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[KingOfSnake]

Just been looking at some of my photos from last year, when I noticed the only thing that bugs me about my favourite place on the planet..

Bins.
Full up. Overflowing. Surrounded by half an acre of what peeps would have put in the bins, had they not been full up.

I know the logistics and practicalities of emptying the bins must be a nightmare, but surely there's something that can be done. It looks so bloody awful.


Are all the bins emptied overnight? so that theyre at least empty each morning?
I'm sure I remember going for an early p1ss and grumbling about the mess around the bins.

[_danny_]

whilst i agree, they do look bad, i'd personally first worry about the amount of people who don't use the bins, and couldn't give a s#it where the bins are, or how full they are, before i'd start worrying about the bins themselves overflowing.

[Spindles]

They empty them in the mornings (and on a rolling basis through the day as well, I believe, but don't quote me).  Last year they didn't empty the strummerville bins on one of the days and a friend who works as a steward made some fuss to get that sorted.

I'm pretty sure that someone who posts here will have experience working on the bins and be able to clarify, but I *think* that they try and empty all the bins at least once a day.

[Churchills Mohican]

This year I've signed up to be a member of the recycling crew, which should help you out with this problem. Now, I've never done this before, but the impression I get is that there are three or four shift patterns - early morning, afternoon, evening & possibly night time, in which people like me work in their designated area at tidying the bins out and attempt to shift the mess you have described.
I actually took a roll of binbags to another festival, obviously much smaller compared to that of Glastonbury, and helped tidy up some of the mess that had accumulated - despite it not being my job. You could always do that or volunteer to help tidy - I imagine the logistics are a nightmare - but I also bet people will work bloody hard to keep it tidy.

[KingOfSnake]

_danny_, on 16 June 2011 - 03:13 PM, said:

whilst i agree, they do look bad, i'd personally first worry about the amount of people who don't use the bins, and couldn't give a s#it where the bins are, or how full they are, before i'd start worrying about the bins themselves overflowing.

Dont get me wrong, that bugs me too.  But maybe many of those people would use the bins if they werent just going to be adding to the mountain of rubbish beside the bin.

[_danny_]

KingOfSnake, on 16 June 2011 - 03:21 PM, said:

Dont get me wrong, that bugs me too.  But maybe many of those people would use the bins if they werent just going to be adding to the mountain of rubbish beside the bin.

yeah, you might be right. sorry, someone just mentions glastonbury and litter and i can't help but go all mother superior.

just really pisses me off, every year. the litter. not the mother superior bit.

[p.pete]

_danny_, on 16 June 2011 - 03:13 PM, said:

whilst i agree, they do look bad, i'd personally first worry about the amount of people who don't use the bins, and couldn't give a s#it where the bins are, or how full they are, before i'd start worrying about the bins themselves overflowing.

Both are important, but it's going to be harder to change peoples' attitudes when all they need to do is point at the nearest overflowing bin to say why should they bother.

[ukslim]

p.pete, on 16 June 2011 - 03:30 PM, said:

Both are important, but it's going to be harder to change peoples' attitudes when all they need to do is point at the nearest overflowing bin to say why should they bother.

Just tell them that when the bins are eventually emptied, the collectors will also be gathering up the overlow.

[Late]

ukslim, on 16 June 2011 - 03:35 PM, said:

Just tell them that when the bins are eventually emptied, the collectors will also be gathering up the overlow.

Just playing devil's advocate here (as i hate to see the litter everywhere) but surely a load of litter around a bin is just as bad as leaving them in a pile somewhere else in the field. (not that i do this). It seems a real shame that so much goes into the paining of the bins, but there are not enough collections to keep them usable.

[KingOfSnake]

Late, on 16 June 2011 - 03:42 PM, said:

..It seems a real shame that so much goes into the paining of the bins, but there are not enough collections to keep them usable.

I hadnt even thought of it like that.  You're so right.  Now it p1sses me off even more  

[_danny_]

Late, on 16 June 2011 - 03:42 PM, said:

Just playing devil's advocate here (as i hate to see the litter everywhere) but surely a load of litter around a bin is just as bad as leaving them in a pile somewhere else in the field.

hmmm, no, i've got to disagree.

for example, (and i see this a lot), half a dozen people sit 'round in a circle drinking their brothers cider, finish their drinks, stand up and go (this leaving all of the empty cups there). surely that's worse than one of them collecting the empty cups and taking them over to the nearest bin, even if they do end up putting them on the pile of rubbish beside it.

[Abster]

Should go to Ultra Festival in Miami, There was no bins, not a single one I was walking around on empty bottles and other bits of rubbish, I was shocked and couldn't beleive my eyes.

yes we may not have the sunshine but we make up for it in being organised

[Monorail]

_danny_, on 16 June 2011 - 03:13 PM, said:

whilst i agree, they do look bad, i'd personally first worry about the amount of people who don't use the bins, and couldn't give a s#it where the bins are, or how full they are, before i'd start worrying about the bins themselves overflowing.

What a stupid comment.  If the bins are overflowing then where are you expecting people to be putting rubbish.

[_danny_]

Monorail, on 16 June 2011 - 04:01 PM, said:

What a stupid comment.  If the bins are overflowing then where are you expecting people to be putting rubbish.

with all due respect, 'mate', just because you don't agree, doesn't make it stupid.

i was making the point that there are too many people who don't even attempt to place their rubbish in, or near (if needs be) a bin, that's all.

if your view is that, should a bin be overflowing, then you can throw your rubbish anywhere, then good for you.

[Tenner Huey]

Late, on 16 June 2011 - 03:42 PM, said:

Just playing devil's advocate here (as i hate to see the litter everywhere) but surely a load of litter around a bin is just as bad as leaving them in a pile somewhere else in the field. (not that i do this). It seems a real shame that so much goes into the paining of the bins, but there are not enough collections to keep them usable.

Yeah sorry but this is clearly bollocks. if a bin is full then it's obviously massively preferable that stuff is left in the immediate vicinity than scattered over a wide area, hardly rocket science to see how that's better.

[Couchy]

I thought the bins & the amount of them was well above average compared to Reading. That place is a dump.

[Late]

Tenner Huey, on 16 June 2011 - 04:14 PM, said:

Yeah sorry but this is clearly bollocks. if a bin is full then it's obviously massively preferable that stuff is left in the immediate vicinity than scattered over a wide area, hardly rocket science to see how that's better.

If the pile of rubish round the bins is cleared up when the bins are emptied then i agree, if not then i dont really see a difference.

[Tenner Huey]

Late, on 16 June 2011 - 04:17 PM, said:

If the pile of rubish round the bins is cleared up when the bins are emptied then i agree, if not then i dont really see a difference.

It definitely is.

[ukslim]

Late, on 16 June 2011 - 04:17 PM, said:

If the pile of rubish round the bins is cleared up when the bins are emptied then i agree

Assume that it is.

[rachmac]

It's when there's one bin that is full and overflowing and piled up but 3 paces away there's an empty one that gets me