A whole load of rubbish

[pez]

Did you know that the local council will only collect 3 large items of garbage (eg furniture, carpet) from you every month? And you need to book in advance, too. If you want to throw more, they'll charge you.

And did you know that even if you take it to the rubbish dump yourself, you must take it in a car, not a van, otherwise they'll think that it's commercial waste and charge you?

And, if you really did have that much to throw that it won't fit into a car, then you should ask your local council to send the rubbish dump authority a fax to prove that you're the local resident and you're only throwing away your own trash?

And if you've only just moved into the area (the most trash-producing activity), with no phone, no electricity bills and other things to prove you're the local resident, this process may take very long? Especially because it's the Brits who alway move at 0.1mph?

So, if you really want to throw things away quickly (so that you can actually move around in the house), you need to call companies that do that sort of stuff. And did you know that they charge 150 quid for a skip's load?

THIS COUNTRY IS FUCKING CRAZY

nb. We had to call a company to take the trash away... and then one of the neighbours liked our old furniture and washer/drier (which we wanted to sell although we don't know how), and offered to take all our rubbish for us in exchange for the washer/drier. I think I like my new neighbours already.

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[kittyko.livejournal.com]

ack... that's absolutely insane @@