Hiring Dumps or dumping vans
Monday, 28. April 2008, 21:07:01
Here’s the scenario.
I own a 2 seater sports car. Not sensible, but affordable...
When I have some rubbish to dump I want to take it to the local dump, which is 5 minutes up the road. I also want to make 1 trip, not 5000 as I negotiate the small matchbox that is my rear boot, coupled with my remaining seat.
So to me the sensible suggestion is to hire a van, fill it up, making the 1 trip, and dumping the lot. One slight problem, the local dump doesn’t allow hire vans, or any vans with company logos. Bizarre?
The biggest problem for me is, I have a poxy 2 seater, how is it possible to dump my rubbish? The answer…
…I have to drive out of the county, into the adjacent one, then back into the county again and visit another dump, who (even more bizarrely) allow hire vans, trailers, and helicopters perhaps to dump whatever the hell they like.
This does solve my immediate problem, but does make me slightly annoyed. The dump that denies hire vans was the same dump that at one point wanted proof of ID to prove where you live before you were allowed to dump anything. I suppose you could be an international dumping terrorist cell working together to bring down government, by overfilling our landfills to create havoc and madness. Driving from dump to dump, trying to put wrong what once was right, each time hoping the next dump with be the dump home…
Anyway, I did write to the council, as it did seem silly, and I wanted their take on it. They wrote back with a pointless letter, and a leaflet with local dump opening times. I suspect they are possibly as interested as you are dear reader. Still if you made it to here I think you deserve a reward, which will be…
…the end.
I own a 2 seater sports car. Not sensible, but affordable...
When I have some rubbish to dump I want to take it to the local dump, which is 5 minutes up the road. I also want to make 1 trip, not 5000 as I negotiate the small matchbox that is my rear boot, coupled with my remaining seat.
So to me the sensible suggestion is to hire a van, fill it up, making the 1 trip, and dumping the lot. One slight problem, the local dump doesn’t allow hire vans, or any vans with company logos. Bizarre?
The biggest problem for me is, I have a poxy 2 seater, how is it possible to dump my rubbish? The answer…
…I have to drive out of the county, into the adjacent one, then back into the county again and visit another dump, who (even more bizarrely) allow hire vans, trailers, and helicopters perhaps to dump whatever the hell they like.
This does solve my immediate problem, but does make me slightly annoyed. The dump that denies hire vans was the same dump that at one point wanted proof of ID to prove where you live before you were allowed to dump anything. I suppose you could be an international dumping terrorist cell working together to bring down government, by overfilling our landfills to create havoc and madness. Driving from dump to dump, trying to put wrong what once was right, each time hoping the next dump with be the dump home…
Anyway, I did write to the council, as it did seem silly, and I wanted their take on it. They wrote back with a pointless letter, and a leaflet with local dump opening times. I suspect they are possibly as interested as you are dear reader. Still if you made it to here I think you deserve a reward, which will be…
…the end.
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By dovish, # 29. April 2008, 07:47:29