Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Stinking rubbish in front gardens in summer
This (slightly edited) conversation appeared on another thread about growing in front gardens.
I guess the questions are do you share FPR's problem and what can be done about it?
Finsbury Park Ranger: I've got stinking rubbish and quite a lot of flies. Happy to share.
Liz: Have you rung Veolia FPR? I'm sure they will deal with that for you.
Finsbury Park Ranger: They do deal with it every two weeks. Unfortunately in the summer, with a liking for the occasional fresh crab, this just isn't enough.
I'll give them a ring.
Edit: Just rang them, they said general waste can only be picked up every two weeks so just have to wait until the next normal pick up.
I'll have to triple bag the rubbish future I guess.
Alan Stanton: ... your point about hot weather bin collections is apt. The BBC reported that 1 July was the hottest July day ever recorded in England. And there were heatwave alerts.
So it seems sensible if there could be some provision in the waste contract to add a few extra collections when temperatures soar.
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Permalink Reply by katia on
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Food waste bins are collected weekly (or should be and are collected next day if missed). That might help - assuming it is food waste that is causing the flies?
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Permalink Reply by Finsbury Park Ranger on
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Ahh those small bins that I never got sent in the first place, I shall seek them out.
I explained it was off food, veola said general waste gets picked up every two weeks.
I wonder how many other people have'nt quite got the hang of this yet if Veola havent themselves ?
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Permalink Reply by Jasonserpent on
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I thing the majority of Bruce Grove has missed the point.
Having only lived here just over a year I have never experienced so many flies during the 2 summers.
My previous area, Hackney, never had these problems.
Would think that there are multiple sources to the problem.
Fortnightly collection of General rubbish
People's attitude to rubish and wast where old cans and things are just thrown on the streets - should street cleaning be increased?
Broken bins, some of people's bins on our street are missing lids, etc.
Maybe the diets are different in the area where a lot of meat/fish Is left in the bins.
Don't get me wrong I like the area but could really do without the flies.
/j
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Oh, that's irritating! All the information is here. Hopefully you are in an area covered by the service.
http://www.haringey.gov.uk/environment-and-transport/refuse-and-rec...
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
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We're lucky and have a back garden. Which isn't completely paved over, or filled by a garage, or sheds with beds. So we can compost a lot of our vegetable food waste and use the rich crumbly stuff which comes from the little door at the bottom. The bin seems like reverse magic - always half empty as waste rots down.
However food waste - even in Haringey's free containers - can attract and breed flies.
It's worth remembering that last summer, uncollected food waste in her street led to the original flimsy pretext for the suspension of Julie Davies, Haringey NUT branch secretary. Julie - as a resident - sent an exasperated email to her ward councillor Barbara Blake about flies crawling all over her windowpanes one baking hot Sunday morning. A Veolia truck had broken down and stinking food waste in several streets went uncollected.
If your waste bin is not collected for some reason, or if Veolia don't reseal it properly you might come home to find it coated with a heaving layer of maggots.
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I've got a wormery ( free from a HOLster actually) but this morning when I opened it, a white snake like creature slid into the shadows. Naturally I shut the lid quick and tried to pretend I didn't see it.
God knows what it, if it's fly larvae its HUGE.
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Permalink Reply by Junior Bennett on
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Lol - WTF?
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Permalink Reply by Betty Careless on
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slow worm - they love compost heaps
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Ok Cheers - I was thinking something bigger. Do they help or harm the environment? Reckon they would they come into your house?
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If it is a slow worm try this page.
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Ummmm.....Nope - seen enough. Many thanks
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No, really. Go on, have a read. If you're cautious about Wikipedia try this website instead .
As an ignoramus about slow worms and lots more "mini-beasts", I was fascinated to learn - better late than never - that these are neither worms nor snakes but small lizards. As for whether they "harm the environment" - they are part of our longstanding environment. If under threat by development. (And cats.)
Seems they live a long time (cats and developers permitting) and do lots of basking in the sunshine, lurking under logs and hunting around the compost.
"Oh, here we go slithering, here we go
Slithering and squelching on." -
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