Too much rubbish for your wheelie bins?

[Babooshka]

I have the equivalent of one full black bin liner per week. That is for me, and my little one. I could not believe how much it reduced when I became more 'aware' and conscientious (sp?). All it takes is a little thought, at first, and then you start to recycle automatically, and think about everything you are putting in to your bins. No excuse these days. We have so many facilities for recycling. It really doesn't take too much effort. Well, none at all, now that we have our own blue bins etc. I suggest to avoid buying pre-packaged foods. Makes a hell of a difference.

[Eater Sundae]

My enthusiasm for recycling was tempered a little a couple of days ago when I cut my hand on the lid of a baked bean can that my wife had left (under the soapy water) in the sink for washing before it went into the blue bin.

[hodgepodge]

Which bin do I put the cat in?

Black, blue or green garden waste sack??

[JFKvsNixon]

In NE Derbyshire we get our bins emptied every 2 weeks. It's not nice in the summer, the bin is overflowing with maggots.

[Eater Sundae]

You have your answer, hodgepodge. The one with the maggots will save you having to buy cat food.

[Lady Star]

Since recycling has become so prominent in Sheffield, I only have about two carrier bags a week for the regular bin... Tins, glass and paper are all easily recycled now, and that's the bulk of the waste for me anyways...

[carly83]

There doesn't seem to be any consistency in local council recycling schemes.

 

Cheshire wouldn't take certain recycable items, yet Wirral has a "bung em all in the black bin and we'll recycle it" policy.

 

And our colours are different - black is recyclable waste, green is regular refuse and brown for garden!

 

i was in blackpool untill last year there scheme was:

black bin general waste

green bin cardboard and garden waste

blue bin paper

red bin tins

black box glass

green box plastic bottles

blue bags textiles

 

no one on the estate i lived on had a garage and the gardens were small so half the bins got stored in front gardens the bin men were overly picky (ie if you left a bottle lid on they bould take it out the box and leave it at roadside)

 

i am hopeing it doesn't go the same way here as it was just to confusing took up way to much room to store all the bins the collections were confusing, ie, black bin collected every 2 weeks red bin the alternate 2 weeks to them the blue bin the first tuesday of the months and green bin every second tuesday and cant even remember the rest