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I know this is nothing to do with an IVA, but for past 1 hour i have been trying to find out what are the lwas with regards as to what times the council can empty your bins from, so far all i can find is when the council can fine joe public.

Does any one know were i can find this information and which law it refers to?

Hi James

It is usually a good starting point to try your local authority website and serch either refuse collection or environmental info. If this does not get you the info needed go to national policy guidelines on government websites or the environment agency.

What I tend to look into are the service level agreements that the council has in place.


If this does not work re post and I will keep looking for you.


Thanks

John

thanks john, i will have a look

Most of the ones I have looked at are 7am, but there is one which is 6.30am.

..............and Stroud is 6am!

Spla, I have deleted your comment. It was not necessary.

If you don't wish to make a constructive comment, then please don't post.

Not sure if spla meant the council get a life of if was a comment about the topic.

I took it as being the latter Mrs S. If it wasn't then, I apologise.

spla obvisouly doesnt care for my topics

I wouldn't worry about it James.

i am not going to , i will spla of with this one as they are new here, i think he will soon find that the iva forumn is a community to help each other, and 90% of the time its with debts, but he will soon find out that you make friends through posting, and when your looking for any advice you always ask friends

I'm curious to know why you asked about the waste collection.

i will make as brief as possible.

Were i live, i have lived for two years, the first house on a culdesac, i park on the road, then 12 months ago the council started knocking on my door to move car so dustbin wagon can past, even thought heirs been no problem getting past for 12 months, even fire engines and removal vans get past.

When twins were born i wrote a letter asking them not knock on the door, i found out then that dustbin men are not allowed to do this.

Then the police came and said the highways have got involved and even though i am not breaking the law, you do not have a right to park outside your house and gave me a leter stating that every wednesday between 7am and 9am i must move the car or the police wil fine in, in all fairness the police said for us to fine you we need to see your car parked their and theirs no way we are coming out before 9am so youll never get fined, and even if we did, we cant prove who actually parked their, and the police even said they have enough room to get past.

I had a meeting with the council and asked could not change the route so the came past my are at 9am when i had gone back to work, the answer was that the dustbin men want to get finished as early as possible.

It all turns out that its more the dustbin men than the council who have now made it awakward for me, and they empty bins about 6.45am, so the sooner they can finish the sooner they get home.

To me its a matter of principle and i want to amke it awkward for them

Right. Bit unfair if they can get the wagon down the road. I would check on your council website to see what it says about the times they come out.

That sounds about right these day James. I hope you get this sorted out. I'm fed up with reading about bin men that can't empty the bins because they can't be moved with 2 fingers, people being fined because they put their bins too out too early etc. Our local council has now said that recycling has dropped because people are too lazy!

Good luck, and let us know how you get on.