Ban on all commercial dumping

[LoadhandlerUK]

Had full Hilux load recently of clean clay / topsoil from post holes of (domestic) fence (son's, not job).

 

Took to North Farm tip @ Tunbridge Wells. Hilux had Loadhandler on so could just wind out however all had to be tipped over above waist high barrier.

 

Asked whether we could move down a few feet and wind off into tip area where there was no barrier - no

 

After some discussion, wound off onto floor and watched a couple of tip bods 'help' to shovel over rail.

 

Mindless....

 

Also, try getting muckaway We had four 8 wheel tippers collecting spoil. Earth ok, concrete ok but drivers watched like tattoed hawks from their ladders moaning every time grass or arisings from scrub cut back was seen in digger bucket. Apparently 'muckaway' now cannot contain any organic matter such as 'normally' found when clearing a clean site for fear of methane when landfilled. What are you supposed to do with it?

Edited July 3, 2016 by LoadhandlerUK

[devon TWiG]

In one area I know you have to live in the area to have the right to buy tickets ( 5 per annum ) to be able to tip there , I tried to help out a friend once with no vehicle but no way would they allow it ...

[flatyre]

over here you needed a waste carriers license issued by the environment agency (NIEA) to dump at the council recycling centres, which I always thought strange as the NIEA were a separate government body to the council. An NIEA waste carrier license only covered you for transporting waste from the job to the recycling centre, but the only time anyone was asked for their waste carrier license was at the dump by the council (no license no dumping). It was brought in to counteract fly tipping, Pay £140 and you don't need to look over your shoulder which was a fair deal. Fly tipping practically disappeared overnight. Now this new rule has been brought in all cloak and dagger, even the recycling centre managers didn't know about it, and now your expected to buy a waste carrier license but you can't dump, which was the only reason to buy one. Everyone I have spoken to says its total s**te as we were told its to help the environment as there will be less land fill, funny as we were told all green waste is recycled? Not only that but we've been told to hire skips for our green waste, where do the skips go? into landfill only now they won't be graded, separated etc so it will be worse for the environment. Also given that its hard enough to land jobs when the cash in hand benefit sponging tax avoiding competition can do the jobs for half the price, add to that the cost of a skip and I might as well sell the van and get a job stacking shelves in Tesco! And all this because the council privatised the refurbishing of housing executive houses, and the private firms dumped all the crap in the recycling centres which created the landfill problem, government cockup to save money and now the private sector pays for it!

[treequip]

I get the feeling this news is only just filtering through in the provinces, its been on the cards for a long time. Most of us connected with trees can get rid of chip and timber FOC, just cultivate some tip off sites, allotments will always usually take chip and you often have to beat the fire wood fairy's off with a shitty stick.

[skyhuck]

What is this "waste"people speak of???

 

 

Woodchip and logs are both excellent products that can be put to all manner of uses

[treequip]

What is this "waste"people speak of???

 

 

Woodchip and logs are both excellent products that can be put to all manner of uses

 

 

Waste is something you can charge money to deal with, its all about the money.

[richy_B]

What is this "waste"people speak of???

 

 

Woodchip and logs are both excellent products that can be put to all manner of uses

 

'Waste' is like 'weeds' - only gets that name when you want rid of it!

[flatyre]

grass cuttings, brambles, hedge trimmings etc.

[csservices]

I have been shown the door with a twin axle trailer and Landrover even with an old matress aboard. Parked outside the gate and dragged it in.

 

 

 

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Had the exact same thing with an old freezer when lived in north wales, parked outside and pushed it in, air was fairly blue by time had shoved it across the yard 😄

[skyhuck]

grass cuttings, brambles, hedge trimmings etc.

 

Sounds like the making of an excellent compost heap