Man banned from using wheelbarrow to take his recycling to rubbish tip - told to DRIVE there instead

WHAT IS THE BIG DEAL?

More people should walk, save the gas if you can!!

Defeats the whole purpose of going green. Here in Northern Ireland there now looking to introduce cash to urge people to recycle!

If it wasn't for all the lawyers, we wouldn't need all these other lawyers.

If the lack of footpaths is the problem, maybe you should add a damn footpath.

Doesn't have to be fancy or anything. Dirt will be fine.

Why not? He is not hurting anyone... if anything he is helping from not driving AND recycling.

just have him walk it to the bin then give it to a car waiting in line to drop their stuff off to recycle it if they don't want him walking around the dump for safety reasons.

people are crazy these days.

This is totally ridiculous like Mr. Wheeler said, if they are worried about safety, build a path!

Wait a minute!

All the cars are backed up in a line waiting to get into the recycling station!

Exactly what is going to "knock him over"?

- b_p

p.s. what's a "tip"? When are the English going to learn to speak english?

p.p.s. that's a joke...

isnt the whole idea of recycling to help the enviroment. if he is walking then he helping the enviroment. ok am comfused.

How about wearing a helmet?

This is absurd. Build a path for the man and encourage more people to do what he is doing.

This is exactly why we are headed for a catastrophe on a global level. Stupid laws, lazy thinking, and not enough outrage.

out of control. we should be encouraging these types of acts, not banning the man from walking.

There is something wrong when our civil servants are making decisions to stop one person from taking a specific course of action which benefits both the citizen and the environment. They are put there to serve us and hopefully protect the environment too.

just make a path. it'd be easier than driving

Well of course to any health and safety person, recycling without a pollution machine would be having your cake and eating it too; and cake is so fattening and unhealthy. It 's also unhealthy to not make something do all of your work for you these days, maybe he should buy an ab shocker to give him a good workout while he drives a hummer 2 to go and recycle, now thats what I call health!

if it is an issue of SAFETY, the council should consider the safety of all their denizens, not just the majority who are in this case drivers of petrol burning cars. There are other members of their community they must worry about too and they should make the appropriate accomodations to ensure the HEALTH & SAFETY of EVERYONE they have a responsibility to!

This has nothing to do with his health or safety ... they just don't want to get sued.

It sucks, but it's a liability for the recycling plant. The plant did the right thing. What he should do is petition the plant to provide wheelbarrow access.

EXACTLY Suncatcher. They don't care if he gets flattened, as long as his family doesn't sue.

Maybe they should draw up a contract...

C'mon, how can someone with a name like Wheeler upset a wheelbarrow..?

This is ridiculous - so the amount Mr Wheeler does to save the environment by recycling is neutralised by him having to drive..? And what about people in the village who can't drive?

And to suggest cars are safer than wheelbarrows is plain ridiculous.

Maybe he could just wheel it to the edge of the tip then carpool with another avid recycler through the "dangerzone".

Carpooling, that could work!

Somewhere along the line they believe that they are being efficient.

I dont think that the cops who are giving this man scruff are on BiggOil's payrole. Saftey can become an issue if loose recyclables are a'flying...
If the man is on the streets or bike paths, it COULD get unsafe as he tries to hold his bundle together. The man he just took the time to make it a little safer, then their would be no gripe. Install some flashing hazard-type lights that's tell motorists to be weary and yeild.

Find a solution. Find the loophole. And look at their sad sap faces when you've made it happen for yourself.