- Garden waste
- Large bulk of interior rubbish in the house from
alterations
- Ran out of council rubbish bags and got sick of dogs
ripping into them
- Because he takes rubbish the council doesn't accept
- Mainly for garden waste
- It was a large amount of rubbish - too much for rubbish
bags
- No transport
- Respondent has garbage additional to what is taken by
rubbish collection
- To get rid of a tree that had been cut down
- More rubbish than the council rubbish bags
- Because I had no rubbish bags I would have had to buy
them .I am in rental accommodation and in both instances
none had been left
- Easier way of disposing of rubbish
- To get rid of garden rubbish
- More convenient
- No tow bar on car - for garden rubbish
- Load too heavy for respondent to carry
- Running out of rubbish bags - cost of taking it to dump
- Easy and convenient
- Cost effective and gets rid of garden rubbish
- Too much extra rubbish from garden etc.
- Run out of rubbish bags
- Too much bulk, rubbish bags unsuitable
- Not enough rubbish bags
- Long driveway, access not suitable
- More convenient, takes all rubbish
- Doggie doos
- Not enough rubbish bags
- They are reliable and CCC give not enough rubbish bags
- Its convenient
- Too much for the weekly collection
- Having good clean up
- Rubbish bags aren't secure enough
- To take away garden rubbish
- Garden refuse
- Garden waste
- Garden waste
- They take the garden waste
- Garden waste
- Don't have to bag it - convenience
- Gardening waste and running out of rubbish bags
- Cheaper than buying extra bags. Good for bigger things
- Easier to control, resident with disability
- Time factor
- Easier for single householder
- To clear rubbish left by the previous tenant
- I can't be bothered separating and filling those black
bags
- Wheelie bins are so handy
- Don't know - my parents organise it
- We don't have a lawnmower or a trailer. Hired a bloke to
do it
- Convenient and can put everything in it
- Convenient for me
- Convenient, don't have to go to dump with garden stuff
- Easy to use, saves dogs getting into rubbish bags
- Pain in the bum taking the rubbish bags out
- Just to get rid of rubbish. Dogs rip bags open
- No transport. Get someone to mow lawns - no time to do
myself and wife sick
- Have no transport myself
- To get rid of general rubbish
- It's a lot bigger, we don't have to go to the dump all
the time
- Its easier than for me to go to the dump and get a
trailer and pay the fees (I have lots of both garden and
household rubbish)
- Because we've got a large garden and lots of garden waste
- Convenience
- Mainly to mow lawns and take away garden rubbish
- To get rid of garden rubbish
- Can put a better variety of things into a bin
- Take what the council doesn't
- To keep the rubbish tidy
- When first moved in had a good clean up of rubbish
- Any bigger stuff
- For extra rubbish
- Can throw anything in the bin
- Don't like excess garden rubbish lying around
- Spring cleaning
- Dumps are too dear
- Too busy to do ourselves - section clean up
- More convenient to use drum sometimes miss rubbish
collection
- Its easier
- Convenience
- No transport
- Can't be bothered taking it to the tip
- I don't have a trailer
- Big garden
- Convenience
- Convenience - especially for garden rubbish
- Can't put enough out with ordinary bags
- Renovating - taking away lathe and plaster
- Take garden rubbish
- It's more convenient put everything in it, garden and
kitchen waste. Don't worry about splitting bags
- My father's business and convenient
- More convenient because we can put out more rubbish
- More convenient and its cleaner not tampered with esp. By
animals
- Volume of rubbish
- To put glass, sharp objects and little garden rubbish
- Get rid of excess
- Easy way to get rid of garden rubbish
- Convenient for me. I can't tow trailer - saves me having
to go backwards and forwards to refuse centre. Mostly
garden waste
- Too expensive to take all this to the dump
- He mows the lawns and takes clippings away
- Get rid of bigger things
- Take the rubbish that council wont take, quite expensive
though
- Because arthritis in hand and she can't carry bag to
street
- Hasn't got a tow bar on their car
- Stops dogs getting at rubbish bags. Rubbish collection
needs to be more exact as to time
- Lots of garden rubbish
- I was taking the rubbish up to the end of the gate
(respondent lives down long drive) but I fell over so now
I don't bother
- It seemed easier at the time - if it had just been my
choice I probably wouldn't have
- For getting rid of garden rubbish because you can't put
it in a plastic bag but you could fit it in a wheelie
cart (not that the council is there to take away garden
rubbish) I always seem to run out of plastic bags every
year
- Because we have more rubbish to put away
- It was just bulky and heavy rubbish
- Because we had excess rubbish that we couldn't put in
bags and it was getting expensive going to metro station
- Convenience
- Big garden and lots of rubbish - and have nice solid
rubbish bin on wheels
- Because cant get it all into council bags
- Convenience - tip is too expensive
- Help because of health and age
- Garden rubbish - its just convenient
- Not enough rubbish bags
- No car
- To get rid of garden rubbish
- Can't get rid of all garden refuse
- Because we have a big garden - creates lots of waste, not
enough spare area for composting
- So my husband doesn't have to go to the dump
- Convenient - easier than rubbish bags that cats get into
- Easier than going to the rubbish dump - I haven't got a
truck or tow bar
- I can't get to the tip and I have a lot of garden rubbish
- Get a lot of mess from our dogs
- Because I don't have to use the weekly council one too
much - basically I give him stuff that I can't get into
the black rubbish bags
- Because its easy and they are very helpful and will empty
the bin whenever I give him a ring
- Convenient
- Take away garden rubbish
- Save on rubbish bags. Garden rubbish
- Can not drive trailers to the tip. More convenient
- Takes garden rubbish
- For that extra rubbish - not enough bags
- We have a fair bit of rubbish in spite of the fact that
we recycle
- Cost effectiveness
- Garden rubbish - can't burn it therefore it's clean and
efficient
- Time convenience
- Far handier
- Tree prunings, garden rubbish
- They take anything - things that you can't put in the
rubbish bag
- Landlord arranged it
- Too much for CCC rubbish bags
- Garden waste
- Originally worked out that it was cheaper to do that than
buy extra rubbish bags
- Too much to go in bags for weekly CCC collection
- To take away excess garden and household rubbish
- Don't know
- Can't put "concrete" etc. in rubbish
- Easier than doing lots of small trips to dumps
- Garden refuse that couldn't go in rubbish bag
- Easy and quick
- Convenience and supply of suitable bin
- To take garden rubbish away
- Keeps yard spotless and gets rid of broken glass etc.
- We couldn't get all our rubbish into the bags - just
garden rubbish
- Convenience
- We have a biggish garden and it saves us taking it to the
metro station - it's more efficient and cheaper to get a
contractor
- More hygienic than putting out plastic bags on street for
cats and dogs to get into
- For garden waste
- More rubbish than weekly rubbish bags supplied by CCC.
The commercial contractor will take anything
- For rubbish that I can't put out for the CCC collection
e.g. broken glass, garden rubbish, bulky items etc.
- So easy
- For garden rubbish - its easy that way, the drum makes it
more convenient
- Don't have a trailer
- Garden rubbish doesn't fit into council bags
- To clear the section
- Use a big bin to get rid of ashes and garden rubbish not
suitable for council bags
- Garden rubbish - too much to put into weekly bags and not
enough to go to dump
- Garden rubbish
- So handy saves me having to hire a trailer
- Garden rubbish won't fit in council bags
- Garden rubbish avoid smells
- To relieve CCC collection
- Convenience - handy having a bin, used it originally for
garden rubbish now use it for household
- Cheaper than going to dump
- Garden rubbish is easy to get rid of - it's regular and
convenient
- The quantity to get rid of its easier than going to the
dump
- Because the council doesn't provide it, prunings can't be
put in rubbish bags, lawn clippings are to heavy
- Its convenient and tidy
- Cleaner and easier
- Convenience - garden rubbish
- It was just household and garden rubbish, wall paper and
carpet and just cleaning up the property
- Because they have the good sized solid bins, we had a
problem with animals getting into the plastic bags
- Get rid of garden rubbish we can't put in the rubbish
bags and we haven't got a trailer
- We use it because of dog droppings and nappies
- We were having a clean-up and fixing the backyard
- We wanted to put garden rubbish and everything in it -
too much for the bags, lots of things you can't put in
bags
- Cheaper than going to the dump and convenient
- Rubbish bags are a waste of time - you can get very
little in them and they tear easily
- More convenience, saves time over dumping it yourself
- Easy way to dispose of garden waste
- To get rid of the stuff the council doesn't take on
rubbish days
- Easy to get rid of garden rubbish into the bin
- Convenient, no tow bar on car
- Convenient to put garden rubbish in the bin and have it
taken away
- Neighbours have shifted so have to do it ourselves
- Gets rid of rubbish promptly
- Mainly because the amount of garden refuse
- Excess rubbish
- Because I can't get rid of all the garden rubbish
- Because it's easier, they take it away and there is no
mess. Husband is very ill
- To save burning rubbish in incinerator
- No time or resources to do it myself
- To stop rubbish piling up - bottles, newspapers etc.
- To take away my garden rubbish
- Garden rubbish - no trailer
- Because it suits
- Convenient
- Garden refuse
- Not enough rubbish bags supplied and its a better system
using green bins
- To get rid of garden refuse
- Can't get enough into council bags
- Because we don't burn the rubbish
- Part of the service provided by Lady King Hospital
- More effective to compost garden waste using "wheel
away weeds" rather than mixing it with the general
rubbish
- To take our green cuttings away
- A gardener tidies the garden and takes the garden waste
away
- To take away garden rubbish
- The convenience of being able to put all rubbish in one
place instead of lugging it down the hill
- Garden waste too much for me
- The man who trims the hedges for me takes the trimmings
away
- The CCC plastic bags split and dogs get into them
- Get rid of garden rubbish, we go overseas and it helps
our gardener
- It saves getting a trailer and going to the dump
- To cut and take away tree branches
- Ease
- To get rid of garden rubbish
- Can't manage the garden rubbish on our own
- Volume of rubbish busy doing other things
- Too busy
- For large sharp rubbish and garden waste that wouldn't
biodegrade easily
- Hired someone to prune trees and bushes and take away the
cuttings
- Because less smelly
- Don't like going to the tip
- Convenience of combining household and garden rubbish -
avoid excessive council tip fees
- To get rid of garden rubbish
- Convenience, cost
- Convenience - easier than a trailer
- Clean and efficient way of dealing with rubbish - they
take everything - run out of the plastic bags and they
are costly to buy
- Convenience saves me going to the refuse station
- Not enough council bags and council would not take garden
rubbish
- Things that don't compost, I don't like burning
- More convenient
- We have so many leaves I just wheel the bin around, it is
so convenient for taking round collecting garden waste
- Too much rubbish - mostly lawn clippings
- R needed help with garden waste
- Couldn't cope with rubbish any other way
- For garden rubbish, no vehicle
- Convenient for garden rubbish
- Convenience
- They take anything it's convenient
- Excess rubbish lawn clippings and garden rubbish
- With an extra large garden, the council bags do not take
all the rubbish
- You can't always have a fire
- Convenience - I like things to be kept tidy
- Convenience
- I don't drive
- Convenience
- Basically it was more cost effective than having to buy
heaps of black rubbish bags
- Quite handy. I haven't got a trailer
- He empties the rubbish bins of things I haven't been able
to take to the dump myself
- Because its cheaper than hiring a tractor and going to
the dump
- To save trips to the transfer station. The one I've got
now is specifically for garden waste taken to compost
heap
- Building alterations
- Hedge clippings taken away by my gardener
- Just the amount of rubbish coming out of home, needed a
way of disposing of it
- Convenience - I was busy so I got lawn mower contractor
in
- Garden waste - save having to go to the dump. More
convenient
- A lot of plants go into the bin. Have a gardener and he
puts the garden rubbish in the bin
- Get rid of the garden rubbish
- Convenience - they take everything
- The volume of rubbish
- I find the rubbish bags inconvenient - I'd like to see
the council bring in wheelie bins
- Garden rubbish
- We got brassed off with the rubbish bags being destroyed
- if you put them out at night, and forgetting to put
them out early in the morning
- Easier to use - throw anything in - have had a lot of
rubbish from house repairs
- Because I don't like getting up early in the morning and
putting the bags out and if you put them out the night
before they get ripped and got by dogs
- Because I ran out of rubbish bags and things break the
rubbish bags too easy
- Because there is no other way of catering for garden
rubbish other than carting it yourself
- Because they deliver those big bins that you can put your
garden rubbish in and then they take it all away for you
- Garden rubbish - cartage problem
- Don't like black bags. Smelly, dogs get in them they
split etc.
- To get rid of garden waste that can't be composted
- Because the council doesn't provide that service and it
is convenient for garden rubbish
- Excess rubbish
- Because of ill health
- Convenient
- No way of getting rid of garden rubbish
- Get rid of garden rubbish
- Easier and rubbish doesn't get broken into by cats around
here
- Provided by CCC
- Good for garden waste
- Convenient, doesn't charge a lot
- For all the garden rubbish
- Lawn mowing person takes away grass clippings - don't
have a lawn mower
- Always have - I don't know why
- For lawn clippings and garden stuff really
- Laziness - don't like being tied to putting out the bags
at a certain time
- To get rid of the garden rubbish as I don't have a
compost heap
- To get rid of an accumulation of rubbish
- To clear out rubbish from the garden left by previous
owners
- Take garden waste away
- We don't get enough black bags and we can't get to the
tip with grass cuttings
- Convenience
- We have no car
- Convenient
- Garden rubbish and no access to trailer and have back
problems
- So we don't have to take it to the dump so much
- Garden waste
- After the autumn cleanup
- Get rid of garden waste
- Council service of one bag a week isn't enough
- Gets rid of all the rubbish
- Can't back a trailer, and have too much rubbish to get
rid of by council services
- Garden rubbish, things, I don't know
- Just tidying up the section - garden waste
- For garden rubbish
- General household rubbish
- Because it saves us going to the dump all the time
- Because they provide a steel drum in which you can put
steel, glass, everything and the rubbish is well sealed.
The rubbish is contained safely. The plastic bags would
be considered outrageously unsafe overseas and often the
rubbish men do get cut
- We ran out of rubbish bags - worked out the same price as
buying more bags
- Gardener took rubbish away
- Gardening rubbish
- To get rid of garden rubbish
- Too much rubbish, garden rubbish, don't have a trailer
- Garden rubbish
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