Recycling

[gloryhornetgirl]

If you've got a garden, can't you just throw it on a compost heap with grass cuttings, newspapers etc? Then you wouldn't have to deal with it, just throw it out and leave it to do its own thing.

I only have a patio, so it's not worth composting. Besides, they would still expect me to put old mouldy bits of meat in the recycling bin, as you can't compost those, can you?

 

[moose]

Our council doesn't offer kerbside recycling, but I drive paper, aluminium and glass to the recycling centre at the tip - probably counter-productive, but it makes me feel slightly better. I'd like to compost but don't have any need for the end product, but we throw away very little food waste anyway.

 

[Riff]

We have recycling points at work (although some people STILL chuck everything in one bin - grrr!).

We are also supposed to have a kerbside collection every fortnight, but they keep changing the fucking day without actually telling anyone. Everyone left their boxes out last Tuesday, but they had actually been around on Saturday. That's twice in the last month they've done that. So much for the collection date leaflet (which was wrong anyway) that they dropped through everyone's door.

/and breaaaathe!

 

[davesgcr]

A damned good idea is Camdens which has street bins for cans / bottles etc as well as ordinary rubbish bins,

The five of use here produce less than a bag a week - but i wish others would be as diligent.

 

[Miscellaneous]

we have 3 bins: a large green bin for cardboard/grass etc, a smaller green bin for tins and jars, and a black bin.

Would like to have a compost heap, but we dont have room for it, and its not safe enough with the eldest kid about, and the dog.

 

[pembrokestephen]

I recycle most things, but I can't get to grips with the food recycling. I can't be doing with having to sort out mouldy rotting food every week - it's not very hygienic and it makes me heave.

Don't do it every week, then! I aim - but often fail - to empty the compost bin every 2 days. I'll admit that I'm better at it now, when it's not constantly pissing with rain.

 

[pembrokestephen]

If Local authorities want to recycle then why shouldn't they sort the stuff themselves?

Cost, I expect. Even recycling - under the current regime - has to be made to pay, and the playing field is still tilted well away from it.

 

[pembrokestephen]

I only have a patio, so it's not worth composting. Besides, they would still expect me to put old mouldy bits of meat in the recycling bin, as you can't compost those, can you?

Best not to. Are you saying that your council operates a food recycling operation??? I think I'd be inclined to bin food I wasn't composting in the ordinary rubbish

 

[trashpony]

I recycle paper, cardboard, glass and metal - they collect once a week (Camden). They used to have a plastic bag bin up the road but that seems to have gone. So I'm gradually using up those I've got with cat litter and I try really hard to take reusable bags when I go shopping.

I also compost - like pembrokestephen, I've been a bit crap in the cold and rain but now the weather's better, I shall start filling my bin again (and maybe even weeing in it )

 

[Greta]

We do that here in Toronto: Blue bins for plastic, glass, tetra packs, milk cartons, etc. Grey for papers, books, magazines, cardboard. Green for yard waste and another Green for kitchen compostables including meat, dairy, pet refuse and disposable diapers. Composters are supplied to householders at a discount (they were free a few years ago) and rainbarrels are supplied at a discount as well.

We still could do more. Plastic bags (although some grocery stores recycle or give you a discount if you reuse them, or they offer you a choice of paper or plastic). What really bothers me if the supplier end. I do not want to buy tomatoes or strawberries (even organic, go figure) in plastic clam shells that will not yet be accepted for recycling.

 

[gentlegreen]

There was a whole load of finger food left over at work today.

I very nearly brought it home for my compost bin

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