Blue bin changes

[Slacker]

In a survey of several hundred people, 4 to 1 favour proposals to put glass in the caddy and everything else in the main part of the bin.

Thoughts?

[Pete]

Do you mean that tins and cardboard will be mixed in the main body of the blue bin?

[Fly]

Bolsover:
Glass, cardboard, plastic bottles etc, all in the main bin.
Paper in the insert.

[simondjuk]

and ours arent blue, they are burgundy

You would think they would all be the same to make it easier to identify

[Fly]

Been there before Simon. Different Councils use different recycling companies.
A penny saved and that.

[Alsatian]

In a survey of several hundred people, 4 to 1 favour proposals to put glass in the caddy and everything else in the main part of the bin.

Thoughts?

Suits me - not many weeks when I don't have to squash paper and cardboard down.

[Fly]

Thinking about it, it must be very hard to recycle paper when it's mixed with all the cardboard, plastic and tins.

[therealjr]

Very little glass in our bin lots of PET bottles and cardboard.
Works for me

[Slacker]

Glass and cardboard / paper are the ones that can't be mixed in the plants that chesterfield's contractors use. Other things can be efficiently separated.

[Alsatian]

Wonder if anyone on this forum can tell me how much it's costing to run the 'blue bin' system?

I say this because, either due to poor material/manufacture or mishandling by the bin men, the 'glass caddies' seem to need frequent replacement due to breaking. I've seen the bin men take the glass caddies out in twos and empty them - seems fine, but, when you handle the caddies using only one handle, they tend to flex and over time break, needing a replacement.

A little more care in handling these by the operatives could greatly extend the life expectancy of the caddies.

Whinge over!

[Slacker]

The contractors are responsible for the caddies so no cost to council tax payer

[Big Dave]

Surely replacements bins and caddies will have been costed into the contract.

[therealjr]

They will be however it's easier for the council from an accounting point of view to pay an all in price of say £500k rather than a £450k contract and have a £50k contingency fund to replace bins and totes that they might not spend or might overspend.

[Slacker]

I assume they will have costed them in but if the operatives are treating them roughly the risk is with contractor not council

[Alsatian]

I assume they will have costed them in but if the operatives are treating them roughly the risk is with contractor not council

Now call me cynical, but, surely the contractor will look at last years costs (including replacement caddies etc) and add that into their price for the following years tender?