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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 21 March 2024, 18:20:33 »Not in Barnsleywakefield they're not.I think our council tax came through the other day, £2800 I think, to empty the bins 26 times unless there is a hint of wintery weather...Forgot to put my garden bin out last night.
Now I have to waste a few hours bagging the contents and taking it to the tip.
Despite having to pay council tax of over £1600 pa ( which to me only covers having the bins emptied) we now have to pay extra (cant remember how much - circa £75 pa) to have our garden waste bin emptied.
Our green bin was around £40 since they started charging, but doubled this year, no doubt to help pay for the bone idle lame and lazy.
And, despite charging us 2800/26 = >£100 each time they empty our bins, they want to either half our bin sizes, or move to collection every 3 weeks. Knowing West Northants council, former South Northants council before they blew all their money on a new office block and went bankrupt, they'll do both.
Yep they can only be bothered to empty the bins once a month and the plebs are living in the potholes, but they have plenty of cash for rainbow pedestrian crossings which are spreading round the country like a rash!
Not yet, it will happen though as it's a box to tick. Every city, town, and village will have one eventually.
