General Chat

They have recycling bins by our local estate shops, and also at the main supermarkets, for books, shoes, clothes as well as newspaper plastic and bottles.....

......another thing I remember Maz, is that my friends used to live in a flat, and at certain times each day the flats must be kept quiet, no noisy children, washing machines, hoovering etc....

PS Garden greenery in separate green bags collected every week.

Mo

Our Council - Southampton, take cardboard, plastic bottles, but no margarine or yoghurt tubs, or the trays meat and veg come in. Also tins go in same bin.

ASDA and other car parks have bins for the Yellow Pages, and bottles,

Mo

We have German friends and used to stay with them, and them with us......so we could see the differences.......they loved the fact that we had our milk delivered in a bottle to the back door.......and loved our parks.....

They live in Neu Isenburg, 30 miles north of Frankfurt am Main......I was surprised at the quality of the stuff left......and one time they found a tandem frame, and over time built themselves a tandem.....

I am not surprised that you got bargains Gwyn and Maz......another thing I noticed that there was not much graffiti, the roads and pavements were well maintained and litter free....... they thought our streets were a bit dirty, but just loved our relaxed and informal way of talking to each other.......

Sally
My children loved the German bulk rubbish days.
Daughter's doll was pushed around in an elegant Silver Cross pushchair gained that way.
We also had a very useful small bookcase for their bedroom and a toy Welsh dresser which was played with for years back here in England.

Gwyn

Hello Vods.....here in S. Herts, ours take cardboard, tree twigs etc.....as long as the cardboard is flattened and the twigs are not too thick, along with the waste in the green recycling wheelie......we also have a small green box for plastic bottles and tins, a black one for newspaper, paper and telephone books, and a brown basket for glass bottles, and the black one for general waste.....

The charge £10 or £15 per item to collect furniture or kitchen equipment, or even bathroom items....

I still think the Germans have a good idea......they have a collection point once a month, and you can put unwanted items at this point, and anyone can come along and take what they want.....all that is left is taken the next day.......its a bit like freecycle....

Morning All we have five bins

1. green for paper and cardboard
2. red for plastic and tin
3. black for glass
4. brown wheelie bin for garden waste and food bits
5. green wheelie bin for household rubbish

Household bin collected once a fortnight the rest every week.

Margaret

We have weekly kerb-side collection for recycling tins and cans, glass, paper / cardboard and some plastics.

I wish councils would collect and recycle many other plastics too as it bugs me to have to put into the landfill bin, all those plastic items, eg yoghurt pots which bear a clear recycling sign.

I wash them and take them to local primary school for use as paint or glue pots, so at least they get used a few more times before eventually being thrown out.

We have alternate weekly collections of 2 wheelie bins
1) Household waste
2) Garden waste...... I use it for weeds, shrub prunings etc which won't easily compost.

We have to pay for Garden waste collection. It was free but this year a £35 fee was introduced, ..£25 if you paid before a certain date.
Compost bins have to be bought.

Bulky household items are collected for fee of £15 per item.

Joanne
They don't exactly encourage recycling in your area do they?


Gwyn

Hi Our council is Recycle mad its great .We have recently been supplied with an extra big wheelie bin and can put bottles, plastic, cans & tins in this one . The other two are for Household,Garden and cardboard waste. We only have to call the local Council office if we need large electrical or furniture removed and they book you in for free collection
Not bad .I must say i haven't seen any fly tipping in our area
Ted

Our council take most things, including thick cardboard in our blue recycling bin.

I work for a small company that generates a lot of recyclable waste. We are not allowed to have a recycling bin as they are only for domestic use. So we take the waste home. We have just been informed that it amounts to fly-tipping with a £10,000 fine!!

Joanne x

No wonder the country is in the mess it is.

Just going to have my dinner, so will say goodnight to everyone.

xx

Ours doesnt Vicky, doesnt even give proper boxes for other stuff, I use kids toy boxes,

Caz xxx

We have to recycle our watse food we are fined if its in out main bin. But I now pay a firm to clean food bin every week as its not designed to fit under a standard tap. I pay more to clean my bins, my council tax is more and I do the bin mans job in my eyes sorting all all my waist into bags we cant mix recycle in one bin like some councils. No tips this xmas for bin men - I even fancy it as a cushy job!! If Main fortnightly bin lid open even an inch they can refuse to collect.

If your a bin man dont bank on tips!

Don't fany having to recycle my food, but of course it's because as a nation, we waste that much food.

And the government should charge all these suppliers who use fancy packaging a tax.
That would make them stand up and take note.

Our council take plastic and glass bottles, but one week I put my wheelie bin out, and as it had been out overnight, someone had put an empty juice can in it, and the bin men took it out, and left it at my gate. But when they same thing happened to a neighbour two doors down, they didn't empty her bin.

What is your council tax for????????????????

Paying for the local clowns who call themselves councillors.

Here in Cardiff we have a black wheelie bin and a green wheelie bin and green bags.

Black bin with landfill waste collected every week

Green bin with garden waste and carboard on alternate weeks

Green bags with newspaper, glass, tins etc. on alternate weeks

All works a treat but they are talking about us having a bin for food waste and quite frankly I don't want that much!

We have 2 bins, a grey one for landfill and a green one for recyclable stuff, and a bag for garden waste. They take cardboard, but not yellow pages, nor shredded paper.
Yellow pages can be recycled by taking them either to the dump or a shop - don't know which one cos I'm blowed if I'm lugging it around. Likwise with bottles - either to the dump or recycling bins that are positioned in car parks. Don't have a car and am not willing to lug bottles a mile down the road!!

About 4 years ago I got rid of a bed base and mattress. They charged £15 per item. The base was 1 item, the mattress another - that was £30 for a bed!!
A three piece suite would be 1 sofa, 2 chairs and however many cushions so it could cost up to £120 to get rid of it!!

Our council tax is certainly not one of the cheapest in the country either!!

maggie

Maddie. I just cut my personal info very finely with a pair of scissors, straight into my bin in the kitchen.

If you know anyone who has a rabbit or guinea pig, ask them if they can use it, as I know of a few people who use it.

Seems every council is different. We have two wheelies - black for general rubbish and green for recycling, emptied alternate weeks.
We pay for large items to be removed - I think it is £10 each or £15 for 3.
We have to take glass to the recycling, and I think we can now take tetra packs as well - but getting to the tip for people without a car is nigh on impossible!

My other gripe is shredded paper!!!! We are all told to shred our bills, receipts and personal information to prevent identity fraud but my council wont collect shredded paper! I emailed them and they said it couldnt be broken down the way paper can! Suggested I put it in my compost which I dont have as free for other towns not but not mine!

We prob shred a bag of paper a week! Ive put a composter on my birthday wishlist but feel bad its free in other towns!!