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recycle?

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beast5680:
we sometimes have an inspector ride with the bin men checking the bins and issueing warnings if you put the wrong stuff in.
cardboard goes in the green waste bin but when it gets to the compost site they sort it out of the green waste and put it in another bin, the guys there say it drives them mad but its what the council wants, part of the problem is when the cardboard etc gets shredded up by the greenwaste shredders it then blows off around the countryside and they get fined for causing a mess :roll:
was quite amusing at xmas, everyone carefully seperated their waste into the various bins then the council landfilled the lot as they ran out of room to put the recyclable stuff in

gnasha:
well we never clean out our tins bottles etc the council refused to take it once the wife then emailed the council saying if they want it washed then they can pay towords our water and if they want to keep making money from our waste they will take it or it will just go in the normal bin as we dont get any of the money they make just junk mail saying how so much reclycling can pay for lights to stay on in ya home ect only way that would happen is if we save it all and weigh it in ourselfs once a year since then they have taken it every time

V8MoneyPit:
Presumably, as it becomes more and more automated at the depots (will this ever happen?) the requirement for households to do the sorting will reduce. That'e really part of my argument for simplifying the system. I am 100% convinced that more people would recycle if it was easier to do.

propes:
In Birmingham we have green boxes for metal,glass and plastics and blue ones for paper and cardboard. I used to make a point of cleaning cans and plastic pots before putting them out....now here comes the rub.......... Birmingham council have run out of money for thr recycle system now that the price of paper,plastics and glass has fell due to the recession,i have a friend who works in the council owned privately run (french!!) tip in Perry Barr and he's told me that all the recycle goes straight into landfill! So i for one can't be bothered to waste my time with it anymore.

MudLifeCrisis:
My glass and plastic box hasn't been emptied for the last three collections (6 weeks) so this morning it all went in the 'rubbish' bin.

Job done

Brian

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