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May 19 2011, 08:18 AM
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Typical public sector having scant regard for the taxpayers £. Good on you Mr Moffat; pity you didn't get a snap too; http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/News/Article...articleID=16783Wheelie bin fires are very much a growing concern for those involved in fire safety.
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May 19 2011, 08:52 AM
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QUOTE (gel @ May 19 2011, 09:18 AM) Typical public sector having scant regard for the taxpayers £. Good on you Mr Moffat; pity you didn't get a snap too; http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/News/Article...articleID=16783Wheelie bin fires are very much a growing concern for those involved in fire safety. What do you think the solution is?
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May 19 2011, 08:53 AM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ May 19 2011, 09:52 AM) What do you think the solution is? Store for re-use?
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May 19 2011, 09:00 AM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ May 19 2011, 09:53 AM) Store for re-use? Normally when you vacate a property you leave the bins for the next owner / tennant. If some idiot in the mean time decides to dispose of the bins, it is hardly the fault of the council or the contractor in charge of refuse collection. What Moffat should have done is called the council to tip them off that someone was cutting up their property. Not assumed that the council had sanctioned such activity. Typical knee-jerk reaction.... Maybe he was still feeling sore at his failiure to be elected? Nice ad for 'Leisure Promotions' too...
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May 19 2011, 12:12 PM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ May 19 2011, 10:00 AM) Normally when you vacate a property you leave the bins for the next owner / tennant.
If some idiot in the mean time decides to dispose of the bins, it is hardly the fault of the council or the contractor in charge of refuse collection. absolutely - the Council vacated the premises. It is not their fault if the wheelie bins were disposed of once they were no longer using them. Why did Moffatt asume they were 'council' bins anyway? They could belong to any number of commercial companies couldn't they?
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May 19 2011, 12:16 PM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ May 19 2011, 10:00 AM) Normally when you vacate a property you leave the bins for the next owner / tennant.
If some idiot in the mean time decides to dispose of the bins, it is hardly the fault of the council or the contractor in charge of refuse collection.
What Moffat should have done is called the council to tip them off that someone was cutting up their property. Not assumed that the council had sanctioned such activity. Typical knee-jerk reaction....
Maybe he was still feeling sore at his failiure to be elected? Nice ad for 'Leisure Promotions' too. Your question wasn't what should the council do, only what should the solution should be, so my reply still stands.
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May 19 2011, 01:18 PM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ May 19 2011, 01:16 PM) Your question wasn't what should the council do, only what should the solution should be, so my reply still stands. You mean store them at the side of the building awaiting the new tennants?
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May 19 2011, 04:04 PM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ May 19 2011, 02:18 PM) You mean store them at the side of the building awaiting the new tennants? I don't believe my post said that.
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May 19 2011, 04:18 PM
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QUOTE (user23 @ May 19 2011, 05:15 PM) As has already been pointed out, these bins "belong" to the owner of Avonbank House so perhaps technically Mr Moffat has stolen them from private property. Although they were being destroyed at the time. Wow-betide trying this trick at the local municipal!
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May 19 2011, 04:24 PM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ May 19 2011, 05:18 PM) Although they were being destroyed at the time. Wow-betide trying this trick at the local municipal! Of course I'm guessing the circumstances here but if a private company wants to destroy a couple of bins it owns, on it's own property shouldn't they be able to? The "Typical public sector" comment actually seems typical of the ill informed nonsense we often see posted here. If you live near Mr Moffat and you see him doing something you disprove of with his bin, perhaps some might peruse a similar course of action and confiscate it from him.
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May 19 2011, 04:28 PM
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QUOTE (user23 @ May 19 2011, 05:24 PM) The "Typical public sector" comment actually seems typical of the ill informed nonsense we often see posted here. The whole story seems like that. Although I have sympathy for the idea that we are meant to be making savings everywhere and conserving energy. This I would expect to mean making do. Meanwhile; as a society we are happy to promote spending and buying 'for Britain'. There's no coherent message.
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May 19 2011, 05:06 PM
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QUOTE (Jayjay @ May 19 2011, 05:39 PM) This building had 20-30 green waste bins in the offices, similar ones that we have outside for garden waste. These were used by the staff for paper, cardboard etc., The rubbish bins were industrial style in the bin store to the rear of the property. I am surprised that when the building was vacated, these bins were not relocated along with the furniture and computers. I suspect the bins are owned by whoever empties them and come with the building, whereas the furniture and computers are owned by the previous tenant.
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May 19 2011, 05:12 PM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ May 19 2011, 05:04 PM) I don't believe my post said that. Ah, I see - you had some idea of a great wheelie bin compound. Wheelie bins corralled & awaiting their next mission. Problem with that is cost. Far greater than the loss of a few bins.
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May 19 2011, 05:18 PM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ May 19 2011, 09:52 AM) What do you think the solution is? Give away free. I know of many people who would like them to store stuff in: garden equipment etc.
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May 19 2011, 05:18 PM
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QUOTE (user23 @ May 19 2011, 06:06 PM) I suspect the bins are owned by whoever empties them and come with the building, whereas the furniture and computers are owned by the previous tenant. But that doesn't stop them going to a good home.
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May 19 2011, 05:45 PM
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QUOTE (GMR @ May 19 2011, 06:18 PM) Give away free. I know of many people who would like them to store stuff in: garden equipment etc. More cost. You assume that the bins were supposed to be chopped up.....
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May 19 2011, 05:46 PM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ May 19 2011, 06:12 PM) Ah, I see - you had some idea of a great wheelie bin compound. Wheelie bins corralled & awaiting their next mission.
Problem with that is cost. Far greater than the loss of a few bins. Far cheaper to do nothing, or maybe have a word with Mr Tagg up at Greenham for tempory space, or advertise them on NWN website/forum? Perhaps some allotments might have like them, or people with larger gardens for their recycling?
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May 19 2011, 05:47 PM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ May 19 2011, 06:45 PM) More cost. You assume that the bins were supposed to be chopped up..... So what is your position on this chaos?
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