Rinse Your Milk Bottles Before Putting In Brown Bin. Pyoo

[Ms Macbeth]

7 hours ago, Janus said:

I get the long life  full skimmed that comes in them square type containers-tetra packs or something, and I recycle the plastic tops. In Rovrum we can put all sorts in the green bins including plastics from food packaging . Them trays that chilled fresh chicken comes in, containers with peaches & plums. All go in with the cans, plastic bottles and glass. Not had any come back. 

And all we in Sheffield can put in our brown bin is bottles and cans.  I regularly stay in Cheshire and Doncaster with family.  Both local authorities seem to take everything recyclable.   Sheffield seems to be lagging behind.  Bottles and cans in one bin, paper and card in the other.   No yoghurt pots, no food packaging.

[francypants]

13 hours ago, francypants said:

Surely if the top is screwed on the empty bottle it doesn't smell.  Mine don't.

I always squash the bottle flat then screw the top back on.

I'm under Barnsley Council and as far as I know this is permissible.

[bendix]

Given that Sky News is this morning reporting that around 1 in 10 people put dirty nappies out with their recyclables, it could be that the 'pyoo' smell is coming from something more obvious.

 

Seriously, what are people like?

 

 

[Cyclone]

11 hours ago, scousemouse said:

Bottles tins jars I wash them all out and properly not just a rinse, why wouldn't you.?

Better things to do with your time?

[Nightbird]

3 minutes ago, bendix said:

Given that Sky News is this morning reporting that around 1 in 10 people put dirty nappies out with their recyclables, it could be that the 'pyoo' smell is coming from something more obvious.

 

Seriously, what are people like?

 

 

Well I can assure you in my case its nothing to do with nappies.

 

Speaking of nappies though, I was disappointed to see nappies left around Hillsborough park during that Owls In The Park event last weekend. There are some horrible people.

[lil-minx92]

10 hours ago, RiffRaff said:

I rinse mine out using hot water, which softens the plastic enough to be able to roll it almost flat. If you then run cold water over it, the flattened shape keeps the new form, therefore taking less room in the bin.

The label asks to "check local recycling" as regards the top.

Have done, with (in my case) the Chesterfield authorities advising that the tops are not able to be recycled, and so are thrown in the ordinary bin.

I bet firing your boiler up to do this negates any environmental benefit of recycling the bottle!

[lil-minx92]

22 minutes ago, bendix said:

Given that Sky News is this morning reporting that around 1 in 10 people put dirty nappies out with their recyclables, it could be that the 'pyoo' smell is coming from something more obvious.

 

Seriously, what are people like?

 

 

To be fair, if you have 2 children in nappies generating say 70 nappies a  week - takes up a lot of space in the black bin- especially if you miss the fortnightly bin collection and have a months worth stored up! pooooooo

[alchemist]

42 minutes ago, lil-minx92 said:

To be fair, if you have 2 children in nappies generating say 70 nappies a  week - takes up a lot of space in the black bin- especially if you miss the fortnightly bin collection and have a months worth stored up! pooooooo

Why on earth would anyone think that  a nappy is recyclable??  What would give them THAT idea????

[lil-minx92]

34 minutes ago, alchemist said:

Why on earth would anyone think that  a nappy is recyclable??  What would give them THAT idea????

I don't imagine they do think its recyclable, but the less scrupulous would just hide them in the brown or blue bins to save a trip to the dump 

[Janus]

Can't they just go in the bin that is used for general waste-no need to hide them.