[Brighton] 'Battle of the bins' turns toxic

[BrightonCottager]

I thought things had calmed down at the Depot, but apparently not...

Death threats and slashed tyres as Brighton’s battle of the bins turns toxic

Decades-long dispute between council and GMB union resurfaces after report shows 140% rise in missed collections

www.theguardian.com

 

[Guinness Boy]

This was on another thread last week but I'm buggered if I can find it now, so not surprised you couldn't!

 

[jcdenton08]

Another NSC binfest

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Another NSC binfest

Rubbish.

 

[beorhthelm]

sounds like group of staff gone bad hiding behind the union, and rather than stop it the union protects them. cant say i'm shocked as know of similar incidents with GMB elsewhere.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Trash talk

 

[jcdenton08]

Rubbish.

Garbage reply, you’ll get trashed for that one

 

[bhafc99]

This was on another thread last week but I'm buggered if I can find it now, so not surprised you couldn't!

You should recycle the thread.

 

[AmexRuislip]

 

[Chicken Run]

Being serious for one moment and i know i can’t speak for everybody on here who lives in the city but in the last two years ive seen a dramatic improvement in refuse collection, to date they haven’t missed a weekly refuse in 18 months and 12 months for recycling, i guess it will be interesting to see what happens with manpower when the clowncil introduce its food waste collection aka street seagull feeders

 

[PascalGroß Tips]

This was on another thread last week but I'm buggered if I can find it now, so not surprised you couldn't!

That would be this one.

On a related note:

Death threats and slashed tyres as Brighton’s battle of the bins turns toxic

Decades-long dispute between council and GMB union resurfaces after report shows 140% rise in missed collections

www.theguardian.com

 

[mr sheen]

You should recycle the thread.

Or skip it

 

[NorthstandRacoon]

Went there recently to drop some waste off, the security guard was nothing short of a rude, obnoxious prick who had a massive anger problem.

there is also a guy in the north stand who is obsessed with bins.

 

[HHGull]

Went there recently to drop some waste off, the security guard was nothing short of a rude, obnoxious prick who had a massive anger problem.

there is also a guy in the north stand who is obsessed with bins.

To be fair, it’s a rubbish job.

 

[Anger]

Went there recently to drop some waste off, the security guard was nothing short of a rude, obnoxious prick who had a massive anger problem.

Saying 'anger problem' sounds like a bad thing.

 

[herecomesaregular]

Being serious for one moment and i know i can’t speak for everybody on here who lives in the city but in the last two years ive seen a dramatic improvement in refuse collection, to date they haven’t missed a weekly refuse in 18 months and 12 months for recycling, i guess it will be interesting to see what happens with manpower when the clowncil introduce its food waste collection aka street seagull feeders

Lucky for you. The communal bins at Highcroft Lodge are frequently left unemptied for weeks. This is because it needs one of the small trucks to come up the access road and several of these trucks are out of action - due supposedly to vandalism and fire damage. I was tidying up the road and front gardens again today due to rubbish thrown everywhere by foxes and seagulls. Bins piled up high and uncollected again for weeks, both refuse and recycling.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

I came here specifically to post some puns, but I see they've all been done. So spending any more time trying to think of others would just be a waste.

 

[PascalGroß Tips]

I refuse to get dragged into this binfest...

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I knew this strike would be bin bag-grovating for the public.

 

[ROSM]

One of the purveyors of the criticism of the waste collection services is a local councillor known to a few of us.

Sadly my completely bonkers local councillor (independent yet verging somewhere between tory and reform) has aligned with him on this matter.