how do you get rid of rubbish?

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

Get one of those round grate fire baskets from bunnies and have a marshmallow roast.

Use the dirty stuff up first to get the fire going then put the clean wood on for the roasting. :roll:

I have two road frontages on my property, one at the front where the house is, the other at the back where the shed is. I (luckily) have a large wheelie bin on each road. :D I also have my own gulley/landfill site which is where most of my sawdust/shavings etc end up. If all that fails there is a (free) waste transfer station about 15mins drive away which is open 4 x 1/2 days a week.

Mick

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, 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.


Astrid

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I put it in the weekly rubbish bin and the council collects it. :D

And if it is more than my bin can hold there is the neighbour's bin from across the road, and the one next to it, and the one from my other neighbour all of whom are okay with it, and in anycase are already of to work before I do it.


Peter.

Hahahahahah ... Sturdee, I thought I was the only person who skulked around the neighbourhood late on bin night looking for empty space :)

Theres about 5 young families in our street,
gets quite comical watching the dads with nappy bags stealthily lifting each others bin lids, peering inside and slinking off to the next one.:U

Astrid

What doesn't fit in the household garbage bin, goes out in the twice yearly council cleanup. There's still a limit on what materials they'll take - like the 10 part full 4 litre paint tins I found in the shed.
I recently had to get a 3 cubic metre skip to dispose of some old treated pine logs after a garden redesign.

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get rid of the rubbish?

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Divorce :D:D

Wodonga Council have stopped the free annual hard waste collection but have replaced it with 4 free vouchers to the recycle/hardwaste/greenwaste collection venue.
Each voucher allows 1 x 6x4 trailer load of whatever.:D

Valid question Astrid. Hard waste collections have become more stringent over time, and there's only so much you can put in your weekly rubbish bin. 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?

Sneak down to the local factory area or building site dump it in a big skip?
Astrid:U

If I go to the local tip that is 16klms away as long as I have some recycle stuff I can dump as much as I like. The only thing they charge me for are old tyres @ $2.00 each. Trouble is they are only open for 4 hours twice a week.

I used to have my own land fill but while I was living over the coast my son filled it in.

Where I live my council doesn't have a weekly garbage collection.

dump it in our 1.5m3 bin at our factory. cost about $25.00 to get emptyed, not bad considering the local waste transfer station is upto $30.00 min charge now.

Our council is one of the intelligent ones.
Each household gets 4 hard rubbish collections per year, but you can ring up & 'order' it when you like. They limit you to 1 cubic metre of waste, but if it's recyclable they turn a blind eye, and will pick up whatever you put out.
The only limitations is loose stuff must be bundled, no building waste, no ceramics, concrete or glass.

When we moved house, we had 2 addresses for an overlap period - so I made the most of it & got 8 collections - got rid of all the carpet, lots of timber, scrap metal etc. Pity the new owners in the old place, they have to wait 12 months for it to 'reset'

I also store up waste from renovation projects - you'd be amazed at how much rubble you can get rid of when you put a 20L bucket worth in the bin each week - it soon disappears.


Our 'local' tip is 22km away (this is an urban area too) and they charge over $100 for a stacked box trailer load of waste. I learnt quickly to keep the 'waste' at home & get rid of it in small batches via the bin, as they don't charge for clean fill, timber, steel or recyclables - so I get rid of all that for free.


Have you ever considered giving the garbage truck driver a cold 6 pack? Our local bloke will stop outside your place, give you a couple of minutes to 'reload' and a 6 pack got me 4 bin loads emptied in one go ;) Make sure you have it in buckets or boxes ready to drop into the freshly emptied bin.

A mate did the six pack trick with the rubbish collector and got a second bin emptied. Beer was gladly accepted but two weeks later he got an invoice from the council for $8.00 for a second bin collection. :oo: Hardly worth the effort to raise the invoice and now everytime the truck goes past the driver is acknowledged with a salute. :)

Reducing hard rubbish collections and increased tipping fees will result in more roadside dumping so I hope councils are sensible about how they manage waste. Still they can always set a $1,000 fine and two years incarseration to make them feel like they are doing a good job.

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":rolleyes:
What happened to the great Australian "bugger the boss" attitude?

Astrid

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:U

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.

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?

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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?

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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:;:U:U)

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:U

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

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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.

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What do you do with your used engine oil?

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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.

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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?

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

HH.

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.

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Originally Posted by astrid

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

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


Kev

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

Astrid:)