We're getting recycling bins

smiler34

I live in Calderdale West yorkshire and up until now we have had a normal bin, a bag for paper and a box for glass, just found out we are going to be sent a new box for food waste and one for plastic bottles and we can also put clothing out to recycle. We are also getting wheelie bins and household rubbish will only be collected every 2 weeks from April. All I can say is about bl*ody time, I have really struggled to recycle up to now as it means taking items to local tip and just havn't had time. Think this will definitley encourage people to recycle more otherwise a lot of people will have overflowing bins at the end of two weeks, just wanted to say well done to my loacal council for finally pulling its finger out and lets hope this is a sign of things to come xx :money:

kngavl

Aye, in my city we just recently got large 200 gallon rolling bins. One for our garbage and one for our recyclables. This has prompted me to get back into recycling as it's no longer a chore to get the items to a specialized bin in the city. But you also have to consider the cost the to your city/county. For us it was in the millions of dollars and considering that most of our city already recycled it's our honest opinion that it turned out to be a bad idea.

jackomdj

We have similar recycling here, rubbish every 2 weeks, recycling weekly for glass, tins, plastic, paper, card, aerosoles, foil, clothes...

What amazes me is how few houses actually put boxes out. We tend to put out at least 2 or 3 boxes every week but there are houses in our road that never have a box out & driving out of our estate there are so many houses with no box out - it makes me mad!

moonrakerz

jackomdj wrote: »

What amazes me is how few houses actually put boxes out. We tend to put out at least 2 or 3 boxes every week but there are houses in our road that never have a box out & driving out of our estate there are so many houses with no box out - it makes me mad!

Much of the recycling done by local authorities is now shown to be a sham.

Much of it goes to landfill in the third world, only this week there was a report of a TV (fitted with tracking device) left at a recycling centre ending up in a street market in Nigeria - still, I suppose you could say it WAS recycled.
http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/toxics/how-your-tv-could-end-nigeria-recycling-20090218
It really shows what a farce it has become when Greenpeace, of all people, are complaining about it as well !!

I don't see why NOT putting out a box makes you mad. I don't put my box out either - I shall explain........

I am forced to play the "recycling game", my "dustbin" is now emptied fortnightly so I cannot get everything in it if I don't sort out the recycling.
My local authority only collects glass, tins & paper. The really bulky stuff - they don't collect - plastic, cardboard, timber, clothing.
So I have to take this to the (grandiosely named) recycling centre myself - in my car ! along with thousands of other residents with the same problem. Is your journey really necessary ??
As I have to drive there, I collect ALL my recycling and take it ALL there in one go - apparently for me to pay for someone store it somewhere as nobody wants to actually recycle it any more !!

It's a mad, mad world..................

Fire_Fox

"On average, how much of the stuff we buy, do you think, is in landfill within six months? This is a great one for dinner parties or down at your local – you might even slip it into the pub quiz. The reason it’s so good is because NOBODY gets the answer right. Not even the geekiest, anorakiest, trainspottingest, lifetime Greenpeace supporter gets it. Why? Because it is so ridiculous. No, it’s not ridiculous, it’s way beyond that. It is utterly, toe-curlingly, cringingly horrifying. The answer is: ninety-nine per cent."

http://www.ooffoo.com/

That, to me, is why it is worth investing millions of dollars in large wheelie bins.

margaretclare

Congratulations to Calderdale for getting there at last!

I live in a small 'unitary' authority and up to last year, the excuse was 'we're too small, we can't afford the outlay'. Anyway, last year they decided to do it.

We now have 3 wheelie bins. One for recyclable items - glass, tins, paper, plastic, emptied fortnightly. Another for garden waste plus food waste, this is emptied weekly and there has been a lot of debate locally - why put food waste into a bin to be collected, why waste it in the first place, can't you dig your peelings and eggshells into the garden....The third wheelie bin is for non-recyclables, and these include disposable nappies, envelopes (the glue b*ggers up the paper shredder), bubble-wrap, light-bulbs and broken glass.

I was nagging the council for years about this, my argument being that unless you make it easy for people i.e. with kerbside collections, they just won't do it. Especially as a lot of people are retired, haven't got cars etc and some are just too darned lazy. Even now, it seems to be too hard for some people to stop and think which bin to put into.

mike_the_bike_2

margaretclare wrote: »

Congratulations to Calderdale for getting there at last!

I live in a small 'unitary' authority and up to last year, the excuse was 'we're too small, we can't afford the outlay'. Anyway, last year they decided to do it.

We now have 3 wheelie bins. One for recyclable items - glass, tins, paper, plastic, emptied fortnightly. Another for garden waste plus food waste, this is emptied weekly and there has been a lot of debate locally - why put food waste into a bin to be collected, why waste it in the first place, can't you dig your peelings and eggshells into the garden....The third wheelie bin is for non-recyclables, and these include disposable nappies, envelopes (the glue b*ggers up the paper shredder), bubble-wrap, light-bulbs and broken glass.

I was nagging the council for years about this, my argument being that unless you make it easy for people i.e. with kerbside collections, they just won't do it. Especially as a lot of people are retired, haven't got cars etc and some are just too darned lazy. Even now, it seems to be too hard for some people to stop and think which bin to put into.

So your local council has turned your residential roads eg those with terraced houses into places that resemble third world slums too eh? Don't get me wrong i'm into recycling and all those wheelie bins are fine for those that have the space etc, its just such a shame that the councils don't seem to care one bit for those folk who try to maintain the standards and have pride in the places they live.

nuttywoman

We`re getting them in my part of Lancashire in april. I live in a terraced house so instead of carrying all recycling stuff through my house on collection day, i can do what i do with my wheelie bin - drag it through 3 gardens and up an entry!
It will be slightly better though !

Fire_Fox

mike_the_bike wrote: »

So your local council has turned your residential roads eg those with terraced houses into places that resemble third world slums too eh? Don't get me wrong i'm into recycling and all those wheelie bins are fine for those that have the space etc, its just such a shame that the councils don't seem to care one bit for those folk who try to maintain the standards and have pride in the places they live.

Have you ever visited a third world slum?