Christmas Bin Collections (Clap clap fingal co. council!)

miss no stars

Ours is meant to be tomorrow (Thursday, Christmas day).

Fingal stated on their collection calendar that arrangements were to be announced. Well done them on following through on this :rolleyes:

Does anyone know what the story is? I had a look at last year's announcement and anything from Wednesday was collected the following Saturday. Will this be the same this year?

suzieb

I'm in Balbriggan and ours are getting collected saturday morning.

I phoned council about it the other day as last fri our brown bins were collected and it seems over half houses in our estate presumed the black one would be too so everyone has left their black bins out front of houses and the place looks terrible with overfull bins.
And our bin tag was taken last friday :mad:

greatgoal

arrangements were in all the local papers for the last month.

miss no stars

all which local papers? Because we got the northside weekly and couldn't find it...

It wouldn't hurt to have it on the website either

greatgoal

north county leader was where i read it.

SeaSide

miss no stars wrote: »

all which local papers? Because we got the northside weekly and couldn't find it...

It wouldn't hurt to have it on the website either

This interweb thing'll never catch on

Fyr.Fytr

Maybe fingal followed through but oxygn didnt.

Were supposed to be collected friday 19th and nothing. Despite ringing them and fcc no joy despite plenty of promises and single greetings. Good to see the money we paid going to good use eh

miss no stars

Fyr.Fytr wrote: »

Maybe fingal followed through but oxygn didnt.

Were supposed to be collected friday 19th and nothing. Despite ringing them and fcc no joy despite plenty of promises and single greetings. Good to see the money we paid going to good use eh

Yeah exactly. All those fees to pay for a bin service that you're not sure you even have.


Incidentally, no collection today. Next bin day is new years day, thankfully we have been notified that it will be collected on new years day. Well done fingal. Forgot about us again.

northdubgal

So when is the next brown and black collection going to happen?

suzieb

Miss no stars there was a collection yesterday with fcc for the black bin?
In balbriggan anyway in all the houses that are around dunnes...

They collected ours about 9.20am(i shot outta the bed and had to throw binman a tenner cos we had no tag and couldnt bear to look at overflowing bin for another week)...

miss no stars

I'm not in Balbriggan, in fact, you wouldn't realise that where I am is in Fingal at all (which is why fingal tend to forget we exist, actually)

Sellphone

Not sure what is going on, but I rang Oxigen's Helpline number, and their main line, and got no answer or operator, Fingal's web site has nothing on it either.According to the calendar provided, brown+black should be collected today and green was to go yesterday. Now have 3 bins outside waiting for collection??

northdubgal

Our green bin was collected yesterday and we are due for the black and brown both to be collected tomorrow morning..

Well hopefully anyway. I am in balbriggan, where are you based?

greatgoal

Sellphone wrote: »

Not sure what is going on, but I rang Oxigen's Helpline number, and their main line, and got no answer or operator, Fingal's web site has nothing on it either.According to the calendar provided, brown+black should be collected today and green was to go yesterday. Now have 3 bins outside waiting for collection??

all the council and oxigens office staff are on holiday,back tomorrow 2nd.

The Hill Billy

Both FCC & Oxigen have provided households with calendars giving the dates for green, black & brown bin collections for the next 12 months. The Christmas dates were available on these.

greatgoal

oxigens supposed to be out of contract with the council,greyhound waste were supposed to take over from jan.1st.

miss no stars

Hill Billy wrote: »

Both FCC & Oxigen have provided households with calendars giving the dates for green, black & brown bin collections for the next 12 months. The Christmas dates were available on these.

No they weren't (Certainly not all of them anyway). Hence the problem.

RobFowl

miss no stars wrote: »

No they weren't (Certainly not all of them anyway). Hence the problem.

none where I live as well (close to balbriggan)

Sellphone

Got the calendars alright, but no show from Oxigen etc. Checked FCC's website again last night and can only see arrangements for Christmas 2007! Interesting about Oxigen handing over to Greyhound.:(
I'm in the Oldtown area BTW.

The Hill Billy

miss no stars wrote: »

No they weren't (Certainly not all of them anyway). Hence the problem.

RobFowl wrote:

none where I live as well (close to balbriggan)

Maybe ye both threw the calendars into your recycle bin thinking that they were junk mail? (Pardon the pun.)

northdubgal

I have the calendars too but they dont show the christmas collection dates on them. It states that we will be informed of those... Which we werent.

miss no stars

Hill Billy wrote: »

Maybe ye both threw the calendars into your recycle bin thinking that they were junk mail? (Pardon the pun.)

I suppose, working off your logic, ALL our neighbours must have done the exact same which is why NOBODY seems to know what the deal with Christmas collections this year is. Which is why I can stand here looking at the calendars that say the Christmas arrangements are to be notified? (The calendar is good til May btw). Actually here, have a look yourself, see if you can find the Christmas collection dates :rolleyes:

(note, brown bin last collected 11 December and next collected 08 January - ew).

Fyr.Fytr

Greyhound came around my estate and finallycollected green bins tonight. Fair play to them, no bother taking the extra stuff that couldnt fit in the bin after chrimbo. They knew the score and were fine about it. Cant ask for more than that

The Hill Billy

miss no stars wrote: »

I suppose, working off your logic, ALL our neighbours must have done the exact same which is why NOBODY seems to know what the deal with Christmas collections this year is. Which is why I can stand here looking at the calendars that say the Christmas arrangements are to be notified? (The calendar is good til May btw). Actually here, have a look yourself, see if you can find the Christmas collection dates :rolleyes:

(note, brown bin last collected 11 December and next collected 08 January - ew).

FFS - It was a light-hearted post. Get that sense of humour of yours recycled into something a bit less frigid. Chillax! Happy New Year!!!

greatgoal

Hill Billy wrote: »

FFS - It was a light-hearted post. Get that sense of humour of yours recycled into something a bit less frigid. Chillax! Happy New Year!!!

what was your last normal collection,say,xmas week?

greatgoal

greyhound are 2million a year cheaper than oxigen,maybe the council can reduce the annual charge significantly this year(not holding breath)

Sellphone

Have all the calendars,and the green bin was not collected when the calendar said it would nor the brown, nor the black.
Eventually got an apology from FCC over the whole thing, after I got local representative to intervene.In that mail they say 20th was the last collection for black bins, and next one would be 8th Jan?? two and a half weeks at Christmas time?!?
it is annoying that they assume everyone buys a paper. I don't buy one regularly. FCC had a notice on their web site last year, and none this year. They did have a telephone announcement that gave a date for black bins and which did not happen.
C'est la vie.

Ginny

We have a green bin collection calander which states the green bins would be collected on the 18th Dec. and then today the 3rd Jan. which they have been.
Although in the past our green bins have sometimes sat outside for 2 days waiting to be collected.

Fyr.Fytr

Quick question was it greyhound ginny?

Ginny

Nah was Oxigen.

greatgoal

miss no stars wrote: »

I suppose, working off your logic, ALL our neighbours must have done the exact same which is why NOBODY seems to know what the deal with Christmas collections this year is. Which is why I can stand here looking at the calendars that say the Christmas arrangements are to be notified? (The calendar is good til May btw). Actually here, have a look yourself, see if you can find the Christmas collection dates :rolleyes:

(note, brown bin last collected 11 December and next collected 08 January - ew).

18th black,27th saturday,black and brown,jan 1st black,jan 8th brown,simple,was advertised in all the free newspapers that were delivered to our doors

The Hill Billy

greatgoal wrote: »

what was your last normal collection,say,xmas week?

Black bin on Tuesday, collected as usual.
Green bin on Thursday, collected Saturday before Christmas.

Sellphone

would be that simple, if they arrived when the calendar indicated they would. Now 5:15 p.m. Sunday, and green bin still not collected. FCC said 20th was last black bin collection and next one is? The 8th Jan, over 2 weeks later:mad:

greatgoal

Sellphone wrote: »

would be that simple, if they arrived when the calendar indicated they would. Now 5:15 p.m. Sunday, and green bin still not collected. FCC said 20th was last black bin collection and next one is? The 8th Jan, over 2 weeks later:mad:

then you would have had a brown bin collection on the 1st.

miss no stars

greatgoal wrote: »

18th black,27th saturday,black and brown,jan 1st black,jan 8th brown,simple,was advertised in all the free newspapers that were delivered to our doors

Lucky you getting a free newspaper delivered to your door. We get no such thing, nor was anything collected on the 27th. Not simple.

greatgoal

ah well,no point in arguing about it now,christmas bin collection arrangements are all in the past now.

miss no stars

Yeah just annoying though, seeing as they're PAID for this kinda thing :mad: