me too.

BTW £25 a month seems a bit steep!

I don't think the Council would agree to that. There must be people who never use many of the services paid towards by council tax but they aren't entitled to a rebate.

Our local council has just changed to three-weekly bin collection. Doesn't bother me because I live on my own, but it's going to be difficult for families with children.

I do wonder how it's going to affect the bin men, pay-wise. The recycling collection isn't done by them (that's still weekly).