More uselessness from DBC

[Cueey Lewis And The News]

2 minutes ago, Amadeus said:

He has a real talent for seeing an opportunity

He seems to be as talented as most people in local politics to be fair. 

[Gizo]

Save the whales they said. Climate change. Recycle. 
 

well it looks like they’re doing more environmental damage than good. 
Like all Manx beaurocracy, good ideas, facilitation appalling. 
 

Fail. 

[Happier diner]

Sorry

[Cueey Lewis And The News]

2 hours ago, Happier diner said:

Sorry

To be fair you’d need to be much more clever than Jeremy Clarkson to work out the Douglas Xmas schedule. 

http://www.douglas.gov.im/index.php/services-hidden/item/206-refuse-collection

The really good thing is that their Xmas collection was on the 23rd December so that you could get rid of all that used wrapping paper, other Xmas packaging, and rotting Xmas food 2 whole days before you even had any used wrapping paper, packaging or disposed of Xmas food in the first place. Then there’s a confusing statement that suggests there’s hardly any collections until the end of January. 

Edited December 25, 2023 by Cueey Lewis And The News

[Happier diner]

43 minutes ago, Cueey Lewis And The News said:

To be fair you’d need to be much more clever than Jeremy Clarkson to work out the Douglas Xmas schedule. 

http://www.douglas.gov.im/index.php/services-hidden/item/206-refuse-collection

The really good thing is that their Xmas collection was on the 23rd December so that you could get rid of all that used wrapping paper, other Xmas packaging, and rotting Xmas food 2 whole days before you even had any used wrapping paper, packaging or disposed of Xmas food in the first place. Then there’s hardly any collections until the end of January. 

Yes. Really clever. Get rid of your rubbish before you have accumulated it.

To be fair though I can't see an easy way around it unless........they reverted to weekly for the Christmas period. That would help..

[Cueey Lewis And The News]

3 minutes ago, Happier diner said:

Yes. Really clever. Get rid of your rubbish before you have accumulated it.

To be fair though I can't see an easy way around it unless........they reverted to weekly for the Christmas period. That would help..

But that would be backing down as no tinpot council member did ever or will ever do. So now there’s mountains of rubbish around because they emptied the bins before anyone had any Xmas rubbish and a web page written in local authority speak where it’s almost impossible to work out when your collection will be to disguise the fact that it won’t be when you would expect it to be. 

[CrazyDave]

Christmas rubbish takes hardly any space up.  Its clean and dry.

You put it in one big box or a couple of bin bags and take it to the tip, or hang on to it somewhere until the next collection day 🤷‍♂️

People all over the UK and in other parts of the island have had fortnightly collections for decades.  It might take a tiny bit more planning at Christmas but it’s not an insurmountable problem for most adults.

Edit to add - today we all went to my sisters to open stuff.  There was lots of paper and boxes.  It came home with various siblings in bags and is distributed all over the island in their bins.  That was 30 plus people.

Edited December 25, 2023 by CrazyDave

[Cueey Lewis And The News]

A classic Fantasy Dave post right there. I hope you enjoyed your fantasy Xmas with your 30 plus fantasy family. 

[Gladys]

1 minute ago, CrazyDave said:

Christmas rubbish takes hardly any space up.  Its clean and dry.

You put it in one big box or a couple of bin bags and take it to the tip, or hang on to it somewhere until the next collection day 🤷‍♂️

People all over the UK and in other parts of the island have had fortnightly collections for decades.  It might take a tiny bit more planning at Christmas but it’s not an insurmountable problem for most adults.

Indeed.  Have posted before about the recycling with weekly collections, alternating between recycling and other waste,  introduced to where we lived in the UK before returning to the IOM in 2002.  It wasn't hard to work with at all.  You just had to get into a rhythm. 

The only complaint I have, and still have, is the pretty poor recycling containers that work if you have somewhere weatherproof to store them before being put out for collection.   

[CrazyDave]

2 minutes ago, Gladys said:

Indeed.  Have posted before about the recycling with weekly collections, alternating between recycling and other waste,  introduced to where we lived in the UK before returning to the IOM in 2002.  It wasn't hard to work with at all.  You just had to get into a rhythm. 

The only complaint I have, and still have, is the pretty poor recycling containers that work if you have somewhere weatherproof to store them before being put out for collection.   

I don’t live somewhere with kerbside recycling but based on what I see when out and about I agree about the poor containers.

I am lucky enough to drive, so any recycling I did have would just go in the car with me rather than sit outside in one of those crappy boxes.  DBC really need to improve those for the people who use them.

(True story by the way, I really do have a car 😂🙄)

 

[Gladys]

1 minute ago, CrazyDave said:

I don’t live somewhere with kerbside recycling but based on what I see when out and about I agree about the poor containers.

I am lucky enough to drive, so any recycling I did have would just go in the car with me rather than sit outside in one of those crappy boxes.  DBC really need to improve those for the people who use them.

(True story by the way, I really do have a car 😂🙄)

 

When the recycling was introduced where we lived, we were given two wheelie bins.  The green one was for recycling and the grey (?) one was for everything else.  The only thing you couldn't put in the recycling wheelie bin was glass.  Also, at that time  there was no kitchen waste recycling which is more the standard now, I think. 

So you would chuck cardboard, paper, tins, plastic bottles (only IIRC) into the green wheelie bin. It was a big stable receptacle, and could be kept outside without worrying about the weather, either blowing it over or drenching it.  I wondered how it was sorted, but it worked. 

[Cueey Lewis And The News]

To be fair you’d need to be much more clever than Jeremy Clarkson to work out the Douglas Xmas schedule. 

http://www.douglas.gov.im/index.php/services-hidden/item/206-refuse-collection

The really good thing is that their Xmas collection was on the 23rd December so that you could get rid of all that used wrapping paper, other Xmas packaging, and rotting Xmas food 2 whole days before you even had any used wrapping paper, packaging or disposed of Xmas food in the first place. Then there’s a confusing statement that suggests there’s hardly any collections until the end of January. 

Edited December 25, 2023 by Cueey Lewis And The News

[Gladys]

Just now, Cueey Lewis And The News said:

 

To be fair you’d need to be much more clever than Jeremy Clarkson to work out the Douglas Xmas schedule. 

http://www.douglas.gov.im/index.php/services-hidden/item/206-refuse-collection

The really good thing is that their Xmas collection was on the 23rd December so that you could get rid of all that used wrapping paper, other Xmas packaging, and rotting Xmas food 2 whole days before you even had any used wrapping paper, packaging or disposed of Xmas food in the first place. Then there’s hardly any collections until the end of January. 

My collection is usually a Tuesday.  Bin out on the road, will let you know how I get on. 

[Cueey Lewis And The News]

Just now, Gladys said:

My collection is usually a Tuesday.  Bin out on the road, will let you know how I get on. 

Read the link and you try to work it out.

[CrazyDave]

3 minutes ago, Cueey Lewis And The News said:

 

To be fair you’d need to be much more clever than Jeremy Clarkson to work out the Douglas Xmas schedule. 

http://www.douglas.gov.im/index.php/services-hidden/item/206-refuse-collection

The really good thing is that their Xmas collection was on the 23rd December so that you could get rid of all that used wrapping paper, other Xmas packaging, and rotting Xmas food 2 whole days before you even had any used wrapping paper, packaging or disposed of Xmas food in the first place. Then there’s hardly any collections until the end of January. 

Good post

Thanks