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Rushy said:
A mate's bike nicked from a back garden in St Matthew's Road last night.

Rather conspicuously bright orange.

Whyte Shoreditch (try not to hold the model name against it) .

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Feckers tried climbing in his bedroom window too.

Another one was nicked at the same time but the owner was given it and can't remember what it was 😆. Silver Specialized something or other ladies frame is my best guess.
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Happy ending.

Bike was spotted for sale on ebay.

Recovered in a sting in Brixton this morning and seller arrested. Muppet.
 
If Mayor Normal truely did find the graffiti offensive, which would be surprising given his own tshirts and cards on display in Brixton village frequent feature strong swear words, he had a direct line to communicate this as he was in the Save Nour whatsapp group. Strange he chose to make such a public statement given he has never once spoken up against his Landlord (Hondo), or i support of any local causes or campaigns against gentrification.
 
DietCokeGirl said:
If Mayor Normal truely did find the graffiti offensive, which would be surprising given his own tshirts and cards on display in Brixton village frequent feature strong swear words, he had a direct line to communicate this as he was in the Save Nour whatsapp group. Strange he chose to make such a public statement given he has never once spoken up against his Landlord (Hondo), or i support of any local causes or campaigns against gentrification.
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He's a thoroughly useless hypocrite. His own shop has cards and t-shirts with phrases like "Stupid Fucking Cunt" and "Happy Birthday Cunt", right against the window.
 
editor said:
He's a thoroughly useless hypocrite. His own shop has cards and t-shirts with phrases like "Stupid Fucking Cunt" and "Happy Birthday Cunt", right against the window.
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Yet he's up in arms calling one single piece of graffiti "illegal activity, trashing the community, vile behaviour and...not welcome" which seems quite over the top. His mates Hondo seem to be doing more to trash the community.
 
DietCokeGirl said:
If Mayor Normal truely did find the graffiti offensive, which would be surprising given his own tshirts and cards on display in Brixton village frequent feature strong swear words, he had a direct line to communicate this as he was in the Save Nour whatsapp group. Strange he chose to make such a public statement given he has never once spoken up against his Landlord (Hondo), or i support of any local causes or campaigns against gentrification.
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He was asked several times for his opinion about the Hondo tower - and just like some other high profile Brixton locals who are normally quick to offer an opinion - the silence was overwhelming.
 
Small shop-owners are often against this kind of stuff. Also, he's hardly going to be railing against his landlord if he gets on with them. He's also a loyal party man.
So I guess I'm not surprised by his conduct today.
 
Concerned about what really happens to your recycling? Bored in lockdown? What about a virtual tour of the Smugglers Way facility? :D

Spotted this on the social blight that is nextdoor but it seems legit and may be of interest to some here:

Invitation to an Online Tour of the Smugglers Way Recycling Facility. Just to let you know that the WRWA Education Team continue to offer tours of the Smugglers Way Recycling Facility for adults. Currently these are online Resident Tours as opposed to our usual on-site tours. The tours consist of a short live talk by one of our Education Officers combined with video footage from the site. There is plenty of opportunity to ask questions during and at the end of the tour. The upcoming tours are on: Thursday, 3rd December @ 1pm or Wednesday, 9th December @ 6pm So if you are interested in knowing what happens to your recycling and rubbish once it is collected from your home, just get in touch - education@wrwa.gov.uk.
 
trabuquera said:
Concerned about what really happens to your recycling? Bored in lockdown? What about a virtual tour of the Smugglers Way facility? :D

Spotted this on the social blight that is nextdoor but it seems legit and may be of interest to some here:

Invitation to an Online Tour of the Smugglers Way Recycling Facility. Just to let you know that the WRWA Education Team continue to offer tours of the Smugglers Way Recycling Facility for adults. Currently these are online Resident Tours as opposed to our usual on-site tours. The tours consist of a short live talk by one of our Education Officers combined with video footage from the site. There is plenty of opportunity to ask questions during and at the end of the tour. The upcoming tours are on: Thursday, 3rd December @ 1pm or Wednesday, 9th December @ 6pm So if you are interested in knowing what happens to your recycling and rubbish once it is collected from your home, just get in touch - education@wrwa.gov.uk.
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I went on an actual tour last year and it was fascinating! Definitely recommend the virtual one, although you might then bore the pants off your friends talking about it....
 
sparkybird said:
I went on an actual tour last year and it was fascinating! Definitely recommend the virtual one, although you might then bore the pants off your friends talking about it....
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Do they clarify where everything ends up? I'm quite a fastidious recycler but often hear people say it mostly gets buried abroad in the end.
 
Rushy said:
Do they clarify where everything ends up? I'm quite a fastidious recycler but often hear people say it mostly gets buried abroad in the end.
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They sell it, so the very fact that someone is paying money for the 'waste' makes me think it's not being buried somewhere. However, when I asked, the couldn't tell me what happened to it. I suppose it's a bit if you pay your builder to dispose of waste, most people don't follow up to see where it actually went.
 
sparkybird said:
They sell it, so the very fact that someone is paying money for the 'waste' makes me think it's not being buried somewhere. However, when I asked, the couldn't tell me what happened to it. I suppose it's a bit if you pay your builder to dispose of waste, most people don't follow up to see where it actually went.
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Builders aren't generally allowed to wash their hands of it though. If they pay someone to take it and are negligent about how it's done they are still responsible, I think.

Do they sort it before selling?
 
trabuquera said:
Concerned about what really happens to your recycling? Bored in lockdown? What about a virtual tour of the Smugglers Way facility? :D

Spotted this on the social blight that is nextdoor but it seems legit and may be of interest to some here:

Invitation to an Online Tour of the Smugglers Way Recycling Facility. Just to let you know that the WRWA Education Team continue to offer tours of the Smugglers Way Recycling Facility for adults. Currently these are online Resident Tours as opposed to our usual on-site tours. The tours consist of a short live talk by one of our Education Officers combined with video footage from the site. There is plenty of opportunity to ask questions during and at the end of the tour. The upcoming tours are on: Thursday, 3rd December @ 1pm or Wednesday, 9th December @ 6pm So if you are interested in knowing what happens to your recycling and rubbish once it is collected from your home, just get in touch - education@wrwa.gov.uk.
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I've been on their actual real life tour. I have to report it is virtually (haha) identical to the Southwark one.
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I went round this a couple of years ago on that Open London Weekend thing. There was a crertian frisson when the attractive young man assigned to stop us being run over on leaving thee premises said "You should hear what they are not telling you! We have to have random drug testing every morning when we come in - and if you are 15 minutes late you get sent home and lose a day's pay!"

I guess Veolia have imported French labour methods - from the 1780's!

PS The Southwark Combined Heat and Power is well worth a visit - this is also done on Open London Weekends - but on "opposite days" to the Recycling Centre.
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^ Interesting. The pay thing is outrageous and I think random drug testing is usually abusive, BUT is there not a legitimate safety argument for some roles - that people shouldn't be operating forklifts / tippers / crushers :eek: when they're spangled? (however if Veolia don't do random alcohol testing as well that argument would clearly be selectively repressive nonsense, hmmm....)
 
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trabuquera said:
^ Interesting. The pay thing is outrageous and I think random drug testing is usually abusive, BUT is there not a legitimate safety argument for some roles - that people shouldn't be operating forklifts / tippers / crushers :eek: when they're spangled? (however if Veolia don't do random alcohol testing as well that argument would clearly be selectively repressive nonsense, hmmm....)
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As you say work with compression equipment and drive and loading lorries etc. A lot of them are pciking stuff off moving belts. No doubt they would be alarmed to end up with fingers missing - or worse.
So yes clearly drug and alcohol testing seems like a good idea to me. They do these tests on tube drivers on the Victoria line by the way. The way some of them can down a pint in the Beehive after a heavy shift watching tube lines from Walthamstow to Brixton they may be immune - after overnight digestion.

I don't think the young man de-briefing me mentioned alcohol testing. Maybe Veolia have a Horses for Courses policy?
 
Rushy said:
Builders aren't generally allowed to wash their hands of it though. If they pay someone to take it and are negligent about how it's done they are still responsible, I think.

Do they sort it before selling?
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Yes but in this case it would be the the builder paying you to take your waste ( so maybe my example wasn't really that great). What would be the point of buying something just to dump it, you need to do something with it to recoup your purchase cost at least.
Yes waste is sorted and baled eg paper, aluminium, clear plastic, clear glass etc. The sorting process was FASCINATING!
 
BusLanes said:
Small shop-owners are often against this kind of stuff. Also, he's hardly going to be railing against his landlord if he gets on with them. He's also a loyal party man.
So I guess I'm not surprised by his conduct today.
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But given that why has he chosen to be in the Labour party?

He is loyal member of New Labour from what I have seen in his Twitter.
 
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