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Help with son's survey please
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busiscoming2 wrote: »Hi My son is doing about ls doing sbout Landfill at school. Could you MSEers answer few questions about rubbish please.
1. How many adults inyour house?
2. How many children?
3. How many black sacks per week do you put out for the dustman?
4. How many bags of recycling do you put out per week? (not garden waste).
Many thanks and I apologise if this is in the wrong section.
1 - 2
2- 2
3 - 2
4 - 2 black bags, I dont use my recycle box there is just too much so we have a weekly trip to recycling centre
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1. How many adults inyour house? 3
2. How many children? 0
3. How many black sacks per week do you put out for the dustman? About 4 (one wheelie bin)
4. How many bags of recycling do you put out per week? (not garden waste). About 5/6 depending on week, and a glass bin, recycling is cardboard, plastic bottles and lids, thin plastic packaging and the norm~*Cerenia*~
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1. How many adults inyour house? 2
2. How many children? 0
3. How many black sacks per week do you put out for the dustman? 1-2
4. How many bags of recycling do you put out per week? (not garden waste). 1-20 -
1. 2 adults
2. 2 children
3. 1 wheelie bin of rubbish every other week
4. 1 wheelie bin of recycling every other week0 -
2 adults
1 child
1/2 bag of rubbish
2-3 bags of recycling (glass taken separately)There are times when parenthood seems nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you Peter De VriesDebt free by 40 (27/11/2016)0 -
busiscoming2 wrote: »Hi My son is doing about ls doing sbout Landfill at school. Could you MSEers answer few questions about rubbish please.
1. How many adults inyour house?
2. How many children?
3. How many black sacks per week do you put out for the dustman?
4. How many bags of recycling do you put out per week? (not garden waste).
Many thanks and I apologise if this is in the wrong section.
1) 2
2) 0
3) 1/2 (half a black bag a week)
4) we have a wheelie bin for recycling - this gets half filled over 2 weeks. All food waste/garden waste gets composted. Most Glass jars get kept for pickle/jam making.
Hope this helpsSealed Pot Challenge Member Number #19060 -
HI
1. 2
2. 2
3. 2
4. We have four recycle boxes full. We have usually two full of plastic, one full of bottles and cans, one full of cardboard.
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1. 1 Just me
2. None
3. 4-6
4. None0 -
1. 2 adults
2. no children
3. 1 black bag of rubbish a week (and it's rarely full!)
4. one big bag (equivalant of half a black bag) of paper and a box of metal and glass out for the recyling men once a fortnight
a box of carboard and a box of plastics goes to the supermarket recyling bins once a fortnight
and a small amount of council approved compostable waste (about half a carrier full I would imagine) goes into the green bin with the garden waste once a fortnightComping, freebieing and trying to pay the mortgage off early!0 -
1. How many adults inyour house?
2
2. How many children?
3
3. How many black sacks per week do you put out for the dustman?
A full wheelie bin once a fortnight - estimate 2 sacks a week
4. How many bags of recycling do you put out per week? (not garden waste).
A full wheelie bin - estimate 2 sacks a fortnight.
We also recycle garden waste (2 bags+ per week) as well as visiting the recycle centre with our glass, textiles and cartons.0
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