http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Worst place possible for a skip? en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:26:05 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10130#post-109943 Wed, 08 May 2013 20:14:58 +0000 gembo 109943@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Presume it was only there for thirty minutes? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10130#post-109930 Wed, 08 May 2013 17:38:22 +0000 recombodna 109930@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm sure it'll be replaced by a badly parked Taxi soon..... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10130#post-109929 Wed, 08 May 2013 17:34:49 +0000 SRD 109929@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I unexpectedly came home by a different route - anyone know if it's been moved? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10130#post-109885 Wed, 08 May 2013 12:37:06 +0000 Arellcat 109885@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Right here, via Streetview: <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/0avP7" rel="nofollow">http://goo.gl/maps/0avP7</a></p> <p>Of course, the realist in me reckons that it doesn't matter, because the tarmac is so cratered anyway that you can't but go slow. But the road is deceptively narrow after the line of shops.</p> <p><em>"Hamilton Waste &amp; Recycling Ltd are accredited to the ISO 14001 environmental management system standards and are currently undergoing steps to add the ISO 9001 quality management system to our practices."</em></p> <p>I would've thought that ISO18001 was also relevant to a waste and recycling company. Doesn't that include a duty to avoid potential harm to people? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10130#post-109877 Wed, 08 May 2013 12:07:17 +0000 SRD 109877@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I presume they don't want it in the front yard, because then they'd have to find somewhere to put all the white vans :( </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10130#post-109874 Wed, 08 May 2013 11:57:32 +0000 fimm 109874@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Excellent!<br /> I was wondering if there was someone you could complain to about the obstruction (I assume it can't have a parking ticket because it is not a car...) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10130#post-109869 Wed, 08 May 2013 11:32:08 +0000 SRD 109869@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good news: Southwest team says it's not authorised and they're sending someone over to move it... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10130#post-109864 Wed, 08 May 2013 11:22:54 +0000 SRD 109864@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Anyone else think this is about the worst place possible to stick a skip?<br /> <img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7308/8719201609_1111eaaa4e.jpg"></p> <p>For those who don't recognize it, it's one of the Gilmore Place pinchpoints. </p> <p>No sign of any 'road occupation permitted' signs. And big front yard/carpark they could have put it in. </p>