What is a Binman?
These were vastly overpaid council employees who came around with a big smelly truck once a week, and emptied the big tin dustbins people used to use. In the days when coal fires were more common, these often contained ashes as well as other waste. Every now and again, the bin men would go on strike. Sometimes they went on strike for more money for themselves, sometimes they went on strike in support of some other bunch who were asking for more money - but when they did it caused a lot of problems. The garbage would build up and streets would become clogged with rat infested piles of insanitary rubbish.
A splendid confidence trick was played on these half wits by successive socialist and conservative governments who wished to castrate their union. They were led to believe that in the interests of 'saving the planet', the public would be required to sort their garbage into 3 categories, and to put these into separate bags. Food waste would go into small degradable bags, which could be safely left in rat-proof locked boxes awaiting collection. So-called 'recyclable' waste - (in fact, as the CEO of Sainsbury's supermarket chain gave away in a TV debate with a disgraced former minister, only the big plastic drinks bottles are recycled) - would be rinsed and placed in a see-through bag. This would then contain the majority of household waste, which is card, plastic and cans and will not cause a health hazard. The remainder would go into black plastic bags for collection once per fortnight.
The percentage of waste which would cause a public nuisance in the event of a strike was thus vastly reduced, and could be easily handled by small teams of management or external contractors in the event of a protracted strike.
The silly bin-men failed to spot this, and took the opportunity to be bloody-minded in many cases, chasing householders up for not properly sorting their refuse etc. They happily co-operated in their own redundancy.
A "Binman" is a refuse collector. In American terms, a garbageman. They deal with weekly rubbish collection. It is often regarded as a low class and menial job.
Waste collection worker, sanitation worker or as he is more commonly referred to....the garbageman.
They make good money, and I don't see why they are 'looked down on' by some people after all, they perform an essential service!
In America you call your food waste garbage, and the containers you throw your garbage into are called trash cans. Am i right?
Well in England we call our food waste rubbish and we throw it away into ''Bins''. And 'binmen' are the people who come to collest our bins. Just like your garbagemen.
the great people who collect your house hold rubbish once a week good money if you can get it .
These were vastly overpaid council employees who came around with a big smelly truck once a week, and emptied the big tin dustbins people used to use. In the days when coal fires were more common, these often contained ashes as well as other waste. Every now and again, the bin men would go on strike. Sometimes they went on strike for more money for themselves, sometimes they went on strike in support of some other bunch who were asking for more money - but when they did it caused a lot of problems. The garbage would build up and streets would become clogged with rat infested piles of insanitary rubbish.
A splendid confidence trick was played on these half wits by successive socialist and conservative governments who wished to castrate their union. They were led to believe that in the interests of 'saving the planet', the public would be required to sort their garbage into 3 categories, and to put these into separate bags. Food waste would go into small degradable bags, which could be safely left in rat-proof locked boxes awaiting collection. So-called 'recyclable' waste - (in fact, as the CEO of Sainsbury's supermarket chain gave away in a TV debate with a disgraced former minister, only the big plastic drinks bottles are recycled) - would be rinsed and placed in a see-through bag. This would then contain the majority of household waste, which is card, plastic and cans and will not cause a health hazard. The remainder would go into black plastic bags for collection once per fortnight.
The percentage of waste which would cause a public nuisance in the event of a strike was thus vastly reduced, and could be easily handled by small teams of management or external contractors in the event of a protracted strike.
The silly bin-men failed to spot this, and took the opportunity to be bloody-minded in many cases, chasing householders up for not properly sorting their refuse etc. They happily co-operated in their own redundancy.
A "Binman" is a refuse collector. In American terms, a garbageman. They deal with weekly rubbish collection. It is often regarded as a low class and menial job.
Waste collection worker, sanitation worker or as he is more commonly referred to....the garbageman.
They make good money, and I don't see why they are 'looked down on' by some people after all, they perform an essential service!
In America you call your food waste garbage, and the containers you throw your garbage into are called trash cans. Am i right?
Well in England we call our food waste rubbish and we throw it away into ''Bins''. And 'binmen' are the people who come to collest our bins. Just like your garbagemen.
the great people who collect your house hold rubbish once a week good money if you can get it .