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This is a normal post Slightly off topic...
...but last week, did tory mp Eric Pickles tell councils to stop saving money with fortnightly bin collections?

Is it just me, or is once a fortnight perfectly adequate for the bins we have (your mileage may vary - I have a blue wheelie bin for recyclables, a green one for compostable waste and a black bin for 'other')

Shouldn't councils be saving money any way they can?
 (I helped save b3ta! TheAlmightyBeev, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:47, Reply)
This is a normal post we have one bin
as our garden is about 8 feet square. I don't want rotten refuse that close to my house for a fortnight, bagged up or not.
 (dieselmonkey, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:52, Reply)
This is a normal post I could happily do twice weekly
as long as they did the recyclables every week
 (I helped save b3ta! Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 13:02, Reply)
This is a normal post This.
I have a compost heap, and recycle paper, bottles, cartons and cans. (Manchester City Council is reasonable about recycling.)

I have my wheelie bin emptied about once every two months, and it's only about half-full even then.

My neighbours manage to have theirs overflowing every week. I genuinely don't know how they manage it.
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 13:03, Reply)
This is a normal post plastic bottles full of air I expect

(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Tue 22 Jun 2010, 13:04, Reply)
This is a normal post I suspect endless ready-meals.
I live in quite a poor area - and yet the MASSIVE Tesco down the road is stacked to the rafters with plastic food.

Result? The people around me end up spending unnecessarily large amounts of money that they don't have on food that leaves them obese yet malnourished. Yes, I do count obesity as malnutrition.

(On a similar topic: I noticed the other day that Tesco sells special hubcap-cleaning fluid, and - and I could barely believe this - special dashboard polish. Really, you have to admire their genius for squeezing money out of chavs.)
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 13:10, Reply)
This is a normal post welll
hubcap cleaner is specially formulated to dissolve brake lining dust and dashboard cleaner is the only liquid on earth that smells like lemons
 (I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Tue 22 Jun 2010, 13:16, Reply)
This is a normal post ...
*searches*
*fails to find flaw in this account*
*emulates*
*profits from chavs*
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 13:20, Reply)
This is a normal post @Griffy: Lemon juice
/tesco marketing board
 (I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 13:23, Reply)
This is a normal post hehe
Every Belittle Helps
 (I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Tue 22 Jun 2010, 13:51, Reply)
This is a normal post Ooooh
This sounds like a potential image challenge...
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 13:58, Reply)
This is a normal post it doesn;t matter how often it is collected
the same amount is produced.

In my area, recyclables tend to get collected weekly and the rest fortnightly
 (I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Tue 22 Jun 2010, 13:03, Reply)