Reply to: Waste disposal rant....

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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

[DaveB]

Reminds me of classic movie "The Great Escape".

FTFY.

[rd409]

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

Reminds me of classing movie "Shawshank Redemption".

[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

[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....

[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.

[cojak]

But they didn't suggest how to get rid of the bloody stuff legally, did they?

Thanks for nothing...

[vetran]

what can I say, CUK slogan should be 'It takes all sorts to sort it'. We moan about tipping and we get an authorative answer, same for medical queries.

All we need is for AssGuru to ask about cranial penis removal and some of the world's problems will be solved.

Have to say in Slough they are pretty good but my nearest tip is in Bucks so I tip tax free! I wonder if I can get a refund on my council tax.

Chalvey tip they charge if you go over x dumps of a certain type in a month. pain really if you tackle a big job you can go through a few loads.

[Uncle Albert]

You think plasterboard is hard to get rid of?

It took me ages to dump the asbestos that lined the garden lean-to. To be fair to them, they didn't charge me once I'd triple bagged it all, had it weighed and graded, proved my address with three forms of identity and signed a sheet stating that there was no more at my address.

[IR35FanClub]

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.

Very helpful, but Is that a random google or big brother?

I was about to say something about waste, but I'll keep it to myself. I'm a confirmed eco worrier petrol head so do like to recycle. My next project is to get an old Audi TT and turn it into a race car. Beats buying a brand new one and it will be a lot lighter than standard so better fuel economy. The tuning will also help with that. Once electric motors get cheap enough I'll rip out the V6 and turn it into a CHP for the house .

If you have spare plaster, how about turning it in mush and then making a sculpture in the garden? Stick a FOR SALE price tag of £1,500 on it, and someone will come and nick it for you. Problem sorted.

[Wanderer]

Just drive around until you see a skip somewhere on the side of the road and reef your stuff in it. Sorted.

Or bag it in small bits in a black bag and stick it in the household rubbish.

[NickCaterSWP]

Somerset and plasterboard, recycling, sites and fly-tipping

I had that years ago when I rented a Transit van to move house. I took what I didn't want to the tip and they assumed it was a commercial house clearance, so sent me to another tip.

The lot at the other tip told me I wouldn't make it through the mud, so sent me back to tip 1.

Told them it was personal rubbish and that that Jim or Fred or whoever from tip 2 had sent me and they were OK.

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: www.somersetwaste.gov.uk/business/

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.