Guigsy Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 I always thaught Northamptonshire council was good in terms of not giving out loads of different bins to recycle stuff. We have a black bin which is collected once every 2 weeks (not enough) and a brown bin we never use. It's for gardening and food waste which we don't have any of. We hate gardening and eat all our food. Also a blue tub and a green tub for paper and plastic and glass. Today we got a new smaller brown bin. With ANOTHER ever smaller brown bin inside for food waste. Who throws away this much food? We buy enough to last the week so it doesn't go bad, and eat what we cook, Otherwise it's wasteful. I have a feeling the little brown bin will sit inside the medium brown bin inside the big brown bin. Anyone else have similar arrangements with multiple bins for the same stuff? Oh and additionally. We have a yellow bin from waste concern. I pay them a few quid a month and they collect it once a month. I can put anything in it and they recycle the lot. It covers the extra I can't get in the council bin and I don't have to do any sorting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attero Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 The island has just been given bins and instructions for recycling too. I used to do it when I had a place in Farnborough. We had one bin for recyclables and one bin for the rest. Now we have one bin for food, bin for recyclables and another bin for the rest plus a set of instructions on how to do it properly. We are required to wash out everything and put it in the bin. A lot of people are complaining in our area saying it's "too hard" and "it doesn't make sense!". Bunch of uneducated morons they are. BUT however, it is annoying but it needs to be done. We eat everything we buy. If we don't eat it, we freeze it and eat it even if it's 2 years out of date. It still tastes the same, and if it doesn't, mix it up with sauces to cover the awful taste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 East Northants is the same mate. We don't have the brown bin though as I wont pay 30quid a year for it, besides sine I paved my garden and covered it in car bits we don't get much garden waste. That bin inside a bin thing is a joke and we tried to use it for about a week and gave it up a as a bad job, besides which we have a dog who eats anything we dont. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TubbyTwo Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 We have a black bin, blue bin and brown bin along with said 2 mini brown bins. Brown bin is hardly used as like you we don't waste food. Quite amusingly they won't take our bins if they are deemed to be "too heavy" or not within instant reach.of the road and some peoples bins weren't taken due to snow and ice on the lids. Health and safety apparently..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robzki Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 We don't even get black bags any more, They are very relaxed at what I put out there though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurai 20V Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Similar thing here in Japan... We have 5 bins in the house. One for Burnables, non burnables, plastic & PET bottles, paper and glass bottles. These are picked up weekly on different days... each one has a different bag, all clear, so if you put the wrong thing in they wont take it. Then there are items like cardboard, magazines etc which they have specific days in the month that they pick. Each area has a specfic drop off point, occasionally there are people there screening your dirt. Large items eg old tv etc, you have to take to special drop off points and pay for disposal.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurai 20V Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 It makes for example changing parts on the car a mission, cos you end up with an old part which you have to ged rid off.. Space is a premium, the houses are very small, mine is 80 square metres and its considered a mansion... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsy Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 I can see a day when we are forced to do all the sorting at home. The recycling centres already have skips for pretty much everything from shoes to newspapers to clothes. Once we also have a corresponding wheelie bin for everything at home, its just a short step to say "well now its all sorted out, it will be much easier if you just take it to the tip yourself when the bins get full". And that will be the end of refuse collections. Its the one "big brother" conspiracy theory I actually believe will happen. All Councils want to recycle but the infrastructure costs must be huge. Much simpler to push it onto the tax payer little by little. Oh - and I absolutely refuse (no pun intended) to wash up rubbish. That's simply more "processing" costs being forced on to us. Water and sewerage are being tipped as the next utility costs set to soar, so if anyone thinks I am using a litre of water to rinse out a tin can they can think again. As an aside, I must be one of the most green people in the developed world as far as rubbish goes. It usually takes me a couple of months to fill up a wheelie bin. And, no, provided the lids are kept closed properly they don't smell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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