emmyk89
Junior Guinea Pig
Sorry if this isn't in the right subforum but it's to do with bedding.
I'm in Manchester and wonder what everyone here who uses shavings/megazorb/easibed etc does with their waste, as in which bins do you use?
I ask because i have used my green bins the past 3 years - I checked all this prior to getting my pigs and the council website doesn't list pet bedding from cages on their site BUT it links to the Greater Machester Recycle website to check for anything not listed, and the GMR site clearly says shavings, hay etc from pet cages goes in the green waste.
However, recently the local council has got new bin trucks and it leaves a pile of shavings in the street, from both bins every time, and the neighbours aren't too happy. So I put a complaint into the council about the binpeople not cleaning up spillage.
They got back to me and said that the cage waste should go in black bin (general waste) - I replied with screenshots of the council site and the Manchester recycle site saying that the green bin is correct, I've never had a problem before, and asked them to pass my complaint to a manager as there's a big discrepancy between what the actual council website says/links to and what he is saying. Also the general waste bin is about half the size of 1 green bin, and I fill 2 green bins every week! (Bit less now as one of my pigs died recently and his buddy is in a cage with the others) so it won't fit in the general waste bin, and you can't order more black bins unless you throw away nappies or medical waste.
They never got back to me and that was about 2 months ago! I guess they don't care that much!
So what do you all do? I know different areas have different rules, do any of you have to go to the local tip occasionally? We had to go between Xmas and NY as the binpeople, being ever so helpful only emptied one of the green bins and they wernt being emptied for 2 weeks
I'm in Manchester and wonder what everyone here who uses shavings/megazorb/easibed etc does with their waste, as in which bins do you use?
I ask because i have used my green bins the past 3 years - I checked all this prior to getting my pigs and the council website doesn't list pet bedding from cages on their site BUT it links to the Greater Machester Recycle website to check for anything not listed, and the GMR site clearly says shavings, hay etc from pet cages goes in the green waste.
However, recently the local council has got new bin trucks and it leaves a pile of shavings in the street, from both bins every time, and the neighbours aren't too happy. So I put a complaint into the council about the binpeople not cleaning up spillage.
They got back to me and said that the cage waste should go in black bin (general waste) - I replied with screenshots of the council site and the Manchester recycle site saying that the green bin is correct, I've never had a problem before, and asked them to pass my complaint to a manager as there's a big discrepancy between what the actual council website says/links to and what he is saying. Also the general waste bin is about half the size of 1 green bin, and I fill 2 green bins every week! (Bit less now as one of my pigs died recently and his buddy is in a cage with the others) so it won't fit in the general waste bin, and you can't order more black bins unless you throw away nappies or medical waste.
They never got back to me and that was about 2 months ago! I guess they don't care that much!
So what do you all do? I know different areas have different rules, do any of you have to go to the local tip occasionally? We had to go between Xmas and NY as the binpeople, being ever so helpful only emptied one of the green bins and they wernt being emptied for 2 weeks