Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/02/garden_waste/
Telford dumps OAPs in garden waste
Council will collect your unwanted grannies, on request
Posted in Bootnotes, 2nd April 2007 11:04 GMT
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Regular readers may recall the case of the Cumbria man (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/18/waste_disposal/) who obtained a licence to dump his dead gran at the local tip - an enlightened service made possible by the cunning classification of dead relatives as "general domestic waste".
Not to be outdone, Telford council is rather obligingly offering (http://www.telford.gov.uk/Environment+and+planning/Recycling+and+rubbish/Bulky+Waste.htm) to collect locals' unwanted OAPs and disabled residents as part of its "bulky waste collections" initiative:
(http://www.telford.gov.uk/Environment+and+planning/Recycling+and+rubbish/Bulky+Waste.htm)
Good stuff. If grandad is past his sell-by date, help is at hand. If, however, you're trying to offload other "garden waste", you'll have to take it to the tip yourself. ®
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Ta very much to Peter Ford for alerting us to this silliness.