[Ammi]

…let’s talk National rubbish…?…

Under new plans, people will be able to put plastic, metal, glass, paper and card in one bin. Councils will also be able to co-collect food and garden waste.

Households in England will in the future be able to put recyclables - plastic, metal, glass, paper and card - in one bin, the government has said.

Councils will also be able to co-collect food and garden waste under the new plans announced by the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) today.

DEFRA said the same materials will be collected from homes, workplaces and schools across the country, to end the confusion caused by councils operating different systems.

It said the measures will mean people no longer have to check which materials their specific council will accept for recycling.

The move will also reduce complexity for waste collectors and boost recycling rates, it added.

The plans will apply to all homes in England, including flats.

In addition, DEFRA said it is supporting councils to increase collections to prevent bins from overflowing.

A minimum backstop will be introduced - so councils are expected to collect black bin waste at least fortnightly, alongside weekly food waste collections.

Recycling Minister Robbie Moore said: "We all want to do our bit to increase recycling and reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill - but a patchwork of different bin collections across England means it can be hard to know what your council will accept.


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"Our plans for Simpler Recycling will end that confusion: ensuring that the same set of materials will be collected regardless of where you live."

Paul Vanston, chief executive of the Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment (INCPEN), said: "Householders can take this government announcement as a pledge that, wherever we live across the nation, our local councils will all speedily implement recycling collections of the full range of materials that will match on-pack recycling labels citizens rely on for guidance."

Similar measures will apply to businesses, hospitals, schools and universities, places of worship, charity shops, hostels and public meeting places.

The government has not yet provided a timetable for when the scheme will be introduced. Sky News has contacted DEFRA to ask if a timetable has been set.

https://news.sky.com/story/recyclabl...gland-13131991

[Oliver_W]

Easier for households, but what will it mean for recycling plants?

The cynic in me thinks this means a lot of it will just be dumped.

[arista]

Ammi
No Date given for this starting.

Without a Start Date

it is just an idea

[Crimson Dynamo]

I now pay £50 per year to get my garden waste bin collected

[bots]

i've been putting all my stuff in the one bin for years with no issues

[hijaxers]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

i've been putting all my stuff in the one bin for years with no issues

I've got a green, black boxes
Brown food waste
Blue bag - cardboard
Wheelie bin

[Crimson Dynamo]

What is food waste?

like you dont eat your tea and put it in a bin?

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

I now pay £50 per year to get my garden waste bin collected

Same here, ridiculous innit.

A local "Green" councillor had the nerve to say on Facebook "the money has to come from somewhere" - this was not long after the council voted themselves a pay rise!

He blocked me for saying he had a Tory attitude

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

What is food waste?

like you dont eat your tea and put it in a bin?

yeah we have one and its great, any veg peelings, egg shells, tea bags and when you scrape you dinner plate...amazing how much it reduces what goes into general waste

we put everything into one bin to recycle now

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Cherie

yeah we have one and its great, any veg peelings, egg shells, tea bags and when you scrape you dinner plate...amazing how much it reduces what goes into general waste

we put everything into one bin to recycle now

that would go in my compost bin

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Easier for households, but what will it mean for recycling plants?

The cynic in me thinks this means a lot of it will just be dumped.

There was a scandal a few years ago where footage was shown of a recycling company accepting wagons with plastic and food and paper but then just shoving it all together in massive holes and burying it all


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[hijaxers]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

What is food waste?

like you dont eat your tea and put it in a bin?

When i was very little i remember we had metal 'pig bins' for peelings etc...

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Same here, ridiculous innit.

A local "Green" councillor had the nerve to say on Facebook "the money has to come from somewhere" - this was not long after the council voted themselves a pay rise!

He blocked me for saying he had a Tory attitude

So he is a baby that can't handle a difference of opinion?

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

that would go in my compost bin

My mum had a compost bin and I went to put some teabags in it and there was a rat it in...will not have a compost bin now, I was traumatised for months

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Cherie

My mum had a compost bin and I went to put some teabags in it and there was a rat it in...will not have a compost bin now, I was traumatised for months

Yes .. who on earth thought up the idea of keeping rotting food in with garden waste is a good idea … and then collect them every THREE weeks aa they do with ours !!


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[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Cherie

My mum had a compost bin and I went to put some teabags in it and there was a rat it in...will not have a compost bin now, I was traumatised for months

Poor lad was just having his tea

[user104658]

The bin schedule here is so complicated you need to take a course just to know when to put each bin out. Or play the "copying game". Sometimes I like to put the blue bin out for half an hour on a non-blue bin night and then see if any neighbours have been prompted to put their bin out incorrectly .

We make our own entertainment...

[user104658]

I did buy a "triple bin" for the kitchen though, and it's been a game-changer in terms of household waste management.

[Livia]

We have green bins for all recyclable materials and black bins for everything else. They're emptied alternate weeks. Not at all confusing.We burn our garden waste.

[Crimson Dynamo]

I have 4 bins and they get emptied once a month!

[arista]

Originally Posted by Cherie

My mum had a compost bin and I went to put some teabags in it and there was a rat it in...will not have a compost bin now, I was traumatised for months

Yes Rats are increasing


Councils did put Poison boxes down
years ago.


Now you have to buy it yourself