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[Wittsend]

Hardcore and soil, at Kent sites, costs £4 a bag, with a maximum amount of five bags a day.

Fly tipping has soared here, and the idea that clearing up each incident costs £27 a go stretches credibility way beyond breaking point.

Quite agree - the £27 sum has been massaged.
They say it costs hundreds of pounds to fill in a few potholes or even more for street signs and lamp posts.
I would say you can easily add a "0" to that £27. In other words fly tipping cost a lot more to clear up than they are admitting.

 

[Smokey 11a]

Our tips a nightmare, filled the series 2a went to the tip, got refused @it's trade mate', They were not aware that historic cannot be used as trade. Went home put all the stuff in the back of my Range Rover, perfectly exceptable, same 'Jobs worth' you couldn't make it up.

[w3526602]

Plasterboard is also recyclable but is even more expensive as here it has to go into special landfill .

Hi,

I have read that it is cheaper to recycle plasterboard than it is to "make" it from scratch.

Apparently plasterboard is hazardous waste ... it leaches a mild acid when wet. Or do they just say it does, to encourage us to do the segregation for them.

"Quick evacuate the house, the roof has started to lead ... I saw a drip!"


How long before the local chippy has to put warnings on the vinegar bottle.  Car batteries? Torch batteries? OK, if Fido swallows a tiny torch battery, it won't do him much good. How many little hearing aid batteries get swallowed by young children?

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[Gibbo103]

It appears that not all Norfolk county council recycling centres are applying the same policy. Just been to the one near Sheringham and they say that they will be charging for diy waste for the foreseeable future.

[Wittsend]

It seems to me that the tips are run by ex East German border guards 

Depends very much on who you get on the day.

I find it helps to roll up in the LWT (with to without the Sankey). They spend a lot of time admiring the LWT whilst I get on with the unloading 

The diktat regarding dropping council tip charges in England hasn't been agreed yet.
We/I assume that it will be "passed" and recalcitrant councils will have to toe the line.
This could take up to a year. I'm sure there are plenty of outraged citizens who will challenge councils who do not drop the charges.