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Ho hum, back to burning it again!

I need a new compost bin so im drilling some holes in my brown bin, sawing a hole in the front and giving it a new life as a composter,....job done......... up yours .....wirral borough council

Just been chatting to a collegue about this - he lives in Nottingham. Apparently he has been paying £20 per year for his garden waste bin, so its not a new thing being tried by our council - maybe something to bring them in line with other councils...??

Not saying its right, just adding some info

I cant believe this, my brown bin was not put back last year by the bin men, so i had to cough up £30 for a replacement and now we are going to have to pay to have it emptied!! well i will be making a compost heap too!!

Bedroom tax. Brown bin tax what next???

Great idea think we will do the same.

I was about to say that myself!! Nice little bonfire in the garden!!

So does this mean I can throw my garden waste in my grey bin? Its recyclable waste isnt it? Pissed off big time here

I havn't got much in my garden so any garden rubbish will go in the green bin like it did in my old house

I pay over £1500 a year in Council tax - WTF do they do with it......

if like pegsgirl, your bin isnt put back after being emptied, ring the depot and check it hasnt fallen into the back of the truck, binmen are not allowed to try and get bins out and they end up mangled. happened to us recently and we were given a new bin. this plan to charge £35 is disgusting .

They get themselfs a great big buffet laid on for the next meeting of how there going to shaft us

Good question.

There's another Wirral Open Golf Championships returns next year. 'Hospitality' might be one point of consideration. There is one lot of money spent on that. I'm almost sure it crippled the council last time(2006) as it was after that, they started to make all the redunancies, starting with the tourism department but,....there will be the magnificent hanging baskets, manicured grass verges, filled in potholes,a tribe of volunteers all being supplied with meals and uniforms, mobile phones by the score, taxis, and all the profits in the food and drink dept. will go to the 'corporates' on site.

They have cut pretty much all their event funding this year.

Wallasey Motor Club normally get a small, but essential grant to help with the Prom Rally every year. We (WMC) have already been told that this year the funding will not be available, and it has put the event at risk of not happening if we cannont find funding from other forms of sponsorship.

Back to using green bin then. Used for all rubbish going to landfill. As far as I can see you can put almost anything in it. May need a bigger green bin though, or paint it green.