Clean It Up
UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Kenny83 on July 09, 2014, 07:29:32 pm
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Seeing as technically we cant go the tip unless we buy a permit, just wondering what everyone does with waste / slop after they've cleaned a large block paved area, my usual options are...
Do you have a compost heap?
Look for nearby folage and mix it in with that if it's suitable
bag up and put in customers bin / garden waste bin
or take home and work out to do with it there??
On larger, well paying jobs I have the phone number to the local roadsweeeper guy who works for the council, I slip him 10 or 20 quid to come and road sweep the road as im finishing, the customer are well impressed by it to be honest but when I'm working in a different council borough (which is often as theres not much money in Wigan :)) this is not possible.
The house I moved from 18 months ago backed on to a huge field so I didn't have a problem taking it home and dumping it with the wild life, now I live in a more populated estate so not possible....
Can anyone add to this list? give me an idea that would please me and the customer? As sometimes I feel cheeky asking the customer to dump it on them ;D
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Have the same issues esp. After gutter clears
I use options 1 to 3 !!!
Darran
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I dug a massive hole in the back garden, I am now filling the hole with all the waste !
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I have a 240l bin (the normal bin size) through veolia. It's emptied every 2 weeks and I think I pay about £7 an empty. I put all chemical bottles and any general business waste in there as the council don't like you putting business waste in a normal bin.
There might be a local veolia depot near you if not ring around a few waste company's one is bound to do it. They also do a euro bin size for about double the price just depends how much waste you have.
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Customers borders or anywhere can get rid of it. Have u smelt a bucket of sludge after a week? It's horrendous. I used to pile it on my dad's borders if I couldn't get rid of it. His borders stink to high heaven. We have to tell custys we can no longer dump it so it's for them to dispose of. Or we can take it away for an extra £20 ;D
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Have seen the gypo's brushing it all down the road drains. No one seems to say anything. They should be locked up!!
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I bag mine, take it to my lock up and keep it till i have about 20/25 bags and get the local "dumpit" guy around. Costs me £80 but its a business expense. Plus i always add a few quid onto every job for this reason.
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Great question Lee, you are allowed 3 permits every 3 months here. So I ring the council every 3 months and order 3 permits at a time. I take the sludge home bagged up,and store it in my 3 green bins ive aquired. Then once a month i take it all in my van to the local tip and discard it there for no charge. Sometimes they don't even take my permit. Meaning I get aadditional month as I can carry them over. Hope it makes sense.
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Green bin, I could fill my green bin with bricks and they'd still take it. In fact I did that once in my grey bin, didn't realise the weight until I tried to move it but they still took it. Stick em a crate of beer at xmas as I do the lads at the tip.
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I've got a Pacman who lives in Crosby. I give it to him, he gobbles all the s*it up and then spouts it all on here ;D
Rob ;D
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I dug a massive hole in the back garden, I am now filling the hole with all the waste !
;D ;D ;D is that a serious answer? ;D
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1 2 or if I have to 4.
In our area you cant put it in green bins because they won't accept soil or anything that looks like soil.
Im trying to talk some gardener's at the local allotments to take it off me for their plants. Not much luck though.
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I dug a massive hole in the back garden, I am now filling the hole with all the waste !
;D ;D ;D is that a serious answer? ;D
Yes but the trouble is the hole is nearly full, so I am going to have dig another one soon !
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Gardeners won't want it because it will have oil, weeds and other such cr*p in with it. I mix it on the borders, if that is not an option I take it home, at a cost, and put it in my green waste bin then cover it with grass cuttings.
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That's as good point Andy, never thought of that.
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The euro bins in communal developments get ours.
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Gardeners won't want it because it will have oil, weeds and other such cr*p in with it. I mix it on the borders, if that is not an option[ I take it home, /color]at a cost, and put it in my green waste bin then cover it with grass cuttings.
That's the problem unless you have a waste carriers licence - same for gardeners you can get done for upto 5k ( if memory serves ) for removing it from site.
Darran
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That's the problem unless you have a waste carriers licence - same for gardeners you can get done for upto 5k ( if memory serves ) for removing it from site.
Darran
You can get a free (lower tier) waste carriers license to cover you for that. FIll in the form online and print the license off. You will be covered instantly.
If you don't have one, do it now, takes a few mins.
https://www.wastecarriersregistration.service.gov.uk/registrations/find?locale=en
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Pore the water onto boarders then the dryer stuff especially the gutter vac stuff goes in the green bin!
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Customers green bin if they ok it, if not bring it home and put it in my bin or over the back fence in to the farmers field :)
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That's the problem unless you have a waste carriers licence - same for gardeners you can get done for upto 5k ( if memory serves ) for removing it from site.
Darran
You can get a free (lower tier) waste carriers license to cover you for that. FIll in the form online and print the license off. You will be covered instantly.
If you don't have one, do it now, takes a few mins.
https://www.wastecarriersregistration.service.gov.uk/registrations/find?locale=en
Sweet ive just done this i didnt know that it was free. Thanks for that
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That's interesting, the site I went to stated that gardeners and removal of gutter waste was higher tier and costs £249.99
Thx I will register, it will save some hassle
Darran
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You're welcome.
Credit must go to someone on this forum who told me. Can't remember who it was.
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that's great to know about the free licence, I knew it was worth putting this post up, it's great to know how others work, and share the knowledge, tips / tricks.
Cheers AndyMK ;D