Council bulky item special collection - sense at last

Also councils will, it appears, stop charging for DIY waste. I've 2 or possibly3 items to go. As 2 are fridges they'll need collection. I'd like to wait to see if this council does the same but I need the space in the shed.

At long last realising the bleeding obvious: charge, fly-tipping, more expensive.

This is exactly why free-at-point disposal was brought in decades ago. To go round this learning cycle again has been a bit retarded.

I wish my council would do that.

The large item collection doesn't seem to be part of the DIY disposal proposals

Councils have had so much cut from their budgets there has been no leeway for anything that wasn't a statutory obligation. Doesn't matter if it's a stitch in time, there is no money for it.

This time the government is footing the bill, so councils won't have to raid the roads or social care budget to pay for it.

Theo

Think yourself lucky then. Ours charges £35.

That's what I thought too - no charge for depositing DIY waste (at the recycling point), not free collections.

My local council still change anything from £9 to £21 for collection of bulky items.

What happens around my way is a three piece suite or a mattress will magically appear overnight and be propped up against a waste bin on the main road.

Apparently Southwark are ?25 for ten items (which you have to list in advance when booking), which I suppose is not too bad really.

#Paul

Don't buy that with the stupid very expansive continual redesign and rebuilding of roads etc.

Better than Northants - £25 for up to 3 items then £40 for 4 or 5.

But why should I pay for other peoples waste disposal ?

Ah, the eternal question...asked by every good Libertarian in the 19th century dying of cholera...when asked to fund Bazalgettes Great Sewer.

I was being ironic. I am quite comfortable with the notion that a lot of services are best funded from the community as a whole, rather than being hypothecated.

I now need to have a Surrey Residents' Permit on my windscreen, so I can dump stuff for free. Neibouringb Counties apparently charge.

Same reason that you pay for their children's education

Prolly because it saves in the long run. Cleaning up after fly-tippers is expensive.

Are you not allowed to s*it in the same pot?

Bit of a whoosh there ...