Green taxes -Plastic bags to be banned ??

Gingham_Ribbon

Actually, my wheelie bin is less than a third full every week. It is not recycling that solves problems, it is refusing to buy things that are heavily packaged or things I don't need.

I cook everything from scratch and buy organic food in paper bags that go in the composter or go back to farmaround to reuse. I get about 3 or 4 carrier bags at most per week and that is plenty for my use. I don't use bleach so wouldn't be happy with shoving waste in the bin without it being covered. I don't find water is adequate to get rid of mouldy or maggoty waste that has stuck to the bottom of a wheely bin that I can't reach the bottom of.

Charlton_King

Absolutely wonderful idea. Not before time.

Hereward

Gingham_Ribbon wrote: »

Actually, my wheelie bin is less than a third full every week. It is not recycling that solves problems, it is refusing to buy things that are heavily packaged or things I don't need.

I cook everything from scratch and buy organic food in paper bags that go in the composter or go back to farmaround to reuse. I get about 3 or 4 carrier bags at most per week and that is plenty for my use. I don't use bleach so wouldn't be happy with shoving waste in the bin without it being covered. I don't find water is adequate to get rid of mouldy or maggoty waste that has stuck to the bottom of a wheely bin that I can't reach the bottom of.

It's good to see you are taking steps to reduce your waste. In regards to getting mouldy/maggot infested stuff at the bottom of you bin, have you considered composting, or wrapping the offending items tightly with newspaper?

Bargain_Rzl

Hereward wrote: »

You don't need bin liners to put your rubbish in, unless your council does not use wheelie bins. The liners just save you having to wash your kitchen bin out with water, every once in a while. (If you are recycling properly, you will find that the amount of waste you send to landfill would reduce considerably).

Like many people, I live in a block of flats with a communal bin store which contains big metal bins. The bin store gets smelly enough without people putting their rubbish straight into the bins without sealed liners.

We don't have a proper recycling scheme either. Southwark Council offers decent recycling facilities for those who live in houses or maisonettes (basically anything with its own entrance) and a different scheme for those on council estates. Those of us in blocks of private flats with communal entrances have to make our own arrangements :rolleyes: and although I recycle glass, cans, plastic bottles and paper (by running it down to the recycling banks en route to the supermarket) I don't have any way of recycling vegetable waste

Markyt

Bargain_Rzl wrote: »

I don't have any way of recycling vegetable waste

Put it up for election, same as the major parties do.

peter999

Does ANYONE seriously think reducing use of Plastic Bags will save the planet ??

Hands UP !!

peter999

Lifeisbutadream

No it wont save the planet, but every little bit helps.

Something thta annoys me is junk faxes.

I have had 4 today already. Wastes my ink and wastes paper. And I would deliberatly not use anyone who faxes me!

Graham_Devon

Composting is an excuse to have a huge mound of stinking rubbish in yer garden!!

Tis why I like it, I just throw stuff out the kitchen window and say it's a wildlife sanctuary

Quasar

I re-use carrier bags to death. When I go out on my surveys and need to carry documents, I use carrier bags. For rubbish, storing things etc I use carrier bags. I cut some along the sides so I have a large rectangle, and use that to line the birdcage.

I also have several cloth bags so when I'm short of plastic bags I have no problem.




To peter999 - I don't think it's a question of "saving the planet", but of helping to reduce the massive headache of landfills. Each country has a limited amount of space for these, and tackling the problem before it's too big can only be a good idea. Plastic does not biodegrade, so it stays in the ground, unaltered, for centuries.

Ryan_1985

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