Some of the London council tips take tins of paint, and make then available for free to poor people who want to do up their properties. The paint should still be usable (i.e. not stored for 20 years in the garden shed).
Some of the London council tips take tins of paint, and make then available for free to poor people who want to do up their properties. The paint should still be usable (i.e. not stored for 20 years in the garden shed).
Our local tip is contracted out to Veolia and the boss man is the most helpful chap in the world. That is not necessarily true of all Veolia sites but they seem to have a work environment that lets a good local man have enough flexibility to run a helpful service.
Then the next time you lever them open, dried and crust bits will fall into the remaining paint ...
but we are paying for it anyway
the question is, what's the cheapest way to pay for it
tim
a book of instructions telling you to leave the lid off
tim
and the health and safety bods put a stop to it because the tins might not actually contain paint
tim
Yes. I found this out to my cost. I just turn the can upside down for a few seconds to hopefully make a seal. On the last cans of paint I've stuck some cling film over the tops before putting the lids back on. Dunno if this is going to work or not.
Some though are paying more than others, Restrict the times, close a waste center and start charging for some waste then the County Councils who run most of them via contractors can point out that the operation is costing less and they are saving money. Meanwhile the fly tippers are dumping the waste where a district council has to clean it up so the costs now fall on them, or if it is dumped on private land the cost falls on the landowner. Another stunt that is being pulled is leaving stuff like old broken furniture or childrens old garden toys etc outside charity shops though the condition of the items is such that they can not be reused or sold. So the shops have to pay for disposal.
Via central government so you don't pit one tier of lesser government against another. And start putting a levy on take away food and drink containers that just might make the coffee shops and fast food joints,drink suppliers etc consider the implications that their profits are because council tax payers are subsidising their business model by partly picking up the tab for disposing of their containers when at least some should be washed up and reused . And if that means some branches close and the Grazers can't get a fancy Coffee to fawn over every half mile then f*ck em. They can by a tartan patterned flask and make their own at home. That's not DIY waste I appreciate but litter has become the scourge of many areas.
G.Harman
I have twice recently been to the local tip, and have been told that the container I need to use is 'full, mate. Can't take any more'. The place is designed to allow quick container swaps, with plenty of spare containers.
This is run by Biffa, who I believe recently won the contract away from Serco.
What did your County Councillor have to say about it?
Almost always by avoiding excess government.
I was at one time involved in an EU inspired 'competition' to get grants to do useful local 'internet stuff'.
3/4 of the grant went on consultants to decide who would get it.The consultants also worked for BT.
BT got a free market survey telling them where rural interest in broadband was high.
The actual communities got peanuts.
In the old days rag and bone men collected junk, sorted it into recyclable scrap and total junk, which was then burnt or taken to the tip for free burial.
It gave a man some employment and dealt with household waste that wasnt catered for by the 'dustmen'
The equivalent today is travellers, but they don't take the rest to the tip do they? Or restrict themselves to what is freely given.
Cue happy song
Businesses already minimise waste, with the odd exception. They're not look ing to throw money away. There are reasons for the packaging that's used. T axing them means that tax is passed to the customer, ie all it would be is one more way for government to scam money out of us all. And squander some of it collecting & policing the tax.
NT
Leave cans upside-down, but check that nothing is leaking. If a crust forms, it will be at the bottom end of the can.
When you want to use the paint again, you can decant the runny paint off into another container. [In fact, you can decant only the amount you think you are going to need.]
If it has thickened, it may need a drop of white spirit or water (as appropriate), and a good stir.
If we asked the Chinese to take back the empties the customers gathering the fist cause could pay for it except that the industries already doing something similar are the oil importers.
But their supply system is arranged so that they clean their sludge off on the way back and most of it gets dumped around Antarctica where nobody sees it.
I have no doubt that a nation once geared up to murdering grandparents, that moved overnight to murdering children would soon come up with some bright ideas.
I honestly don't think that a 10 (or even 20)p levy on a 5 pound (plus) takeaway is going to make the slightest difference
tim
Nonsense
they use package for "marketing"
If the marketing value is greater than the cost of the packaging they will use it, they don't care about the extra costs of disposal because it doesn't fall on them
You only have to go to Germany to see this. There, the manufactures do have to pay for the disposal costs of their marketing material, and packaging really is pared to the bone.
they not - they see an added value in it.
because it provides a widow for marketing
Didn't work that way in Germany - the unnecessary packaging disappeared at no costs to the consumer
tim
Topically, just look at Easter eggs. The packaging apparently - by the price - adds more value than the contents.
Making tips free doesn't stop fly tipping. The tips are free around here and people still fly tip. Some people are just too idle to take it to a tip or they choose to go when its shut and dump it elsewhere.
Look at perfume and after shave, all the "value" is the packaging.
I think it will.. people will think "I paid for the council to collect this rubbish" and then just chuck it in the street. Never underestimate the way some people think.
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