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What a load of old rubbish...
By woody44
08 October 2006

 In a shocking revelation Windsor Borough Council have announced they are fitting bugging devices to dustbins in order to catch out people putting rubbish in them. The Council warned yesterday that they would no longer tolerate having to send out gangs of men driving round in dirty big lorries collecting rubbish left in these bins by totally irresponsible people. `It costs us a fortune getting rid of this material and it isn`t fair,` a Council spokesperson said. `Our money would be far better spent on issuing ASBOs and painting double yellow lines under parked cars.`  In future anyone caught depositing their rubbish in these bins will have the road across their driveways dug up to a depth of at least six feet, and left for a minimum of six weeks,( although some residents stated that this was quite normal and wouldn`t involve any additional hardship)
    Finally the spokesperson warned that if there were any further transgressions by the householder, the Council would build a bloody great incinerator at the bottom of their garden....

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Written by Phil (6683 comments posted) 8th October 2006
I'll bet the idle buggers in the castle still got theirs emptied - and I don't suppose they pay council tax either. 
 
Funny piece, especially ASBOs and yellow lines. 
 
All the best, 
 
Phil.

Written by Bottleblondesurfer (3331 comments posted) 9th October 2006
Ha,you think you jest,woody but south of the river.We're awash with bloody bins,resulting a fortnightly collection and a charge for anything extra. 
I want to laugh at this but as there are plans for an incinerator at Stoke Bardolph I can only raise a grimace of recognition. 
Funny and current, well done 
cheers 
BBS 
Reactionary!
Written by cynicsid (177 comments posted) 9th October 2006
As a spokesperson for the Socialist Soviet Republic of Camden I would clearly state that we would like loads of big lorries going round collecting sorted refuse. 
 
Brown Bin-Biodegradable wastes but not Green Wastes. 
Green Bin-For Green wastes, grass clippings, hedge cuttings and similar items. 
Orange Bin -Thermal plastics 
Red Bin-Thermo Setting Plastics 
Black Bin-Paper Waste 
Grey Bin- Cardboard Waste 
White Bin-Clear Glass 
Purple Bin-Coloured Glass. 
Puce Bin-Non ferrous metal wastes. 
Yellow Bin-Ferrous Metals. 
 
All other items may only be removed from a domestic premise by suitably Licensed Waste Carriers. 
 
CAMDEN in parntership with Friends of the Earth and Bins R Us Ltd. 
 
 
If a job is worth it..it`s worth a jobsw
Written by woody44 (774 comments posted) 9th October 2006
We really must stop knocking the Royals Phil - you know as well as I what a super job they do....thanks. 
 
Thanks Jane. Sorry to hear I touched a raw nerve re the old incinerator at Stoke Bardolph. Haven`t they got some sort of stinking edifice there already? Or is that the gents urinals... 
 
Good evening Siddie. Madness! We have so many bins now I have to park my car at my mothers..five miles away... 
 
thank you all 
Woody
Hahahaha...
Written by Talisker (1326 comments posted) 9th October 2006
Great craic Woody. We have three huge wheelie bins per howf here viz: 
 
Grey - for festering flesh, murder victims, dog poo & nappies. Emptied every fortnight - less in hot weather. 
 
Blue - recyclables - emptied once a month necessitating the "bin dance" where you must get in and "tread the trash", french grape style. 
 
Brown - for rotting vegetation, tattie peelings, orange peel and rats. 
 
oli :grin
Run up the flag...
Written by woody44 (774 comments posted) 9th October 2006
Thanks Tali - who in this great country of ours hasn`t been touched by the great bin madness...I forthwith start a new nationwide campaign `Trash our Bins`  
 
cheers 
woody
Another trashcan wanted...
Written by gerardconnolly (1186 comments posted) 9th October 2006
Well done Woody. Apposite as always. Nice piece of business. 
 
To the plethora of suggestions I would also add a bin for degradable written rubbish. I know not what colour; but I fear it may have to be emptied rather frequently. 
 
Slan!
Lifting the lid....
Written by woody44 (774 comments posted) 10th October 2006
Thank you as always Gerard. Yes I fear if your suggested bin found its way onto our property it too would need a liberal amount of emptying. Frustrating business isn`t it, this writing lark... 
 
happy writing 
Woody

Written by coosh (854 comments posted) 10th October 2006
Excellent, Woody. Left me smiling insanely on the verge of a rant. We get to sort out the glass and the tins, they whack up the council tax, so we end up paying for the privilege of doing their job for them.... and another thing... blah, blah, blah... 
 
Thought the penalty would be more "stick to the rules, mate, or we'll build a road through your house." 
 
Don't get me started... oh, you already have...

Written by woody44 (774 comments posted) 10th October 2006
Thanks David? One of those subjects that seems to get everybody hot under the dustbin lid...I think I`ll go and live with my eldest daughter down in Devon..they`ve still got plastic sacks...all black! 
 
happy writing 
Woody

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