General Chat

Some councils........ours for instance....... could do more to help with recycling. At the moment we can't recycle cardboard, glass or food packaging which takes up an awful lot of space in my bin. The reason given is that there aren't the facilities in the area. So I'm assuming that it would cost too much to send it out of the area. So tell me, where do the contents of the bottle bin at the supermarket go! lol J x

It's a typical half-baked 'solution' to a growing problem. Instead of trying to make people recycle more (which is impractical in most places) they should be concentrating on reducing the amount of unneccesary packaging in the first place. Round here I've seen a number of instances of people taking their rubbish in the car and dumping it in whichever road the bin men are collecting that morning. I can see so many flaws in this idea (but hey - I'm just 'the ordinary man in the street') that it can't possiblty work. But of course - Tony wants total control of us all. Start counting the days before his departure folks!

what happens when people start putting their extra rubbish in someone else's bin like they do already. jean

UK has one of the worst recycling records in Europe. There is so much more that most individuals can do. Sometimes shock tactics are necessary to make us aware of this need. Incidentally, we are a household of 6 people. Our bin is maggot free. Flies will only go on uncovered foodstuff. What little waste foodproducts we put in the bin, eg bones, are always wrapped.

Couldn't the councils provide a collection point for such things as disposable nappies and wipes? They could then be taken away and incinerated. We have a 'real' fire in the front room, and in winter we used to burn the used nappies (not the ones with poop in though!) If we were going out for a few hours, we'd put a couple of nappies on and some coal and it would keep the fire in for ages! Jeanette x

Without wanting to go offtopic .... who can't recycle nappies, baby wipes, etc.<<Why cant they ? No-one HAS to use disposable nappies, nor baby wipes!! We had terry nappies and a wet flannel and we survived reasonably intact! Sorry, if you create Non recycleable waste, then I think you should pay for it. Would focus the mind, that is for sure! Jess

Totally Disgusting Just taken this from the net Sunday, August 27, 2006 Big Brother's bin watching you Source: Mail on Sunday Around 500,000 housholds in England have had their wheelie bins secretly microchipped so that they can be uniquely identified. This opens up opportunies for charging residents for the amount of rubbish they produce, something that will most impact young families who can't recycle nappies, baby wipes, etc. Some dustbin lorries already have weighing equipment fitted so implementing this policy will be relatively easy. Local Authorities already have the power to tell you how and when your rubbish must be made available. They can force you to recycle, refuse to accept certain items and in theory could even force you to take your wheelie bin to a collection point 10 miles down the road if they so wish with thousands of pounds in fines for refusing to obey their instructions. Paul

Woking in Surrey is one of the councils on the trial of using these spy chips in your bins. I would not like to find I'd had a chip put on my bin - it is none of their business! we recycle what we can and our council does not do weekly collection of rubbish so it causes problems for lots of residents with maggots in the bins in the summer - which is horrible. I think it is wrong of them not to let you know if your bin has been bugged. Claire

What does everybody think about this crazy idea they've come up with now? Some councils. Crewe and Nantwich are one have been microchipping wheelie bins so they can assess the amount of rubbish people are disposing of.Not content with the huge amount of council tax they are inflicting on us they want more.Why do we have to pay for everything twice in this country? Do they really want to encourage even more flytipping than there already is? Kath