Waste disposal rant....

[MyUserName]

Basingstoke one does not charge. They ask you to put the right stuff in the right skip but that is all. If you're vehicle has a separate trunk section then you need a permit and have to have it marked each time you visit but no one has ever asked to see it.

I did not realise how lucky I was.

[wurzel]

Wurzel and others ...

To save time, money and CO2, a simple quick check at Somerset Waste Partnership's website Somerset Waste Partnership | Somerset Waste Partnership will show what 30+ materials householders - not businesses - can deposit at Somerset's 18 household recycling sites.

SWP website information includes which nine sites take plasterboard (Bridgwater, Chard, Crewkerne, Frome, Highbridge, Street, Taunton, Williton and Yeovil), what times they all open, what non-household items (rubble, soil, gas bottles, tyres) have charges starting at £2.90, and which four sites (Coleford, Crewkerne, Dulverton and Middlezoy) have entry fees to (as requested by local communities) prevent them from closing.

The website also explains why plasterboard cannot be deposited into landfill: "Plasterboard was banned from general landfill in 2009, as it breaksdown to produce toxic and odorous gas."

Website has section on business waste: Business Recycling and Waste Advice | Somerset Waste Partnership

And for those without net access, contacting Somerset Direct by phone or email on 0845 3459188 or [email protected] will produce the same information and further advice.

Fly-tipping is a blot on Somerset’s lovely landscape, a burden on tax-payers, a potential threat to health, and an environmental crime.

Fly-tippers face fines of up to £50,000 in magistrates’ courts, unlimited fines in higher courts, and community punishment orders or prison sentences of up to five years.

Whether it is businesses cutting costs by discarding rubbish or criminals pretending to offer a waste disposal service, there is no excuse for fly-tipping.

Anyone with information about an incident of fly-tipping in Somerset should contact the district council. For more on fly-tipping, including distric council contacts, check here: How to fight fly-tipping | Somerset Waste Partnership

Hope this helps.

I don't think they exactly requested the charges, it was more of a case of pay up or lose the tip.

Thanks for the link anyway.

Edit: Incidentally Nick, I have a sack of lime sat on my drive that I can't get rid of - the council insist that I can get shot of it up the tip but SWP won't accept it & said I had to hire a specialist waste disposal company. Couldn't find any details on that link you posted.

By the way, how much money did you lot spend translating that into Czech, Romanian, Bulgarian, Portuguese, Latvian and Polish? Most people I know from those "communities" have a perfect grasp of the English language....

[d000hg]

Just put a bit in your main bin each week. Isn't that what everyone does... we must have got rid of a ton of plaster and stuff when we renovated a house?

Or get special bags in your trouser legs to spread it as you walk about

[rd409]

Or get special bags in your trouser legs to spread it as you walk about

Reminds me of classing movie "Shawshank Redemption".

[DaveB]

Reminds me of classic movie "The Great Escape".

FTFY.

[NickCaterSWP]

Lime options

Wurzel "I have a sack of lime sat on my drive that I can't get rid of - the council insist that I can get shot of it up the tip but SWP won't accept it & said I had to hire a specialist waste disposal company. Couldn't find any details on that link you posted."

I am not an expert on lime, and I understand "lime" may refer to a range of materials, some of which have safety implications for their handling.

Lime safety sheet from US National Lime Association:
http://www.lime.org/documents/lime_b...recautions.pdf

However:

What does the company you bought the lime from advise about recycling or disposal? Will they take it back?

Nine waste companies serving Somerset listed here that could advise you on lime:
Business recycling and refuse contractors | Somerset Waste Partnership

If you want to dispose of it at a recycling site and it is household waste, not from a business, it would need to go in the plasterboard skip at no cost at one of these sites: Bridgwater, Chard, Crewkerne, Frome, Highbridge, Street, Taunton, Williton, Yeovil.

Best to call to check they can take your lime - contact details here (scroll down):
Recycling site locations | Somerset Waste Partnership

Translations: single web page of basic information translated once into a small range of languages (reflecting who lives and works in Somerset) means these essential costs kept to a minimum.

Hope that helps.

Nick

[wurzel]

What does the company you bought the lime from advise about recycling or disposal? Will they take it back?

It's hydraulic lime for use in mortar.

Got it from that builder's merchants underneath the arches on the Lower Bristol Road. Doubt they'd want it back - it's set into a solid lump.

I'm resigned to being lumbered with it. Might just take a hammer and chisel to it and see if I could knock up a nice little artistic centrepice for the patio I've just laid.

Thanks for the info though. I'll look into it.

[IR35FanClub]

It's hydraulic lime for use in mortar.

Got it from that builder's merchants underneath the arches on the Lower Bristol Road. Doubt they'd want it back - it's set into a solid lump.

I'm resigned to being lumbered with it. Might just take a hammer and chisel to it and see if I could knock up a nice little artistic centrepice for the patio I've just laid.

Thanks for the info though. I'll look into it.

Freecycle? I've got rid of some right old carp I thought no one would want. Can it be unset? Ground up and used again? I'm not sure of the processes involved. But it may be knacked.

[norrahe]

Freecycle? I've got rid of some right old carp I thought no one would want. Can it be unset? Ground up and used again? I'm not sure of the processes involved. But it may be knacked.

You'd be amazed at what you can get rid of on freecycle. I advertised an old greenhouse, which they had to dismantle themselves. Someone turned up with their tool kit and spent 6 hours taking it down and stuck it in the back of their car.