Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Charity posts back Royal Mail's rubber bands
The charity Keep Britain Tidy called on people to collect up bands dropped by postal workers after a survey claimed they were found on 6% of UK streets.
Some 13,000 of them were handed in as part of its Big Tidy Up campaign.
Now the charity plans to hand them back to Royal Mail in a giant envelope outside its London headquarters.
Full story here
That news should please one site member in particular
Some 13,000 of them were handed in as part of its Big Tidy Up campaign.
Now the charity plans to hand them back to Royal Mail in a giant envelope outside its London headquarters.
Full story here
That news should please one site member in particular
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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter on
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ONLY six per cent of Britain's streets have the red rubber bands on them?
Well if there are large swathes uncarpeted, I think many postmen make up for it in London: Stapleton Hall Road N4 is no exception. You'd think that to put these useful little items in a pocket was little more trouble than just dropping them on the ground.
Perhaps if the council threatened to fine them for dropping litter (because that is what it is) they might sharpen up their act ...
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Permalink Reply by james walsh on
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How much does RM spend on rubber bands ?
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wonder if it will bounce back
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Permalink Reply by Justin Guest on
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I used to do some work for the Post Office, the budget for rubber bands is £ms! If memory serves, they are supposed to put them back in their bags and take them back to the sorting office for reuse. Not much evidence of this. My daughter has a huge amount around the handle bar shaft on her scooter...
Apparently one person got so pi***ed by the number of bands left on their door step that they collected them and turned them into a massive rubber ball- sending it back to the head of Royal Mail (who kept it on his desk as a reminder....)
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My son has, aged 3, has, I think, the largest collection in the nieghbourhood. He has filled up about 3/4 of the front of his scooter with them...
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Permalink Reply by Liz on
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Following a FOI about how many bands the Royal mail use, the prosecutions for littering and what RM does to recycle, Mr Steve Wood uncovered some
rubber band facts
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'Going forwards we have a number of process engineering [PR] initiatives that should reduce the volume of elastic bands we use in our operation . . .'
I suppose we should applaud RMG's PR initiatives - even their customer traying -, but dammit not going forwards.
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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Keep Britain Tidy have brought this issue to the nation's attention again - reported here by the BBC.
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Permalink Reply by pamish on
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Bits of string I can understand. But rubber bands are re-useable. When I was an xmas postie, we just brought them all back to the sorting office. A postie's decision to drop them on the ground, is balanced by an equal decision to drop them into their bag - where's the difficulty? Charge them ten pence each, they would all come back, even the broken ones.
My 'pieces of string too short to use' collection is for sale BTW.
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Permalink Reply by Harringay Birder on
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They make great trouser clips as well if you're in a hurry! And unlike the expensive metal ones, they at least stay on... (Cycling tip of the week)
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