recycling contamination -good or bad Result ?

[waterhog]

recycling contamination -good or bad Result ? 02.06.14

not only are we working for free
simmering is more rage
i wounder will folk opt out voluntarily
because they can't afford one more wage.
all these do-gooders in 2 shoes
how did anyone give birth
waking to one would be the blues
how disgusting is a jobs worth.
into your property
they will prowl and hunt
this is not just for novelty
the "council" return in "fines" won't be blunt.
people are dumping
the recycling bins are abused
i suppose the community is fed up of unfair romping
there message is not at all confused.
this plan is going to backfire
it will lead to more recycling contamination
ultimately central government are lighting the fire
its all about a free pound note creation.

( not only have the government got us sorting through our rubbish and separating it for them for the "earth" they are now going to fine us with a new team that check and enforce the right rubbish is in the correct bins. ( is this a unnecessary wage when so many people are out of work ? ) is recycling contamination a message being sent from the everyday folk or just a few bad apples spoiling the fact we can save the earth ? love it if a few reply's could rhyme. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2007/may/24/greenpolitics.localgovernment )

[Kizzy]

It's impossible to enforce isn't it?
You put your rubbish out and once on the street you're no longer able to police what goes in your bin, and I thought it all went in the bin wagon together anyway? :crazy:

[arista]

HOG

what about that BBC London story
and rotten food is turned into Gas


That is the Future.

[Kizzy]

Bio fuel would be great, bringing back the milkman so nobody has to buy endless plastic cartons, reducing the needless excessive packaging on everything we buy... Target the root of the problem, don't penalise people for not knowing what to do with the shiz they didn't want or ask for with their product.

[arista]

Bio fuel would be great, bringing back the milkman so nobody has to buy endless plastic cartons, reducing the needless excessive packaging on everything we buy... Target the root of the problem, don't penalise people for not knowing what to do with the shiz they didn't want or ask for with their product.


No there is a Milk price War
88p for 4 pints etc.


Every Plastic Cartoon can be made of re used
card.

The Big Changes is getting rotten food into Gas for homes
thats Positive

[Kizzy]

No there is a Milk price War
88p for 4 pints etc.


Every Plastic Cartoon can be made of re used
card.

The Big Changes is getting rotten food into Gas for homes
thats Positive

Glass is recyclable.... Milk used to come in tetra-paks but even though made of paper and plastic they are not to be recycled (here anyway)

[Vicky.]

I find it quite ridiculous that we are expected to sort through our rubbish now to be quite honest. It wouldnt be so bad if it was just separating boxes from tins or something, but they expect you to take the labels off cans, and wash out the cans and everything. I got a leaflet the other day about this..you are no longer allowed to put your recycling rubbish into bags either. The bin men left mine a few weeks back because of this, despite it being a new rule and noone in the street had been told about it...I had to store a whole binload of rubbish in my shed..but our bins are always full by emptying day so I had a choice when it came to the next recycling one..I chose to stuff my normal rubbish in and threw boxes on the top so the binmen wouldnt see. It worked. I don;t feel guilty as I dont think I should be charged like £2 per bag for it to be taken away (and I dont have a car to do it myself) when it wasn't even my fault in the first place.

tl;dr Recycling should be a choice.

[Marsh.]

We don't have to take the labels off our cans.

We just separate glass bottles/plastic bottles, paper, tins, card and then everything is general waste.

They don't even check everything is in the right bag or box, it just gets emptied into the correct compartment on the truck.

Have you not been given specific containers for your recycling, they expect you to just have 5 bins in your kitchen? :laugh:

[Kizzy]

I do recycle as a rule but I don't agree with penalising people who are trying to do it when there are 1000s who don't *glares at vicky* ;)

[Vicky.]

We don't have to take the labels off our cans.

We just separate glass bottles/plastic bottles, paper, tins, card and then everything is general waste.

They don't even check everything is in the right bag or box, it just gets emptied into the correct compartment on the truck.

Have you not been given specific containers for your recycling, they expect you to just have 5 bins in your kitchen? :laugh:

No..we can put it all together, but we got a massive leaflet on what we had to do...labels took off, plastic covers taken off food trays, tins washed out, milk cartons rinsed, no bin bags etc etc. Seems quite ridiculously OTT to me. If it was just a case of having 2 bins and putting different things in them then I wouldn't have a problem at all.

[Vicky.]

I do recycle as a rule but I don't agree with penalising people who are trying to do it when there are 1000s who don't *glares at vicky* ;)

Haha. I usually do it( begrudgingly now though, with this big leaflet...), but if they are going to leave me with a full bin because of a rule change that we werent told about then they can **** themselves. I'm not paying for it to be taken away separately when it wasn't my fault :hmph:

[Marsh.]

Oh we have to rinse tins out but we're not told to faff around scratching labels off.

They can get ****ed if they think I'm spending 2 hours a day scratching labels off my soup tins. :fist:

[Kizzy]

Ah right I bet all councils follow suit then so will expect a letter. Currently we only have 2 bins for household waste green and black collected alternately.

[Marsh.]

We have a green bin, brown bin, black box, pink bag and blue bag. :umm2:

And the bastards just leave them to slide down the street when they've emptied them. :fist:

[Kizzy]

We have a brown garden bin, is blue glass? I'm really surprised we don't have them in Leeds, we're really behind other cities for that, what's the pink one for?

[Marsh.]

Brown - General
Green - Garden waste
Blue bag - Paper
Pink bag - Plastic cartons/bottles
Black box - Glass bottles and card

:laugh:

[Kizzy]

Card goes in with glass and not paper? there's odd :/
Our black is general and green for all recycling, paper, tins, some plastics, and cardboard, except glass.

[Vicky.]

Brown - General
Green - Garden waste
Blue bag - Paper
Pink bag - Plastic cartons/bottles
Black box - Glass bottles and card

:laugh:
Thats ridiculous :o

[Marsh.]

Card goes in with glass and not paper? there's odd :/
Our black is general and green for all recycling, paper, tins, some plastics, and cardboard, except glass.

True. I've never actually thought about that. But the blue bag's tiny and wouldn't fit larger bits of card.
But then it's all separated in the van anyway.

Thats ridiculous :o

Why? :laugh:

[Kizzy]

They were debating whether to give a cash incentive to recycle, but they decided to do down the fines route.... am I surprised? no... :idc:

[Marsh.]

So you get fined for putting un-recyclable materials in the recycling?

[Kizzy]

Actually looking at the info in the link in the OP again it could be both...
'Is the UK planning to introduce a pay-as-you-throw scheme to encourage recycling?

"Pay-as-you-throw" (or "earn-as-you-recycle") schemes have been shunned by councils, but they may one day find political and public favour. In such a system, you could potentially receive a rebate on your council tax bill for recycling more - or a fine if you don't recycle enough.'

[Marsh.]

How will that work? :suspect: The bin men will have registers?

[Kizzy]

I don't know, if they do find a way to create fuel from household waste we could even find companies paying us for our waste, who knows?.. :laugh:

[Marsh.]

Everyone's started getting solar panels in my area too. I'm scared.

[Kizzy]

Everyone's started getting solar panels in my area too. I'm scared.

That's great! I'd love those but mine is a council property :(

[Marsh.]

That's who's having them done, the council are fitting them.

[Kizzy]

That's who's having them done, the council are fitting them.

Really! :D I shall be making some calls tomorrow :joker:

[Marsh.]

:laugh:

[Toy Soldier]

Having to wash things and separate them out so much is actually a sign that the recycling facility they're going to is outdated and needs an upgrade. We just have a green general waste, and blue for All recycling (plastic, cans, paper and card) and they dont have to be rinsed. I think there's also a separate blue box for glass, but we very Rarely have any glass waste, I suspect mainly because we dont drink alcohol at home.

Theres also a grey food waste bin although I'll admit I'm not the best at using it. I tend to put things like vegetables peel / other cooking waste in, and any fruit and veg thats started to go off, but not general left over food waste. We only keep one general waste and one recycling bin in the kitchen and Im not going outside every time I have some left over crusts on a plate! And I refuse to have the small counter top grey bin in my kitchen, because last summer it attracted ants :(