tess Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Can I ask a really dopey question - How do you get rid of your rubbish.. Sorry Just something I'm puzzling on - I've had a letter from our Parish Council (we hire their hall) to say we must take all our rubbish home with us daily. This is new to us and not in our tenancy agreement. What are we supposed to do with it - no way will it fit in my personal wheely bin (we have fornightly collections here), not allowed a bin at the hall. Any ideas................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyMaz Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 There are rules and regulations about what hirers of community amenities are supposed to provide when they rent out their premises, and I'm fairly certain that providing facilities to remove waste is among them. After all, they will receive refuse collection facilities from the local council... Maybe your local council would be your first port of call to find out what they advise. Sorry - not very helpful! Maz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beau Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 I know that the hall committee at our local village hall pay an annual fee to have the bin emptied. I'm really not sure whether there are any rules regarding the letting of halls but as Maz says your local council may well have the answer to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hali Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Our hall just has a big green biffa bin which all the users use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 I think some church hall committees like to make life as difficult as possible for others, ours on the other hand are very very helpful. The church hall has a daily caretaker who takes all of our rubbish away each morning. The hall has three green wheelie bins that are emptied by the local council. If we have done junk modelling etc and we have an excess of cardboard boxes etc then we will arrange for one of our hubbies to take it all to the local tip. Good luck in finding a solution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Can empathise with you. We had this happen to us - we now have to pay a percentage of the council bill (70%) to the Church for them to pay to the Borough Council to empty the rubbish. It's so annoying, as we predicted that others who use the premise would fill the bin and we would end up paying for it - which is exactly what has happened. But we've no choice - it's that or take the rubbish home (same as you - fortnightly collection etc) so we now pay something ridiculous every quarter and often can't actually fit the rubbish in the bin as the gardener has filled it with garden waste! It's so petty, and very annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MaryEMac Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 We don't use our village hall for playgroup, but we do for fundraising events and in their list of do's and don'ts, we are requested to take away our own rubbish. Mary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louby loo Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 We have to take ours - tecnically that is. however the people in the next building let us put it in their bin! We do recyle paper which I take home and pile up in our garden ready for the fortnightly collects - our council offers £100 a month for the best recyler..... I'm going for it by default!!!!!!!!!! Since we started recyling we have very little waste - usually only a small tesco bag full. xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizzy Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 I rent from the local council and they take all our rubbish away. we pay commersial rent, if other users us the building they pay a slightly cheaper rate but have to take their own rubbish away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 We take ours only if it makes the bin look to full if we can get away with it we do all though we do take it away when we have parties or special days that causes more than usual waste. We share it out amongst us. A carry bag each. sounds disgusting but none of us have a bin big enough at home to take it. Its because Church halls come in that no-mans land of not paying council tax the same as the rest of us, I know that the rectory does but not the church so it doesn't warrant a bin. or thats what they tell me Steph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Not in a church hall....but rent from the college and we have to get rid of our own rubbish. Lucky for us we have access to the schools wheelie bins and recycling bins so its not a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narnia Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Hmm, the problem seems to be that some councils were charging schools,playgroups and preschools as 'commercial waste'.............but there was a directive recently from a government dept( can't recall which one though!!) telling all councils that it must now be classed as ordinary domestic waste.it might be worth ringing your local council to find out.....they can still charge you, but at the ordinary bin rate (we had to pay £25 for a wheelie bin, but that's a one-off payment).It was horrid having to take waste home prior to that.We still ask parents to take nappies home though, as they were used to doing it, and also, if we don't have much stuff in our bin, we might only put it out once every three weeks or so (still weekly here!), so don't want stinky nappies hanging around! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tess Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 Thank you - lots of really useful advice. I'll let you know how we get on. I have to be so careful with our council as they threatened to evict us last year if we didn't sign their tenancy agreement. Lets just say its fairly scary everytime we have to ask for anything. I'd really like a compost bin - but fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 we also use a church hall we had the same problem years ago. we phoned the council and asked them to give us our own bin, so instead they issued us with a larger wheelie bin to share with the other hall users and took away the smaller wheelie bin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shazzam Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 we are a preschool in a village hall and once had the same problem, we managed to compromise by suggesting that we buy a bin for recycling which we take away and they empty the non recycling. seeing as most of what we use is recyclable they got a fair deal and the children are learning about recycling! if like us you are paying rent then surely you are to expect them to empty a bin whilst cleaning, i'm sure other hall users aren't asked to take their rubbish away(unless after a party or something)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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