OT - Recycling gone mad

You are looking in the right place.

We have dennis and drivel.

Or are they the wrong sort of knobs?

I agree there is so much odd bits I could use from the recycle tip. I believe they sell on the stuff to whoever for recycling. In my area all the broken bikes are sold to a cycle shop as a job lot, refurbished and the shop then sells them. I put a lot of stuff on gumtree now so that someone can get the chance to use it before I take to the tip.

Our local tip has a area set aside for selling stuff - they positively encourage recycling - as long as they get some cash. I've even managed to 'order' an item from our lot as they run a number of local tips and called back a few days later to collect it.

Bob

In message , David WE Roberts writes

Health and safety, are you sure the knob your wife wanted was going to be safe and not possibly a faulty knob that could cause untold harm? You can never be too careful with the knobs down at the council tips.

In message , Bob Minchin writes

Brilliant, I like it, which part of the country?

Hampshire. Our sites are run by Hopkins

Bob

It is the knobs in the council offices you need to beware of!

No, it's just your tip being jobsworth bastards.

My local tip not only allow you to aquire stuff, they even have a stall selling (for a quid) a variety of serviceable items - and the bloke will even help you with it into the car if your a lady or infirm!

Mr & Mrs Bennet-that-seagull-is-more-like-a-vulture, and their son...

JGH

Some more late arrivals at the Waste Recyclers Ball?

Ours used to be like that a few contracts back but they keep replacing the contractors and the current lot just don't pass stufff on.

Sounds like Mountfield :)

Yep. You local too?

You don't want your wife to come into contact with an insanitary knob do you? The best thing is to dip your knob in boiling water.

Bill

I think you can still buy, but there are some rules. Pity there is no such thing as an appliance breakers yard, mind you those are a dead bread now as the money to be made means no more allowing public to have a look, the staff take the good bits and flog them at very high prices. Brian

Not allowed any more here.

Something to do with privatising them or something.

Used to happen here in Warwickshire until the council took control of the site again recently.

Jonathan

*Jonathan

I think I am sensing a common theme here. Service being made less user friendly.

In message , David WE Roberts writes

Not quite the same, but similar. There was a lot of talk when our local council installed CCTV at the tidy tips. Was it for safety reasons, evidence if there were any accidents, or was it to keep an eye on the staff?

Another local gripe is "commercial waste" A friend of mine who has a sign written company van that he keeps 24/7 used it to drop off his old kitchen cabinets. He was refused access and told to get written permission, lots of paperwork, because it could be commercial waste. The fact he worked for an electrical supply company didn't matter.