Conference govt02::basingstoke

    There's a dump on the Daneshill Industrial Estate on Wade Road.
    
    	Andy

    Have you got room to burn it?
    
    Ray.

    We had a large number of cardboard boxes etc when we moved house
    a couple of years ago. We just rang up the council (ours is Newbury
    District) and they came and took it away, free of charge.
    
    The only condition was that they couldn't say when they would be
    calling, on that it would be in the next ten days, but we just told
    them where it was and they took it.
    
    Might be wouth you giving your local council a ring.
    
    
    Keith

    I always rip/tear/cut mine up, put them in a black bag and the silly
    *?@*! don't know the difference!!!

    Be a good greenie and take it to the recycling centre in Wade Rd
    on the Daneshill Industrial estate. While you're going you could
    also take all your papers, cans and bottles too instead of just
    throwing them in the bin.

>
>    Be a good greenie and take it to the recycling centre in Wade Rd
>    on the Daneshill Industrial estate. While you're going you could
>    also take all your papers, cans and bottles too instead of just
>    throwing them in the bin.

	Thanks for all the advice  - Took the damned thing to the 
	Household Waste Disposal Unit in Wade Rd. (Though why they
	don't just call it a dump beats me!)

	Paul.

    Why won't the Waste Disposal brigade take away Garden Rubbish (
    even when its in plastic bags ) . Some areas seem to do this but
    the Basingstoke dustbin brigade always leave it behind ??? 

    Phil

    You have two routes:
    
    1.  Hide it amongst ordinary rubbish (that the one I do)
    or
    2.  Ask for the special green bags, that are for this specific purpose

   Well you now have another alternative if you perpetually have garbage that
   the dustmen won't remove. Move to Petersfield.

   Now our dustmen will take anything that will fit in the bin. Boxes, garden
   refuse, old T.V.'s. How do you get it all in the bin? Easy! East Hampshire
   District Council supply every household with a 240 litre dustbin, complete
   with hinged lid and wheels. I have mine parked on the front lawn right now.

   Mind you, an estate where every house has a 2' x 2�' x 4'(high) bin out 
   front is not a pretty sight - they don't fit in the dustbin cupboards!

   Ian.

    I am in Petersfield (well Steep Marsh actually), and get our
    'wheelie bin' next year sometime.
    
    As we live 250 yards up a track from where the dustbin is collected
    today, I am NOT looking forward to the 'w-b's!
    The dustbin I can get in the car, the 'w-b' no chance, not even
    the smaller version. So what do I do? Leave the bin on the road?
    .... how long before it is 'borrowed'? .....I am considering a letter
    to EHDC.
    
    Anyone else using 'w-b's??
    Ray.

I live in Andover and have had a wheelie bin since I moved there.  You don't 
have to bother with plastic bin liners and there is loads more room in the
w-b than in conventional bins - you can even put garden rubbish in them - they
don't seem to object.

The Council put a sticker on ours with the relevant address on and none of them
seem to go missing.

I think they're a really great idea and I'm sure it must be cheaper for the 
Council to run than supplying bin liners every week.

Caroline

    Re .11
    
    Ray,
    
    The rules say that the bin will be collected from the edge of your
    property. If the _track_ is yours, you have a problem. If the track
    is effectively the road up which you live, they will have to drive
    their dustcart up the track to your house. Presumably they do this
    now anyway.
    
    A well place bottle of scotch this christmas, with the promise of
    seasonal repetition, would probably provide the incentive otherwise!
    
    Steve
               

    re .12 Bin liners?    They don't leave bin-liners!
    
    re .13 The 'drive/track' is not mine, it is owned by the farmer.
    	   I don't believe they would collect from the 'edge of my
    	   property' although its a nice idea, and I will pursue it
    	   when I query whether I must have a w-b. Currently they
    	   collect from where the track meets the lane. The lane is
    	   council adopted. I suspect _that_ is the difference.
    
    	Actually, a bit of humble pie.... the small bins are actually
    	not much bigger than a dustbin, so it might fit in a car boot.
    
        I will have to wait and see!
    
    	Ray.