how do you get rid of rubbish?

[astrid]

I used to give my driver a slab at christmas,
when the council contracted out, I asked the new guy if he would mind occaisionaly emptying my old big wheelie bin.(this is where i store my rubbish)

got the "more than my jobs worth mate"
What happened to the great Australian "bugger the boss" attitude?

Astrid

[Eli]

At the rental house close to Ormond, I had trouble figuring out the pickup schedule. One day a truck parked in front of my house and the driver hopped out with his daughter. I asked him what day recycling picked up, as I'd put it out two weeks in a row and nothing. He said he'd pick it up when he got back from Maca's. I said aren't you a garbage truck? He put his finger to his lips, shhh.

Up Upwey way, the previous owners left garbage everywhere. I put one extra bag on top of the wheelie bin first pickup, and found it run over down the road. I'm one of midnight creeping nappy bag Dads now.

The camera in back of the Safeway doesn't cover the dumpster though

[rrich]

This year we got the three wheelie bins and now WE separate the rubbush into green, recycle and absolute rubbish.

Well when I asked what to do with shop waste (sawdust etc) I was told it goes into the rubbish bin. "Oh, do not put it in a plastic bag."

Been there, done that, ONCE! Saw dust all over the place. Drifted around the neighborhood and settled on cars, windows, etc. What a mess!

A neighbor rented a chipper for some brush around his house. He puts the chipped brush in the green bin. So it's wet and green sawdust to the green bin. Dry, hardwood sawdust brown bin or absolute rubbish. The more I thought about it, the policy was pure rubbish.

Now shop waste goes into plastic bags and into the green bin.

[chrisp]

This is an interesting thread. The "rubbish" that causes me the greatest headache is used engine oil. What do you do with your used engine oil? A while back it was possible to take it to a used oil collection points but there seem to be fewer of them around now. Has anyone come up with a way of disposing of used oil or found some other use for it?

[Gra]

This is an interesting thread. The "rubbish" that causes me the greatest headache is used engine oil. What do you do with your used engine oil? A while back it was possible to take it to a used oil collection points but there seem to be fewer of them around now. Has anyone come up with a way of disposing of used oil or found some other use for it?

The workshop that used to service my MG had a heater that ran on used engine oil. maybe you could try a largish mechanics place in your area...

(I don't have an issue with disposing of used engine oil I drive an English car, it does it for me)

[astrid]

Sawdust goes on the garden as long as theres no preservatives,
Have to admit i put used meths on the sawdust pit will be growing blue lemons soon.
astrid

[commodorenut]

.......The "rubbish" that causes me the greatest headache is used engine oil. What do you do with your used engine oil?..........

Most mechanical workshops now have regular collections of used oil from the likes of Transpacific services, and that oil is recylcled into various grades & then re-used by industry.
One example of a re-refinery is Southern Oil in Wagga Wagga NSW. http://www.sor.com.au/

This explains the process a bit more:
http://www.sor.com.au/products/re-refining/index.htm

But back to your question, I save mine up in old 5L oil bottles, and when I have 4 or 5, take them to the local garage, and the fellows there gladly let me empty it into their large drums, as the recyclers collect the oil for free, or for a small payment back to the garage.

Then I can take my empty containers home & re-use them for more oil.

[rrich]

What do you do with your used engine oil?

The auto parts stores that sell oil also accept the used oil for recycling.

Lately it seems that some new car dealers are offering their customers six years of oil changes for $130 for gasoline powered cars or $200 for diesel power.

On my truck I can change oil myself twice and spend very close to $200. (Almost 15L and a very expensive filter.) Now the dealer does it and I laugh all the way to the bank.

[HappyHammer]

I wish they would increase the size of the weekly rubbish bin to the capacity of the recycling bin. In the meantime, I have the same problem as you, what to do with it all?

Just get a second re-cycling bin and respray the lid the relevant colour quite simple really.

HH.

[bsrlee]

In NSW I believe that ALL 'service stations' and other motor oil outlets are REQUIRED to take used oil for recycling.

It annoys me greatly, the local councils who go on at great length to discourage car use, in some cases to the point that it is near impossible to get from 'A' to'B', then insist that you drive your waste to their remotely located facility & have absolutely no service for those who do not have a car.

[Woodlee]

This has only a vague connection to woodwork.
Its more to do with hobbies in general.
but where do you get rid of the rubbish?
I mean i'm pretty good at recycling the household rubbish, but with the tiny bins the council give you for non recyclables, what are we supposed to do with the shellac and meths bottles, the old springs from that chair, the contaminated rags. bits of mdf, broken plywood, old pipe and all that stuff.

As far as i know there isnt a tip for this in 25km
We used to have a destructor/mini tip but the council sold the land,
are we supposed to hang on to it in neat little heaps until the next hard rubbish collection?

what do you do with it?

Astrid

I load all the rubbish in my ute and take it to work and toss it in the skip bin .


Kev

[astrid]

Can anyone say "midnight creeping nappy bag dads" fast
midnight crapping baggy dads
Think ill go to bed

Astrid