Overflowing Bin

cormie

Hi,
We recycle everything you can. Over christmas we built up allot of material for the green bin (oxigen) and now we have about 5 paper bags around the kitchen full of material. I heard that if the lid is open any bit by excess material, they will not take it. What can I do with all these bags? I see it says if you miss a collection you can put a bag out beside the green bin with "Recycleables" written on it. But you have to ring up Oxigen first to tell them. Is this necessary? Do you think if I put out a big black back full of material they will take it? The other option is to go around at night and distribute it amongst other bins;)

Also, is it ok now to recycle such things as shampoo/washing up bottles and the likes?

My girlfriend has a leaflet for her oxigen bins that says you can do this, however it also says she cannot recycle tetra pack, and we can. We live in the same town but DLRCC collect my bin while Wicklow CC collect hers.

Thanks!

KdjaCL

Dance on the bin to make it fit.

Or pour water on it wait a few hours then dance , should all fit in eventually

They wont take it if the lid is open even by a mm.

kdjac

cormie

Dancing will do nothing, There is no way I'll be able to fit everything in with the lid closed!

lomb

put afull butane cylinder on it to weigh it down. other option is take it to the local dump.

cormie

I it to be recycled though!...?? Does anyone know about the bag thing?

vector

If you bin is already full this week, and you still have rubbish then just store it until next week in your garage.

If you live in an apartment and don't have a garage then... em

Mimikyu

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cormie

It's a pain alright!

Mimikyu

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Pataman

I would suspect you live in Bray. Take a trip to Ballyogan recycling centre, great facility.

cormie

Where abouts is that? thanks!

Pataman

cormie wrote:

Where abouts is that? thanks!

Ballyogan Road, Leopardstown. Just beside the old dump, down the road from the back entrance to the Leopardstown races

tk123

If you ring them and let them know that you are leaving extra stuff they'll take it. Or you can call and get a second bin - http://www.oxigen.ie/

bonkey

KdjaC wrote:

They wont take it if the lid is open even by a mm.

FFS. Have they ever offered any actual *logical reason* for this stupid type of behaviour???

I'm accept that the rollout of a full recycling / environmentally-conscious program throughout Ireland will take years, but idiocy like that would strike me as inexcusable.

"We know you'd like to recycle, but you're trying to recycle too much, so we won't let you recycle any of it."

What a ****ing brilliant idea.

I'd love to say "only in Ireland..." but I'm sure I'd be wrong....so I'll stick with "thank fsck they're not that anal here" instead.

jc

Pigman II

Here's what oxigen accept
http://www.oxigen.ie/matlsrecyc.html

Also I find that with just a bit of manipulation one can nearly double the amount that one can get into their green bin. Simple things such as crushing beercans, flattening packaging (eg cereal boxes) and putting denser materials (eg newspapers) in last to crush the other stuff can make a useful difference.

ballooba

bonkey wrote:

FFS. Have they ever offered any actual *logical reason* for this stupid type of behaviour???

Because the system for tipping the bin into the truck is automated and it can not handle the lids being open.

Guess it is easier to set a precedent where if the lid is open at all then they don't accept it rather than say 'If it's open this much then it is ok'.

All to do with how much lifting you can legally ask an employee to do. I think the statutory limit is 25KGs. The bin men used to physically lift over flowing bins to tip them. This not acceptable anymore.

Keeks

ballooba wrote:

All to do with how much lifting you can legally ask an employee to do. I think the statutory limit is 25KGs. The bin men used to physically lift over flowing bins to tip them. This not acceptable anymore.

there is is no statutory limit to the amount one can lift. A person only has to lift what they are comfortable lifting. There used to be limits of 35kgs for men and 25kgs for women.

As for the lids being open. You have to set a standard and follow it. Otherwise it leads the system open to abuse. Common sense shouldcome into play now and again and any collector who leaves a bin behind that is only a few mm open should really be shot, but people should follow the rules and try to keep the lids closed.