Category Archives: Recycling

Wot a load of rubbish

Posted on January 17, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

First they came for the bulky waste collections and slapped a £25 charge on them because it was being “abused by small businesses”. Then they came for any of our extra waste and slyly introduced “waste chargeable” sacks under the … Continue reading →

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Cancer on the case (again)

Posted on December 2, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Another big shout out to Evening Cancer editor Mike Norton and his super smart newsroom boys. “PAY AS YOU THROW” thundered the front page of our ever so good local newspaper yesterday. “ A “pay-as-you-throw” scheme charging householders £2 per … Continue reading →

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Questions, questions 1: The bearded weirdoes investigate . . .

Posted on November 28, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Some more excellent news regarding Bristol’s Labour administration’s use of our council tax. Their latest money wasting wheeze has, apparently, been to launch an investigation into how The Bristol Blogger came to get a copy of their aimless and pointless … Continue reading →

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Quick off the mark again at the BBC

Posted on October 30, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

The Bristol Blogger September 29 2007: the council’s recent citizen’s jury on waste . . . appear to have decided to introduce a charge – for the first time – for the collection of extra waste, which the council’s press … Continue reading →

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CONsultants: we're all in the wrong job

Posted on October 9, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Leafing through the paperwork for this recent citizens’ jury on waste, which has finally been published and can be viewed on the city council’s website, I was particularly struck by the costs charged by the chosen consultants OPM. They included … Continue reading →

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Competition time! Here's a clue . . .

Posted on September 27, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Not much joy with the comp yet so here’s a clue. The key phrase in the convoluted spin is: waste chargeable (The Blogger is expecting to take delivery this evening of a draft copy of the citizen’s jury report. Any … Continue reading →

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Competition time!

Posted on September 26, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Big prizes to be won: This is a small section of the council’s recent press release about the recommendations of the recent citizen’s jury on recycling. All you have to do is tell us what you think it it means. … Continue reading →

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Recycling balls

Posted on September 17, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Well what a day of utter wankery this has been. Here at Blogger HQ we had a table to get rid of and we immediately thought of our old mate Vowlsie and his recycling mantras – REDUCE: REUSE: RECYCLE. Let’s … Continue reading →

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Scrapstore scrap

Posted on September 10, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

The ongoing campaign by the community in St Werburghs, represented by its Neighbourhood Association, to get rid of the advertising billboards in the area that don’t even have planning permission to be there has taken a new turn. A local … Continue reading →

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