How full is your recycling bin?

Ben84

I don't actually use my recycle bin, because I'm not convinced domestic recycling is as beneficial as claimed. We usually get near the top of the landfill bin after two weeks (house of four adults).

I try to make things last and prefer not to spend money on disposable things, so we're managing ok with the new collections every other week.

zeupater

partist wrote: »

..... If, for example, that results in 25% fewer bins being put out each fortnight that's got to enable the Council to negotiate a reduced collection charge with their supplier when it comes to contract renewal time.

Alternatively, the rounds will be finished earlier and everyone will go home earlier and there'd be less overtime, so to avoid this everyone concerned would just take it easy on slack bin weeks .... whichever, the local authority wouldn't save money as most are on fixed price contracts anyway and the waste services contract manager probably wouldn't want to upset anyone by actually managing, as is the public sector way ......

Our wheelybin gets emptied fortnightly and there might be a couple of plastic shopping bags of waste at the most .... I just can't understand why so many people watch the TV chefs and feel good having been entertained, then immediately go and open heavily packaged ready-meals in order to keep their council tax and shopping bills high ..... 'I can't afford to be green & healthy' is actually translated as 'I'm too lazy and well off to care' in most cases :eek: :D ....

Z

partist

zeupater wrote: »

'I can't afford to be green & healthy' is actually translated as 'I'm too lazy and well off to care' in most cases

So true when it comes to healthy eating.

partist

zeupater wrote: »

Alternatively, the rounds will be finished earlier and everyone will go home earlier and there'd be less overtime, so to avoid this everyone concerned would just take it easy on slack bin weeks .... whichever, the local authority wouldn't save money as most are on fixed price contracts anyway and the waste services contract manager probably wouldn't want to upset anyone by actually managing, as is the public sector way ......


Z

Yes and no. Suppose after a year or so of people not putting out their recycling bins when they were less than half full it became common knowledge that only 75% of bins get put out each fortnight. When it comes to contract renewal time competitors would bid lower prices on that basis.

argamemnon

we asked for a 2nd Blue bin ( recycling) as ours is always full, now we fill 2 a fortnight..but compared with some councils we only have 3 different bins, Black - general household waste Green- garden waste ( no food) Blue- Recycling - Packets, tins, papers, etc

forgotmyname

We only get containers not wheely bins, How much do we recycle, None.

They have a holiday and cannot seem to sort out who is going to collect what on each week.

Paper etc one week and glass/tins the following week, Not difficult. After 8 weeks of putting both out
each week nobody collected either so we have up on that idea.

Then they have green waste collection, For some reason they were shocked at the sudden increase in the
quantity of green waste being collected after the decline over the winter period.
I bet they are shocked at the sudden decline between now and xmas.

Does make me wonder...