Alternate bin collections star soon.

[Mattylad]

Well, I finally got a blue tub & my letter telling me when the alternate weeks will be.
Also changing my collection day?

I'll be needing a new Blue bin for a start, how do they expect me to be able to recycle a full wheelie bin's worth of waste into a single littler Blue tub?
And then how am I expected to carry this full & heavy box?

The whole thing is pathetic, it will consume more energy than the recycling will save.

And..

Where the heck am I supposed to keep the white sack of paper?
I have nowhere inside & outside it will just get soaked.
This should have been in a Blue tub (on wheels).

Cardboard: Why are they still NOT recycling this? it is one of the most used recyclable materials in my shopping bag?

The fortnightly collections rota/list only goes up to November.
Anyone want to take a bet with me that there will NOT be a replacement available in December (just like the last one).

[Mattylad]

Hmm, seemd to be no problems to order a brown bin, white bag & more blue boxes.

I just need to find storage space for them all now :(

[snowy]

Over here in th great white north,we have had a recycling programme for a few years. We have two boxes,one for paper and the other one for empty tins,plastic bottles etc. Cardboard is packed together and tied in a bundle.They collect them every week the same day as the garbage which we put into big plastic bags(limit of two per week). You will find it easier if you have a lot of cans by stamping on them to flatten them.You can get a lot more in the bin.

:)

[Mattylad]

And with pop bottles, put them between your legs & fold them over to flatten.

Oh if only, collections every week.. :D

I'm going to give it a couple of weeks before I order another Purple wheelie bin.

I have a great enthusiasm for recycling everything, problem is that it is neither shared by the rest of my household or my council :(

[ollie]

and don't forget Matty, all lids to be taken off plastic bottles and all food and drink cans to be washed and crushed. Going to be to busy to go to work!

[PCwiz]

Im all for it recycling but think the collections should be every week (for both)

[grannyclaret]

jasey,s mum washes all her cans out ,i am glad we dont have to over here ,everything gets put in black sacks ,except for paper,,they wont let you put cardboard in ,though i dont know why .....

[Mattylad]

I rang & asked about Cardboard (which incidentally is what makes up about 80% of our waste packaging) and was told that they are looking into doing it, but not for a while yet.

As for washing out tins etc, there is no need to, all the waste gets burnt off when oit goes through the system.

Taking lids off pop bottles is only them not wanting to do it, if I take the lid off after squashing it, the bottle wants to expand again & not stay as flat. no ta.

[janet]

I wash all my cans out too, only cause i keep my blue box in the shed and don't want creepy crawlies all over them.

[Mattylad]

Over a fortnight I could easily fill a wheelie bin with just cardboard & plastic packaging.

I wash glass stuff out, but I wonder if I shuld even be trying to recycle my black Marmite jars, its AFAIK non recyclable.

We had those blue boxes in Rosegrove last year when we moved here,they never got emptied,plus most of them went missing.The local kids put them in the canal.We had our bins emptied Thursday but awaiting the bags for paper.Thats this week.Ok it has made a difference in what i put in my bin,but i've got carrier bags all over with waste paper in them,a black bin liner full of husbands empty wine/lager cans.

[wayneyboy1942]

If they are going to do this sort of thing they should have extra bins placed around the area so people can get rid of rubbish without all this hassel,it would cut down on fly tipping that's bound to start!

[Mattylad]

I rang up & asked for an extra large bin.

Having 5 in the house, even when we do recycle everytihng that the council will accept, we still fill a std bin.

I was refused.

Apparently you need to have 6 in the household to be able to have a bigger one.

Well, we will see about that!

[ollie]

Go get 'em Matty:whack:

Originally Posted by Mattylad

I rang up & asked for an extra large bin.

Having 5 in the house, even when we do recycle everytihng that the council will accept, we still fill a std bin.

I was refused.

Apparently you need to have 6 in the household to be able to have a bigger one.

Well, we will see about that!

[jaseyboy]

i no , its not on!!!! we fill ours up, and recycle all that theyll take, plus more