Re: Automated Bin - a more serious suggestion

["Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I believe many 60's high-rise tower blocks in this country were commonly
outfitted with these waste-chutes, and I'm sure I recall reading various
tales of problems with them, including the smell coming back up the
communal
chute and stinking out the flats, and occasional instances of the chute
becoming blocked, with ever-more rubbish then backing-up up the chute... I
also remember a tale of some little bast^H^H^H^H kids setting fires in the
bins at the bottom, sending smoke back up the chute and into all the
flats....

/shudder/

Paul G.



>From: "Mal Lansell" <mlansell@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Automated Bin - a more serious suggestion
>Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 12:59:27 +0100
>
>When I lived in the US, all the apartment buildings has these - much
easier
>than carting the rubbish down yourself.  However, the room at the
bottom of
>the chute would stink to high heaven, especially in summer.  It's
probably
>easier to hide that when you have a large apartment building, than in a
>house.
>
>Mal
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mark Harrison (Yahoo!)" <mph@xxxxxxx>
>To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 12:47 PM
>Subject: [ukha_d] Automated Bin - a more serious suggestion
>
>
> > Been doing some thinking about this, and I'm not convinced that
the "bin
>on
> > wheels" in the right way to go.
> >
> > The problem is actually "how do I automate rubbish
removal" rather than
>"how
> > do I empty the bin".
> >
> > The answer may be in "laundry chutes" - a self-build
friend of mine has
> > these, and they work very well. Just a big tube, at the bottom of
which
>is
> > an oversized laundry basket.
> >
> > It wouldn't be beyond the wit of man to add one of these for
waste
> > disposal... and add an extra in the kitchen that vented organic
waste
> > straight to the compost bin outside.
> >
> >
> > Not exactly retro-fittable, but worth considering for the 2007
>self-build
> > :-)
> >
> > M.
> >
> >
> >
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