Hmmmm Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 23 minutes ago, Andy Onchan said: This made me chuckle. https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/douglas-council-admits-removing-litter-bins/ The council have clearly not completed any critical thinking or problem solving with this change to collections. Removing public bins is ridiculous and will only shift the problem elsewhere, whilst increasing problems through lack of public bins. They really need to address the cause. Christmas/New Year period should be interesting. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTailT Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Who the heck do DBC think they are? The authority has no authority and has lost control. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTailT Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 The city that never sleeps 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two-lane Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 1 hour ago, BriT said: Brilliant so people come up with a solution to their council inflicted rubbish problem and they then remove rubbish bins in order to stop people of disposing of .. rubbish. At least those people made the effort to put their rubbish in a bin, and not fly-tip it. Horning states: " and every effort is made to identify the household responsible." - which sounds like a threat. If he had said "every effort made to find the household and give them an extra bin", that would be more sensible. People do not "generate rubbish" - they spend money. Just about everything that ends up in the bin originates in a purchase from a business. If everyone went extreme and reduced their expenditure to near-zero, Douglas Council would not be making much money from business rates. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 46 minutes ago, Hmmmm said: The council have clearly not completed any critical thinking or problem solving with this change to collections. They haven't allowed adequate time for increased recycling (to the level required by fortnightly bin collections) to embed itself into the public mindset and habit. It's ok espousing Amadeus' and Horning's motherland as an example - but they've been doing it for years. We are somewhat "behind" in that respect, to include the amount of waste generated by commercial and retail. It will take the best part of a few years to adopt, which is considerably longer than a few weeks' notice from DBC. But perhaps in the panic to reduce the charges from the EFW they've overlooked this...? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 2 minutes ago, Two-lane said: At least those people made the effort to put their rubbish in a bin, and not fly-tip it. Horning states: " and every effort is made to identify the household responsible." - which sounds like a threat. If he had said "every effort made to find the household and give them an extra bin", that would be more sensible. People do not "generate rubbish" - they spend money. Just about everything that ends up in the bin originates in a purchase from a business. If everyone went extreme and reduced their expenditure to near-zero, Douglas Council would not be making much money from business rates. Zero Waste Mann just entered the chat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTailT Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 8 minutes ago, Amadeus said: Zero Waste Mann just entered the chat. Have any lessons been learnt? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriT Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 8 minutes ago, Two-lane said: At least those people made the effort to put their rubbish in a bin, and not fly-tip it. Horning states: " and every effort is made to identify the household responsible." - which sounds like a threat. If he had said "every effort made to find the household and give them an extra bin", that would be more sensible. You pity the poor employee who is made to root through a pile of crap for receipts or envelopes. You’d hope there’s no dog 💩 in there. All in order to try to incriminate a ratepayer who is paying their wages so that they can then get a visit from an enforcement officer who they also pay the wages off. It’s straight out or a Brian Rix farce. Perhaps it will all end with Horning’s trousers falling off on the doorstep of the local vicar after a dumped utility mix up with next door! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Voice of Reason Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Are there any rules on what you can put in a public bin? Is it limited to say the wrapping on a sandwich that you have just eaten alfresco? What if you were just on your way out of the house and the postman delivers a bill. One with name and address on the envelope , not a window envelope.You put it in your pocket thinking “ I’ll have a look at that later” You go for a walk along Douglas prom and decide to take a short sit down on a bench there. You remember the bill in your pocket and think “Ah ha now would be a good time to look at that”. You peruse the bill and discard the envelope bearing your name and address into one of the public litter bins by the side of your bench. Rather than taking it home to put in your own domestic bin. Do you get hunted down like a dirty dog once the envelope with your details comes to light upon the bin being emptied? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 42 minutes ago, Amadeus said: Zero Waste Mann just entered the chat. No such thing. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hissingsid Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 This is madness large amounts of money have been spent over decades persuading people to use bins rather than litter now they are taking away the bins. What comes next….I would guess some litter police will be appointed to wait until a sweet wrapper is dropped or discarded and pounce resulting in a massive fine. It is time these jokers were kicked out of office and some sane and sensible people took there place. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTailT Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Police searching for bin culprits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 12 minutes ago, NoTailT said: Police searching for bin culprits. It'll be that Bin Laden fella they're after... 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 They'll lucky, everyone in Douglas is bin laden at the moment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarndyce Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 (edited) Observer had the right idea a few days ago - this is a time for heroes…Count Binface and his trusty sidekick, Max Binface… Edited December 21, 2022 by Jarndyce Addition of Max Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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