Cardiff Council considers collecting black bin bags every three weeks to improve recycling rates

[LeningradCowboy]

Not a nightmare for us but not as frequent a collection service as a few years back. At least we have bins for everything not boxes or bags. Our black bin for general waste each fortnight is rarely half full. The others (monthly) do fill up but never to the top. Big families may struggle - as do students who have trouble with the whole idea of bins, waste, disposal, recycling and closing lids!

Do you have the regular size wheelie bins or the skinny ones?

[jon1959]

Do you have the regular size wheelie bins or the skinny ones?

The black (general waste), brown (bottles, cans, plastics) and green (garden) are the regular size - and we can get the monster bins which are 50% bigger if there is a good reason - but the blue (used to be a plastic box with elesticated plastic cover - for paper and cardboard) is the small/skinny size. That is the one that fills up and the excess goes into general waste.

For a small household like ours it works OK although we weren’t sure when the frequency was first reduced, then reduced again and again. At least we have all plastic bins, not bags that the dogs, cats, foxes and bears will shred and scatter around.

The weekly cycle is black - blue - black - brown - black - blue and so on with the green on a separate 4 weekly cycle for 6 months of the year.

[splott parker]

Never a problem with the old coal fires, ashcart once a week I think they still refer to the the boys on the bin wagons as ‘being on the ashes’ with Cardiff Council.

[Tuerto]

Never a problem with the old coal fires, ashcart once a week I think they still refer to the the boys on the bin wagons as ‘being on the ashes’ with Cardiff Council.

'Kin'ell Splotty, how old are you-104?

[splott parker]

'Kin'ell Splotty, how old are you-104?

Don’t you remember the smell of the chimneys in the streets? Wasn’t all that long ago, that we all had coal fires.........oh, dear God it was about forty odd years ago, ice on the inside of the windows, coats on the bed over the itchy blankets......ah the good old days

[Tuerto]

Don’t you remember the smell of the chimneys in the streets? Wasn’t all that long ago, that we all had coal fires.........oh, dear God it was about forty odd years ago, ice on the inside of the windows, coats on the bed over the itchy blankets......ah the good old days

My Nan had a coal fire, the coals would 'spit' and the carpet was ****ed

[Citizen's Nephew]

'Kin'ell Splotty, how old are you-104?

I swear he’s got a portrait of himself in the attic.

[splott parker]

My Nan had a coal fire, the coals would 'spit' and the carpet was ****ed

I mentioned this the other day, my old man worked at John Bland’s timber yard. No shortage of ‘sticks’ for the fire, dear God it used to like bonfire night every night, sparks flying everywhere. The fireside mat had more scorch marks than Oliver Reed’s underpants.

[splott parker]

I swear he’s got a portrait of himself in the attic.

It’s next to my Escalado

[Tuerto]

I swear he’s got a portrait of himself in the attic.

[Cyclops]

Don’t you remember the smell of the chimneys in the streets? Wasn’t all that long ago, that we all had coal fires.........oh, dear God it was about forty odd years ago, ice on the inside of the windows, coats on the bed over the itchy blankets......ah the good old days

Chimneys on fire you mean.
And don't forget the lino...

[BLUETIT]

I mentioned this the other day, my old man worked at John Bland’s timber yard. No shortage of ‘sticks’ for the fire, dear God it used to like bonfire night every night, sparks flying everywhere. The fireside mat had more scorch marks than Oliver Reed’s underpants.

Ya, but what about a chunk of bread, put on a toasting fork and smothered with butter . Best days ever, kids these days will never taste that

[splott parker]

Chimneys on fire you mean.
And don't forget the lino...

Lino, Lino??? You posh fecker, we had oilcloth

[Cyclops]

Lino, Lino??? You posh fecker, we had oilcloth

Do you call assistant refs 'oilcloths'?

[North Cardiff Blue]

Not enough binmen too many councillors, maybe some of these lot can help ?

https://cardiff.moderngov.co.uk/mgMe...dex.aspx?bcr=1

[BLUETIT]

Not enough binmen too many councillors, maybe some of these lot can help ?

https://cardiff.moderngov.co.uk/mgMe...dex.aspx?bcr=1

Frigging hell, 79 of the little feckers

And still our streets look like shit

[JamesWales]

Frigging hell, 79 of the little feckers

And still our streets look like shit

Just increased in number too..

And 22 local authorities in Wales, although they don't all have that level of councillors.

Welsh local government set up is a shambles.