dont want to use food caddy

pathtofreedom

This thread has me baffled, where I live currently you have a recycling bin, which is actually quite limited to what you can put in there, and a rubbish bin and they collect a different one each week.

I've just looked on the council site where I'm hoping to move too and there are 2 wheely bins and 3 boxes and some different bags so that will take a lot of getting used to.

I saw though that some councils might be changing it to bins every three weeks. I could understand if the recycleble stuff might be every 3 weeks, but not the stuff that would smell. How are people with kids / nappies or whatever meant to cope with that. http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/local/black-bins-could-be-picked-up-once-every-three-weeks-under-proposals-put-forward-by-daventry-district-council-1-7198649

G_M

pathtofreedom wrote: »

.............. How are people with kids / nappies or whatever meant to cope with that.

http://www.thenappylady.co.uk/reusable-nappies.html

dc197

Get a compost heap.

clint_S

It got me when we moved from a three bin, biweekly, with garden waste (green), most recycled thing (Blue), and everything else (black). The new authority have 6 bins! Two different Food bins, garden waste (green), certain recycle things in a grey, other recycle thing in a green box, and general waste in a black bin. Although you have to split them up more they will recycle everything from wrapping paper to clothes.


I believe the government should standardise this and just let the local authority put it to tender.

Out,_Vile_Jelly

My council provides free, fox-proof food recycling bins and corn starch bags. My neighbours refuse to use them (or the mixed dry recycling that's collected weekly) and every bin day the foxes have a wonderful time ripping them up to get at the free buffet inside, with the resultant debris scattered all over everyone's gardens.

It's just laziness and I hope they're fined one day.

G_M

Out,_Vile_Jelly wrote: »

My council provides free, fox-proof food recycling bins and corn starch bags. My neighbours refuse to use them (or the mixed dry recycling that's collected weekly) and every bin day the foxes have a wonderful time ripping them up to get at the free buffet inside, with the resultant debris scattered all over everyone's gardens.

It's just laziness and I hope they're fined one day.

Rathr than 'hope', why not do something? Council's Environmental services will have a phone number and/or web page for feedback/complaints etc

posted by clint_s:I believe the government should standardise this[STRIKE] and just let the local authority put it to tender. [/STRIKE]

Davesnave

G_M wrote: »

Rathr than 'hope', why not do something? Council's Environmental services will have a phone number and/or web page for feedback/complaints etc

See my post on the other thread about bins.

I reported fly tipping, which is a single man dumping his unsorted, unrecycled rubbish outside our gate at any old time and leaving it to the foxes & badgers.

The reply was that I'll be contacted within 10 working days. Day 10 today and not a lot is happening, unless you count the various bits & bobs becoming airborne in the Force 9 we're having......

Usually I just clear stuff like this, but I had an ID for this lot. The guys HMRC papers + more. So frustrating.

Niv

Landfill tax is ~£80 per tonne. If you put your recyclables in landfill it is costing a lot of money, money that could be spent improving your local area

pimento

marksoton wrote: »

I'd like to think most sane people wouldn't give a t055 what happens to a strangers food waste....

Especially as I reckon the whole lot ends up in a container ship to China where it goes into landfill.

Starrystarrynight1

bouicca21 wrote: »

I don't use the council supplied caddy. I bought a 'pretty' one with a carbon filter in the top. No smells ...

Please can you post a link to the product, bouicca21? Ta.