Rinse Your Milk Bottles Before Putting In Brown Bin. Pyoo

[horribleblob]

16 hours ago, Nightbird said:

I should have mentioned that the tops are not on mine; I'm sure I heard somewhere that the tops are not recyclable like the bottles, so I've always removed them before putting them in the recycling bin.  

In Sheffield, the info booklet I received from SCC/Veolia says this regarding the brown bin:

 

"Empty all bottles, rinse and replace top if possible. Labels can be left on."

[Cyclone]

49 minutes ago, Janus said:

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

I think the implication was that the black bin is already full to the brim, and so they then put them in recycling as well.

[Janus]

ok. I know of one  family who used to just ignore the recycling-may still be doing so. I can imagine the black bin being full quite quick in that situation.

 

Years ago in the 60s, I understand that the hardworking mothers would boil wash nappies.  Not sure what people's views are on just one aspect of change,  and consequences of it.

[melthebell]

21 hours ago, Jen17 said:

Yuk ! Don't most people rinse their bottles and cans before putting in the bin ?

I do, so he's doing half of what it says to do it correctly, no bottle tops, but then it says clean recycling only

[MEC176]

 Personally we wash plastic milk bottles and crush them leave the tops on reason they do re-inflate a bit so it keeps a vacuum in the bottle pour in a least one bottle of diluted Jay’s Fluid kill’s any smell from any fluid that ends up in the bottom of the bin it all goes into the back of the lorry so make’s that smell nice too do the same with the black bin, pity you cannot still get SAN ISAL anymore that was an excellent disinfectant kills any odor.

[Janus]

I often wonder what happens to paper labels on recycled plastic bottles. I'm referring to when they have a big melt up of the plastc-if that actually happens. 🙈

 

Wouldn't have thought they would have someone manually removing labels from millions of bottles prior to melting. Same with remnants of food in containers.

 

Could be a conspiracy about being recycled-possibly just all shipped to Chinese land fill. Council pays xyz to middle man, he takes his cut, then remainder goes to Chinese agent.....just saying.

 

Edited July 4, 2019 by Janus

[RiffRaff]

12 hours ago, lil-minx92 said:

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

Fire up the boiler?

It takes about 2 tablespoons of hot water - maybe out of a recently boiled kettle - sloshed around the bottle!

 

 

 

[Cyclone]

3 hours ago, Janus said:

I often wonder what happens to paper labels on recycled plastic bottles. I'm referring to when they have a big melt up of the plastc-if that actually happens. 🙈

 

Wouldn't have thought they would have someone manually removing labels from millions of bottles prior to melting. Same with remnants of food in containers.

 

Could be a conspiracy about being recycled-possibly just all shipped to Chinese land fill. Council pays xyz to middle man, he takes his cut, then remainder goes to Chinese agent.....just saying.

 

They almost certainly wash the plastic as part of the processing and this will remove the paper and much of the food residue.