Rubbish

This is something which would be much easier if we had a car. Or didn't mind landfill. In fact, if we weren't so bloody principled, it would be a doddle.

But.

We have been trying to Freegle plasterboard for Quite Some Time; no-one has managed to collect yet, in spite of interest, largely because I don't have the leisure to check email during office hours as often as the people who refuse to phone me as I ask think I ought to. We also want to Freegle old carpet, hardboard, and leftover timber.

If that doesn't go to Freegle, we can either smash it up and send it to landfill in the grey wheelie bin, or take it to the civic amenity site for proper sorted-waste eco-friendly treatment.

Except that that requires a car.

We don't have a car, see under eco-friendly.

Bulky waste collection is about £40 and may not collect it all. We're not sure.

Also, the trike parking problem of years ago is still unresolved, as far as I'm concerned. I spent Some Time on the phone today trying to sort it out. The council say it's a police matter, the police say they can't do anything.

Oh, and we can't go to the Civic Amenity Site on the bus, because children aren't allowed to walk around inside the site and I can't leave them outside while I take the rubbish in.

Edit: Rob posted a Freegle message and got much better responses than I did. The carpet and several tins of paint are gone, and there's a possible taker for the plasterboard and hardboard on Saturday.

Strange achievements

Today I.

I didn't do ANYTHING I had planned because the kids were ALL too ill to go out. So I did other stuff.

I did laundry and we're almost caught up on the main stuff.

I did getting-everyone-dressed and getting-everyone-fed.

I bought three Christmas presents and a new bathroom lock.

I made LOTS of phonecalls about waste management and we have a good plan in place for dealing with our various recyclables - the stuff it'd be easy to do if we had a car but not having a car means we have to save it all up until there's enough to justify calling someone in to help. It turns out that the council have a contract with a company which will collect our small electrical recycling for free, which is lovely.

I got Rob to post to Freecycle about the stuff I posted about and he got a much better response and some of it is already gone.

I took all my pills - we're now on one prescription hedmed, three starflower oil, and an OOMPH, which is the name of Sainsbury's B-complex. I need more oomph, in spite of my buttery biscuit base, otherwise I wobble. Wobble wobble wobble.