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16 October 2014

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Here we go again................. OR Going round in circles

Well, it's Thursday and we have to wait until next Wednesday until the bin's are emptied and guess what? The village waste disposal point is overflowing and it is only April. Look at the pictures from my first post in September last year. I will post some more pictures over the weekend when the situation is really bad.

Looks like the rats are going to have a great year this year.

Amazing how many people appear with a bit of sunshine, I'm not moaning about that. Without visitors to Jura my business would not exist, as we are totally dependent on tourism. Funny how Argyll and Bute Council do not seem to appreciate the value of tourists because they will not provide waste facilities for them and in fact, would be very happy if the tourist's took their rubbish home with them. That was a quote from a senior manager at A&B Council to myself over the telephone.

I am already noticing the odd black bag of rubbish being dumped in ditches on the way to the ferry, the bin men will not stop and pick it up because it isn't in a wheelie bin and I'm not picking it up because I pay council tax for waste disposal and I'm not doing their job for them.

As the season has not really started yet GOD HELP US when it does.

I'd better charge up the camera because I feel that I'm going to be very busy this year taking pictures of all the waste that will be dumped due to A&B cutting back on collections. If the two weekly collections continue then the place is going to look like a landfill site and the tourists are going to stop coming because they will not want to look at a rubbish dump.

Pictures to follow.
Posted on jurastores at 23:22

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Well that's something to look forward to...

Flying Cat from Inn Anticipation


So in conclusion-how many council employees does it take to empty a wheely bin?-suggestions welcome , but I guess about 8, the driver, the handler. a few clerks, a few secretaries, junior civil servant ,supervisor...its all under control, we can increase the council tax and charge locals and tourist a fee for parking in the countryside or something else.(It takes fewer to screw in a light bulb) It is a shame that the only political strategy politicians can think up , is to tax more...a sad reflection on the brain power of our "leaders" and so on........

Jimb from Land of confusion


Seems like everybody's going to have fortnightly collections. Rats are going to have an absolute whale of a time :-(

Arnish Lighthouse from Stornoway


I'm available for a small fee! !

Pied Piper from Hamlin


"Funny how Argyll and Bute Council do not seem to appreciate the value of tourists" Perhaps if there was a tax on tourists that the council could collect they would be more appreciative! If rubbish is put in a wheelie bin how can the rats get to it ? I agree the council should do more about the overflow of rubbish but people have a responsibitity as well.

The Islay Ranter from Islay


Ranter, If you had a bag of rubbish and saw that the wheelie bin was full. What would you do? Try and stuff it in the bin, won't fit? Then just leave it at the side of it, you don't know that it may be a week or so before it is collected. Whilst I very much agree with you, we have to account for the stupid, Something the Council is not prepared to do, or cannot seem to understand. Iain Fawcett's attitude is 'they should take it home with them'. That's clever, Hey!!!!!!

Stephen from Jura Stores


its not the four legard rats you have to beware if its the ones with two legs

jura pie man from Islay


so i take it there is lots of exciting things (or not) for poor old stevie to moan about. shame, enjoyed reading reading the yearly gossip on nofun island

tinkerbell from notonthisplanet avenue


Never mind the 2 and 4 legard rats its two timing two faced rats are the bad ones to look out for lol

ratman from sky


Just a quick comment regarding bins and rubish collection yet again the bin van was over for the green bins as confirmed by argyll + bute but no bin collection just a nice drive up and down the island and foget about the rubish

Jura Stalker from Jura were else




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