Updates on YouTube!

New films on youtube to get yer peepers into! Still more to come and fair amount of footage currently being trawled through at Headquarters! This screenshot is of the 'Weighbridge and Transfer Station' epic, featuring an 'inside the motor' tour of driving off the weighbridge, round Friarton Depot, in to tip the waste in the transfer station and back out on the beat! Oscar winning performance from the PD3 motor!

The Boxing Bin Man!

As if the pub didnt harbour enough entertainment already, this rare sporting champ popped up for a bout on sky sports in his hi-viz shorts last weekend, supported by a merry band of equally visible supporters! Yes, Rendall Munroe is The Boxing Bin Man! He's got it emblazoned on his shorts, and romped to victory, helped in no small part by the fitness gained out on the beat. Good luck for future bouts Rendall, we'll keep our eye out in the sports pages for you here at the Garbologists!

Garbologist Newsletter at Zine Showcase in Glasgow!

Yes indeed, the Garbologists Issue 1 Artists Union Newsletter was featured recently in a showcase of artists books and zines, and of course union newsletters! It came complete with a (laminated) complement slip and business card in an A4 brown envelope, and was of course given away fro free! The showcase was organised by NOW NOW PROJECTS, who are very active in hosting fun art related events in Scotland and beyond. To find out more about them visit

http://nownowprojects.wordpress.com/

As you may have noticed our Newsletter is subtly circled in yellow to keep your eyes from having to work too hard to find it!

Suggestion From The Lads At Michelin?

Chris Dyson - a Nine Trades artist (see his blog for more info about his project) staged an amazing drive-in movie event at the Michelin factory in Dundee on Saturday night! It was incredible seeing about 50 cars, each tuned in to their car radios to hear the sound, watching Grease, which was projected on the side of a white Lorry! Saw this on the side of the bin motor today, and thought it may well be the thoughts of the Michelin workers for an event every month!

Enduring Image!

Love this picture of Andy Irons (who's a loader on PD3 and big fitba fan!) waiting for a 240 Litre General Waste Wheelie Bin to empty and return to the ground to be replaced safely and emptied by the side of the road! This is at about 8AM this morning (15th April) on a back road near Stanley. Keep your eyes peeled for more posts about PD 3!

Vandalised Again! We Shall Resolve!

Yes indeed, some wee scamps of the night panned in another window, and cheers to Tom at the skip site for fixing it when I was on the motors! They had a wee poke about HQ but nothing major was disturbed (although the filing system was skee-whiff). Lucky I've got a sign above our indoor sign in HQ to remind us that all is well, and 'HERE'S FINE'.

Find Of The Fortnight Definite!

Sealed the deal. Cheers to Andy and Tom at the skip site for this little beauty! Arriving at the shed after 'the shift' to discover some warmth making devices was a cracking end to a cracking day! three canisters in total and all the shards of wood you could ever want to set alight around HQ. K-wality!

Titschmarsh Would Have A Field Day!

After a hefty shift on PD 3 today there was just enough time to get up to Headquarters and begin/finish work on the Garbologists vegetable garden! Its basically a box, some seriously reeking free compost from the skip site (courtesy of the equally reeking TEG Shed at Binn Farm, Glenfarg) and some seeds. The seeds are as follows, dont expect to see them sprouting anytime soon! Rocket, Spinach, Lettuce, General Mixed Salad.

Brings A Tear!

YouTube is brilliant! Whittle away all your hours with some shredding action, in this instance sadly, the honourable 240 litre wheelie bin! Nice rotation on the shredder though, a well oiled machine like that deserves to claim any item it encounters!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bsOwNCEHPQ

And So Should You!

This came free with the Viz a few months ago, as even the most high brow publications begin to wage war on 'Plakky Bags'! You can cut it out and use it to carry anything! Examples of things to carry are a packet of fags, a rolled up junior football round-up section of The Evening Telegraph, or some seeds to plant in Garbologist HQs new vegetable garden! (recommended!)

Even Bono has jumped on board to endorse this free product, and he HATES publicity!

Warmest Day Yet!

April 12th 2010: Officially the warmest day yet at Garbologist Headquarters! Its a rare sight to see shadows cast across the side of HQ, and as the weather keeps improving, we keep expanding our premises having recently acquired - through means of no monetary transactions - a racer bike, 3 big crates and a roll of bitumen roofing. Look out for our vegetable garden sprouting any time soon on the sunny side (east) of HQ. Fingers crossed in a months time there will be spinach, lettuce, chives, spring onions and various salad components ripe for the picking!