How do you all organise your recycling?

*niptuckfan*

Hi All, I wondered how you all organise your recycling cause I just seem to have it everywhere!!! At the moment I have a green box which is collected weekly by the council, they take newspaper glass, tins and plastic pop bottles, but i normally have more than can fit in the box! I also take everthing else that can be recycled to the skip normally weekly. I have a cupboard which i would like to use for storing recycling till its emptied so everyone knows where to put it but looking for ideas, I have a can crusher which i will attach to the wall but if anyone has any other tips or ideas

jovichick123

lol can't be much help am afraid - all ours goes into the space behind the bin and then gets taken out when it's started to take over the kitchen!! Will be watching this thread though, could do with some ideas for storage!

Bogof_Babe

We have two Bags for Life hanging on hooks in the walk-in understairs cupboard, and everything goes in there. OH has to walk past a supermarket which has recycling skips almost every day, so every couple of days he takes the bags and empties them.

We do get purple and clear bags left by the refuse collectors, which are picked up fortnightly (luckily we still have weekly household waste collections, so the cans, glass, paper etc. bags are collected on alternate weeks. We found this a bit confusing, also didn't want the neighbours seeing how many cider cans we put out, lol , so it's easier to do our own thing.

THIRZAH

We have a green bin for garden waste and card which lives outside.In the garage we have a green box for cans and glass and a blue bag for paper. All those are collected by the council once a fortnight.

Then we have a big bag for life for plastic bottles as they can be taken to the recycling bins behind the village shop and a smaller bag for life for tetrapacks as they have to be taken into town to the recycling place there.

If I've got clothes for the charity shop they stay in a bag on the landing until I remember to take them down. We are supposed to have a clothes collection for the Salvation Army along with our green box etc collection but they've stopped leaving the bags for that lately.

Next year we are supposed to be getting a kitchen waste collection too so will have to find somewhere to keep that- I think it's supposed to go in the green bin but don't want to have to be popping out to it with every apple core on cold dark nights.

floyd

We are very lucky that our council gives us wheelie bins for our recycling so we have one for glass, paper/card, tins, plastic and another for garden waste so ours just goes straight in the bin outside after it has been rinsed.

Boatie_Bird

Bogof_Babe wrote: »

also didn't want the neighbours seeing how many cider cans we put out, lol , so it's easier to do our own thing.

LOL! This struck a chord with me.
We have a pink recycling bag which takes paper, card, tins, plastics (some) and foil. We keep this on the front deck and take it to my mums or my ILs when it's full. They both get a weekly recycling collection.

If it's got lots of beer cans in it then my DH doesn't like to take it to his parents so it goes to my mum (who won't look down her nose!).

We do a glass run once a week or so and take it to some bins in the village.

Gingham_Ribbon

You should get more answers on the green and ethical board so i've moved it over for you.

*niptuckfan*

thanks all I think i will invest in some bags, I know what you mean about the tins some weekens there are far too many tennents cans on show in my box! the refuse collectors definately know who has the parties at the weekends lol!

C_Ronaldo

We have a box for cans, jars, plastic milk bottles and newspapers(to make room i flatten the cans)
4 garden waste bags(soon to be replaced by a green bin) for garden waste
plastic drinks bottles take to one of the recycling banks
cardboard taken to the recycling banks
plastic carrier bags taken to one of 2 supermarkets when we shop there

Dave2112

I have a council collected box for paper, cans & bottles which lives on top of the freezer in the understairs cupboard. This is collected fortnightly.

Garden waste in a wheely bin which is collected every now and again - don't do much gardening so just look outside and if other wheely bins are out mine joins them !!!

Then there's a large old clothes basket in which all the plastic/tetrapack goes and a black bin liner which has all the cardboard - these live on top of the dining room table (must find a better place for them) Both these are taken to the tip when full as they have lots of recycling stuff there - it's just round the corner so I walk.

Food waste will go in the kitchen caddy and then on to the composter when that arrives in a few weeks.

Usually generate about one plastic carrier bag of rubbish a week but the council will only take it if it's in a large black bin liner rather than a surplus bio-degradable Co-op plastic bag !!!

jackieb

We just have a box for our plastic, cans, and glass. I keep it in the kitchen. I don't want to keep it outdoors incase it blows away. It doesn't smell because I wash everything thoroughly. I'm amazed at the amount of people who put stuff out and it's not washed, or still has the labels on it! We have a sack for the paper and card. I leave any empty cereal packets out on the kitchen worktop and fill that up with the paper for recycling. It keeps it altogether when I put it in the sack once the cereal box is full.

The recycling box and sack does take up quite a bit of room and we don't have anywhere to store it. If I have too much for the box (which I usually do) I take it down in the car to the recycling bins at one of the supermarkets, when i'm going there anyway.

What annoys me is i'm the only neighbour within 5 houses that puts out any recycling. Dh says they should be charged if they're not recycling.