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Posted By: mikeeb Bins not emptied. - 30th Nov 2020 9:32am
Anyone else not had their bin emptied?
Mine has been out for four days now.
https://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/...-causes-delays-leaving-residents-fuming/
Posted By: bert1 Re: Bins not emptied. - 30th Nov 2020 9:46am
No, 5th day for us.
Posted By: mikeeb Re: Bins not emptied. - 30th Nov 2020 10:11am
The wirral.gov website doesn't tell us much either.

'There have been some issues in collecting green and grey bins last week. It is planned that locations where collections have been missed will be revisited.

If your bin has not been emptied, please take your bin in and put it out again by 7am.

Please help the crews to complete their collections by putting your rubbish correctly at the kerbside, wheelie bin wheels facing the road, lid down and no side waste, and parking considerately to make sure that the vehicles can access the road.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.'

It looks like everyone will be leaving their bins out and just hoping.
Posted By: Salmon Re: Bins not emptied. - 30th Nov 2020 10:55am
It is clear that in many cases bins are not getting emptied if the lids are not closed, walking around I see bins still not emptied which are overflowing when others in the same road have obviously been cleared This is part of the work to rule that was going on last week .
Posted By: Gibbo Re: Bins not emptied. - 30th Nov 2020 11:13am
We were supposed to have a green bin collection on 23rd Nov that didn't come. Bins still left out
Posted By: _Ste_ Re: Bins not emptied. - 30th Nov 2020 11:56am
Originally Posted by Salmon
It is clear that in many cases bins are not getting emptied if the lids are not closed


Thats down to (AND IM GOING TO SAY IT PEOPLE) snowflake workers.

Not like they used to be the bin collectors.
Posted By: granny Re: Bins not emptied. - 30th Nov 2020 3:39pm


Last Monday our greybins were not emptied, but they eventually did them late on Tuesday afternoon. With the green bin today, they were emptied first thing this am. So back to normal. atm.
Posted By: mikeeb Re: Bins not emptied. - 30th Nov 2020 3:56pm
Ours just got emptied before.
Posted By: casper Re: Bins not emptied. - 30th Nov 2020 4:13pm
Originally Posted by _Ste_
[quote=Salmon]It is clear that in many cases bins are not getting emptied if the lids are not closed


Thats down to (AND IM GOING TO SAY IT PEOPLE) snowflake workers.

Not like they used to be the bin collectors.
[/quote

Could you explain why they are "snowflake workers" a rather strange thing to say.
Posted By: diggingdeeper Re: Bins not emptied. - 30th Nov 2020 4:35pm
That's the trouble with repeatedly putting contracts up for grabs, its a race to the bottom price which means the service suffers - quickest and cheapest, creating strict work-to-rule.

In turn its the Government both insisting on Councils putting things out to competitive contract and reducing Council funding that creates this mess.

The Government spends (and borrows) far more money than ever before but that money doesn't head in the general public's direction.
Posted By: Gibbo Re: Bins not emptied. - 1st Dec 2020 10:06am
Originally Posted by diggingdeeper
That's the trouble with repeatedly putting contracts up for grabs, its a race to the bottom price which means the service suffers - quickest and cheapest, creating strict work-to-rule.


Did you ever see the 90s BBC comedy drama "Common As Muck" - this covered that subject brilliantly.
Posted By: casper Re: Bins not emptied. - 1st Dec 2020 7:58pm
Originally Posted by diggingdeeper
That's the trouble with repeatedly putting contracts up for grabs, its a race to the bottom price which means the service suffers - quickest and cheapest, creating strict work-to-rule.

In turn its the Government both insisting on Councils putting things out to competitive contract and reducing Council funding that creates this mess.

The Government spends (and borrows) far more money than ever before but that money doesn't head in the general public's direction.



Yes CCT the downfall of our services, the cheap and nasty, companies underbidding then struggling to full fill the contract, Thatchers demons CCT deregulation,privatisation, although some believe its all down to the binmen being snowflakes.
Posted By: diggingdeeper Re: Bins not emptied. - 1st Dec 2020 10:36pm
Originally Posted by Gibbo
Originally Posted by diggingdeeper
That's the trouble with repeatedly putting contracts up for grabs, its a race to the bottom price which means the service suffers - quickest and cheapest, creating strict work-to-rule.


Did you ever see the 90s BBC comedy drama "Common As Muck" - this covered that subject brilliantly.


Yes, I remember that, looking at some episodes now I see them in completely different light/perspective than twenty six years ago. For some reason I remember the office scenes much more than the street scenes.

Most if not all episodes from both seasons are on youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFT9NfY-EKw&list=RDXFT9NfY-EKw
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