| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| Infinite Poppadum |
Posted - 30/10/2007 : 09:48:28
This idea is back, after being dropped last week. Will it happen in Brighton and Hove and Portslade, in some of which there are plans for communal bins? How will the weighing take place with those?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7067971.stm |
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| nightowl |
Posted - 11/11/2007 : 11:05:03
Are rats taking Brighton over or have they already done so?
http://www.theargus.co.uk/display.var.1824290.0.experts_called_in_after_rat_infestation_at_luxury_flats.php
It seems other areas of Brighton are suffering a surge in the rat population now rubbish collection is erratic.
Have you seen any rats where you live?
Charging by weight will only cause more fly tippng..... |
| long time no see |
Posted - 02/11/2007 : 19:39:42
quote:
Originally posted by Fluffy Sheep
I do think that it`ll cause an increase in fly-tipping though.
It has in Oxford
increased all over the place.
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| Miriam Binder |
Posted - 02/11/2007 : 19:38:09
Not that I know of but then ... |
| Daveb |
Posted - 02/11/2007 : 19:34:32
Lots of "ifs" & "maybes"
Has anyone ever been successfully prosecuted? |
| Miriam Binder |
Posted - 02/11/2007 : 19:31:01
quote:
Originally posted by Daveb
They will also have to make back garden bonfires illegal.
They have to all intents and purposes. quote:
Simplified, the law says that no one may have a bonfire if the smoke from it will cause a nuisance to other people. If someone does cause a nuisance proceedings may be taken and the person can be fined up to £5000.
here
You have a bonfire and all your neighbour has to do is complain. They do not even have to demonstrate that they have spoken to you first. |
| Daveb |
Posted - 02/11/2007 : 19:26:40
They will also have to make back garden bonfires illegal. |
| Miriam Binder |
Posted - 02/11/2007 : 18:51:25
Probably Fluffy ... but then again, any new system will do that to start with I think. |
| Fluffy Sheep |
Posted - 02/11/2007 : 18:47:13
I do think that it`ll cause an increase in fly-tipping though. |
| Martha Gunn |
Posted - 02/11/2007 : 16:24:32
quote:
Originally posted by long time no see
Martha
what about our Council Tax
we pay for it.
Are you saying you want to Pay Twice
under Stinking New Labour?
Although Council tax is expensive, what comes out of that to go towards rubbish collection, street cleaning etc is quite small - sonething like £60-70pa. If a fair level could be set for what one person or a family should reasonably be expecting to throw away each week, then I don't think its wrong to charge those extra who create extra.
Who knows, you could actually end up saving money |
| Miriam Binder |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 22:10:42
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| Daveb |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 21:38:19
Everyone paying the same for a service.
This is Poll Tax in disguise.
To the streets everyone. Riot! Riot! |
| Miriam Binder |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 21:33:31
For myself, I would have no issue with having to pay an additional charge if I produced waste over a given amount per person say. However until the government has demonstrated that it has done all it can to ensure that the production of excessive packaging etcetera is curtailed, and where not curtailed rigorously prosecuted I think that pay-as-you-throw is just a soft option for a government who dare not take on the big boys so decides to pick on the little kids - much like a bully in a playground really. |
| long time no see |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 21:22:14
Martha
what about our Council Tax
we pay for it.
Are you saying you want to Pay Twice
under Stinking New Labour? |
| Martha Gunn |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 21:18:33
Back on topic, I can't see that pay-as-you-throw is anything other than fair. That said, rather than go after the consumer, more should be done to target the creators of the waste such as the large supermarket chains etc. Tiny changes in their methods outweigh anything householders can hope to achieve |
| No Expert |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 21:17:34
*nods sageley* |
| Miriam Binder |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 21:14:57
See LTNS, there is truth in the old saying 'Let sleeping dogs lie' ... you always have to go that one step further. |
| No Expert |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 21:08:55
No just the once, for taking the piss out of you and making you go crying to admin like a girl every 5 minutes. I'm always up for bullying a bully, that's what I'm here for. |
| long time no see |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 21:06:23
And No Expert was Banned a Few Times
on the Old Argus Forum. |
| No Expert |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 21:04:19
LT got banned too for constant harrasment of a female poster. Top class it was, I kept the post that the admin did saying what had happened and post it on the odd occasion just to piss him off.
Not long after lt was banned, a mysterious new poster arrived going by the name of 'Floyd Morris' - he had touble writing sentences, and had a distinct disregard for using the correct capital letters.
Those were the days. I often wonder where Floyd is now, working for New Labour is what I heard... |
| Daveb |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 20:54:45
This should be on another thread about old forum members. |
| Fluffy Sheep |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 20:53:47
This must all sound pretty bizarre to those who weren`t around at the time. I locked horns with Scrather a couple of times, but generally I really didn`t mind him/her too much. There was a faction who insisted they knew Scratcher was a her.
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| long time no see |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 20:33:40
quote:
Originally posted by Control Panel
Who on earth is Scratcher? Such a thing makes me wonder whether long time no see has written his Will.
Let us hope the funeral meats are not supplied by Greggs.
Scratcher was on the Old Forum
before Miriam Binder.
Later on he got Angry with some posts
from Football gangs
he Phoned the Old Argus Forum Webmaster
and was so Rude to Her.
She banned him.
When he returned under a new name
his old name was deleted. |
| Miriam Binder |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 20:20:33
quote:
Originally posted by Control Panel
Who on earth is Scratcher? Such a thing makes me wonder whether long time no see has written his Will.
Let us hope the funeral meats are not supplied by Greggs.
Scratcher was a poster on the old Argus Forums who left, oh about 2 years if not more, before the final demise of the old forums. |
| Miriam Binder |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 20:16:51
quote:
Originally posted by long time no see
This is Silly Miriam
you getting Revenge from the Days I used to Hunt you down on the Good Old Argus Forum.
And Before you it was Scratcher I hunted.
No LTNS ... this may come as a total surprise to you but no. I gave as good as I got and then some. |
| Control Panel |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 20:15:38
Who on earth is Scratcher? Such a thing makes me wonder whether long time no see has written his Will.
Let us hope the funeral meats are not supplied by Greggs. |
| long time no see |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 19:57:41
This is Silly Miriam
you getting Revenge from the Days I used to Hunt you down on the Good Old Argus Forum.
And Before you it was Scratcher I hunted. |
| Miriam Binder |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 19:46:22
quote:
Originally posted by long time no see
I ain't going to change Miriam.
If you think I am a bad poster
Email Admin
and they will ban me forever.
On the other hand ... Nah ... it is much more fun this way  |
| Fluffy Sheep |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 19:45:06
Same as anywhere else where they do Landfill,Silly! They dig a bloody big hole, shovel the ground up into bloody high banks all round it, then pile in as much shit as it will hold, promising it won`t stink for miles around, and to eventually put a nice grassy lid on when it`s full, while they dig out another scar in the landscape somewhere else for the next lot.
Sussex beware - We have ourinflux of un-recycled waste from Liverpool, and that`s bad enough, but I bet London has a lot more trash to dump in your backyard than Liverpool can produce to dump in ours! |
| long time no see |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 19:37:04
I ain't going to change Miriam.
If you think I am a bad poster
Email Admin
and they will ban me forever.
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| Miriam Binder |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 19:24:42
quote:
Originally posted by long time no see
What do they do in Wales
Smash it into Another Hill?
You posited a question and Fluffy very civilly answered you. Shame your response cannot merit that qualification! |
