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Owen Smith
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Because my garden is too small for a compost bin, it would take about 10% of the planting area.
Also my parents have a huge garden and multiple compost bins. But when they pollard the trees the wood from that won't compost, and they have so much grass cuttings that the compost bins go all slimey if they put it in. So I pay for garden waste collection for them (dad's too tight to pay for it and the work falls on mum if I don't pay).
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RobH1
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Agreed, we were avid composters at all previous plots, but as with Owen, our gardens now are too small and designed in such a way that leaves no room for a bin. We have no grass as we grow only insect attracting flowers and shrubs.
The green waste bin is collected for only 9 months of the year and we only put it out for collection six times last year. Therefore cost to us is £10 a pop.
There is an excellent recycling centre around five miles away, so we bought 3 recycling bags from Lidl for a fiver. Two hold up to 30kg and one, 50kg, I can empty them as and when on our way around the North Lakes area.
Fair enough but to be honest if you have space for a green waste bin you have space for a compost bin, I know of more than one person who just drilled a few hole in the base of their bin and turned it into a compost bin and it worked well with the bonus that it was easily moved around.
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RobH1
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That's the problem, we haven't the space, didn't want it in the first place, always in the way, now I want rid.
Here you only get one when you sign up for paid for collections thankfully.
Black Hole
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My friend in Bournemouth won't pay, just uses my petrol to go to the tip instead.
Owen Smith
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My green waste wheelie bin is on the tarmac on the shared drive and parking area for this row of houses, as is everyone else's wheelie bins. But I don't want to put a compost bin there on the tarmac, it would be entirely the wrong place being outside the garden. We're probably not really meant to put wheelie bins there either as it is a parking area, but everyone does.
EEPhil
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Just where are people expected to put the bins, Clacton? Never mind the lack of space associated with some homes. When bins are put out on a narrow pavement, using the pavement for the proper purpose becomes hazardous.That's walking, not parking half your car.
prpr
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Might improve the place, by some accounts.
Developers love to allocate shared spaces and provide as little as possible for as much as possible. "We think we can just squeeze another one in" is the order of the day, rather than allocating a decent amount of space for stuff like gardens, driveways, garages, pavements etc.
The inevitable consequence of the above. And then it magically becomes the people's faults, rather than the planners'.
EEPhil
Number 28
Unfortunately we can't retro-plan roads from (in my area) c1950 or even earlier, when houses had one bin and the average car per house was <1 (and there were lock-up garages that were actually used for parking cars).
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RobH1
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Residents on our development (7 years) have recently received a notice regarding pavement parking, citing access for emergency vehicles etc.
The roads are narrow, the pavements wider than average and no account was taken regarding the number of likely vehicles per household, resulting in the inevitable.
Planners are useless and never see the results of their designs.
EEPhil
Number 28
According to a document on the UK government website: https://assets.publishing.service.g...72700/EDG_Access_for_Fire_Tenders_CHECKED.pdf
If the development doesn't meet those criteria it shouldn't have passed building regs. If parked cars are a problem, in a dire emergency the fire service can bounce cars out of the way or barge them with a big red fire engine. Meanwhile the delay could be fatal.
I am all for banning and fining for pavement parking. There are far too many D-heads owning large 4x4's whose only ever excursions off road are when they park on the pavement leaving barely enough room for a person let alone a pram or mobility scooter making bin days an on road experience for pedestrians. A nice earner for the local council too which may keep down the council tax.
EEPhil
Number 28
Council tax (or its replacement) is only going one way - up. Doesn't matter who wins the next general election. There's all them holes in the roads to fill in, LGR to pay for, and all those councillors expenses to pay.
Black Hole
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Fine, make them all park off the pavement – then we won't be able to get a car between them in places (fire access notwithstanding). Swings and roundabouts.