It would help if food suppliers used less packaging then there would be less waste to dump. For eggs ample why do they sell a six pack of chocy bix in a plastic outer bag with each individual biccy wrapped in silver foil and a paper outer cover???? It would just take one of the big supermarket chains to take the lead on this and genuinely claim they have gone "green
" and the rest would have to follow.
Soil is not accepted in our recycling so we are let off that.
Soil would go into the food waste .
yes so are ours,unless you have a large family
In our village in France you are supposed to take all your rubbish to various big bins, one type for landfill, another type for recycling where you don't put bags, you actually empty your yellow recycling bags into them or else, yep, they go to landfill! There is also a glass bin.
we have green bins but we personally dont as we have a large compost heap in the yard,but bottles arent collected or allowed in the waste you have to take them yourselves to local bottle banksHave to agree. We used to have to use bags, and we have to take our stuff along the side of the garage, out of a gate, around obstacles such as a big trailer and various vehicles before going down the communal drive to the road. It became much easier once we got wheelie bins, and we can usually get the bottle bin into the other green bin at the top, just to transport it, and do it all in one go. You just have to balance it right.
I struggle to see how the householder is helping the ECO part of recycling by wasting lots of water and often "HOT-WATER" to get things clean for "recycling". There is a cost to both buying and heating my water, they want it clean they can ruddy well clean it at the recycling plant, they are making money out of recycling (don't believe anyone that tells you otherwise). Much of the ECO drive is all about pushing the costs of recovery down to the consumer, when smarter packaging would obvert much of the need in the first place. Re-usable/cyclable paper packaging rather than plastics would be a great step. ALL manufacturers and producers should be made to use recyclable only packaging. Plastics are a cancer that will NOT stop until the last drop of oil is taken from the earth. THEY (oil companies) knew exactly what they were doing, and the impact on the planet long ago. But avarice and "shareholder profits" are much more important than anything else it seems.
I struggle to see how the householder is helping the ECO part of recycling by wasting lots of water and often "HOT-WATER" to get things clean for "recycling". There is a cost to both buying and heating my water, they want it clean they can ruddy well clean it at the recycling plant, they are making money out of recycling (don't believe anyone that tells you otherwise). Much of the ECO drive is all about pushing the costs of recovery down to the consumer, when smarter packaging would obvert much of the need in the first place. Re-usable/cyclable paper packaging rather than plastics would be a great step. ALL manufacturers and producers should be made to use recyclable only packaging. Plastics are a cancer that will NOT stop until the last drop of oil is taken from the earth. THEY (oil companies) knew exactly what they were doing, and the impact on the planet long ago. But avarice and "shareholder profits" are much more important than anything else it seems.
obviously you prefer bags thats not a problem, but i bet quite a few in your area would prefer wheelie bins
Oh dear! Case of men coming from Mars and women coming from Venus!...that wimmins is the strangest creatures.
Earlier this week I says to HER..."Jewellers in the High St. are having a closing down sale 50% off. You might like something for Xmas?
She replied "You know what I like, dangly earrings in Amber would be nice."
So what did I do? I got a pair of said earrings on Wednesday, wrapped them up as a surprise gift for Xmas.
What did she do this morning? Went to the same jewelers and bought a pair of? Yup, you guessed it!
So my Xmas "surprise" (part surprise) is ruined in one fell swoop.
Not the first time she has done this either.
She once asked for a specific gift for her birthday (which I arranged to give her in the evening when we went out with some friends). So, not content with the other smaller "token" gifts given to her on the morning of her birthday in advance of the main event for the evening she goes out and buys a £300 leather coat and tells me "I thought you would like to buy be something special".
This behaviour really pi$$e$ me off.
Don't you use the green bin for cardboard, plastic and aluminum?
Nope... I spotted the ones she just bought in her Earring tray this afternoon so they are just "earrings" and not a gift from anyone.
I couldn't agree with you more! I am constantly saying that this is a very wasteful way of doing it. Their plan is that you use the water after it has been used for the dish washing, what doesn't seem to have dawned on them is that most people have dishwashers.I struggle to see how the householder is helping the ECO part of recycling by wasting lots of water and often "HOT-WATER" to get things clean for "recycling". There is a cost to both buying and heating my water, they want it clean they can ruddy well clean it at the recycling plant, they are making money out of recycling (don't believe anyone that tells you otherwise). Much of the ECO drive is all about pushing the costs of recovery down to the consumer, when smarter packaging would obvert much of the need in the first place. Re-usable/cyclable paper packaging rather than plastics would be a great step. ALL manufacturers and producers should be made to use recyclable only packaging. Plastics are a cancer that will NOT stop until the last drop of oil is taken from the earth. THEY (oil companies) knew exactly what they were doing, and the impact on the planet long ago. But avarice and "shareholder profits" are much more important than anything else it seems.
The effluent from that process, even after treatment, has a high oxygen demand and de-oxygenates the water courses that it is dumped in. plant and aquatic animals die out as a result. Like I said in an earlier post, no free meals.
grey bin is recyclables ,green garden and uncooked kitchen waste
And that is exactly what is happening. Once they had closed our local tip, because they refused to pay the owner who did it superbly, a higher rate, then the next nearest is, assuming you have taken all your paperwork to get past little hitler, a 44 mile round trip. Now how can that be eco friendly? Sadly, it is our beautiful forests that are being abused.
It would help if food suppliers used less packaging then there would be less waste to dump. For eggs ample why do they sell a six pack of chocy bix in a plastic outer bag with each individual biccy wrapped in silver foil and a paper outer cover???? It would just take one of the big supermarket chains to take the lead on this and genuinely claim they have gone "green
Oh dear!Nope... I spotted the ones she just bought in her Earring tray this afternoon so they are just "earrings" and not a gift from anyone.
Silly thing was that we HAD the discussion, she TOLD me what she liked/wanted "dangly/Amber" I complied. But Xmas gifts are usually meant to be a tiny surprise or confirmation not a "communicated in advance DEAD-CERT".
Anyway next year I am going to get her some furry pink slippers and a large vibrator. If she doesn't like the slippers she can go FCUK herself.
