Van discrimination (Stockton Council)

[frank_sumner]

Come to Gloucester. We regularly use the council tip. There is a height restriction of 2.0m but I can get under that. The guys and girl are very friendly and will generally help if you look like you are struggling with a heavy item. They genuinely seem to enjoy what they are doing.

[100ps_drw_hicube]

You can bung the dustmen a tenner (not that you should have to)and guess what All your rubish disapears like it ought to

oh yes was working on a job last year ripped out kitchen and bathroom and all carpets she said dont worry about a skip i have got some one to take that away anyway along come dustmen one day and she gives em £20 and 10 mins later a skipfull of rubbish has dissapeared as long as you give em a drink they are fairly helpful

[MarkM]

They genuinely seem to enjoy what they are doing.

Of course they do...all the stuff they sell makes them plenty, but to be fair I have picked up some right bargains at the tip as I never simply tip and then drive away as it always pays to have a look around.....I must have some gypsy blood in me somewhere.

[xbox360]

I did a job at our local tip after it had a break in. The lad in charge made me a cup of tea he said come in the office and have a sit down. He was telling me about all the stuff that gets tipped there like when this woman brought the contents of her recently deseaced dads house in the back of a van. He said he was going to tell her she could not tip until he saw what was in it, there was old meccano sets, train sets and other old collectables. He let her tip but the lad said he sold most of it on ebay.



I just get a skip at my unit and put what i want in it no stress

[stevo]

P1sses me off when the dustbin men park their stupid bloody trucks on a road where there's a central reservation and its stops vans and busses gettin through. AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

[Luke]

Our local council has done the same thing!! me and me dad took my old sette - i drove through the exit - which had no height barrier as we were unloading it they came up with the usuall - sign written van! which said Engineering Services on it, hardly trade waste - a settee!! cut a long story short we dumped it where it was and f***ed off the nob there took my reg plate and said -that van is banned from this site "for ever" luckly i wrote the van off a few months later (wasnt a transit)
anyway since then they have banned all vans - even plain ones - without a permit, and stopped people walking in with rubbish they say on health and safety grounds but thats bullshit

also there was an article in the local paper saying flytipping had gone up 300% or summat in the last 2 years but a council spokesman said they were allocating an extra £25K towards catching them

prevention is better than the cure eh

[madvanman]

at my local council tip, when i turn up in the hicube i have to park out side and walk the stuff in, but if i go in the minibus they open the height barrier for me

[thehangmen]

also there was an article in the local paper saying flytipping had gone up 300% or summat in the last 2 years but a council spokesman said they were allocating an extra £25K towards catching them

prevention is better than the cure eh

I rest my case - common sense and councils just don't go together. What rubs salt in it is who pays for their buffoonery...

[FredTransit]

Our tip's fine! Just take your ID with you to prove you live in the borough, and it's free, I have gone in our biggest luton with no probs!

[AndyG]

Where abouts is this dump Fred

[100ps_drw_hicube]

yes where??? i will be going there in future

[FredTransit]

Greeenford, west London. You have to take your ID to prove you live in the borough of Ealing to tip for free. The snag is you still have to go over the wieghbridge and it closes at 3pm!

[100ps_drw_hicube]

doh!!! i know someone who lives in perivale dont know what borough that is its nr greenford tho?

[AndyG]

Yeah Perivale address will be fine for Greenford

They're the only ones that were bothered to weigh my van when I wanted to work out how much my load weighed More helpful than the others

[Terry]

Hi Fred
Whereabouts are you in Greenford ?
I was dragged up by my granparents in Beechwood Avenue, Northolt/Southall corner !