Is the Green dream turning sour?

[classic33]

Does the trend continue across the country I wonder?
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/1052...cling_rates_drop_in_Brighton_and_Hove/?ref=mc

 

[Arch]

Does the trend continue across the country I wonder?
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/1052...cling_rates_drop_in_Brighton_and_Hove/?ref=mc

Not in York, in my professional experience. Rates fluctuate a little through the year, with the arrival and departure of students (and hence, the quantity of pizza boxes goes up and down), but we're collecting as much as ever.

 

[gbb]

Funny thing that...

Some time ago, there was a report in the news that quite a percentage of stuff put out to recycle actually ends up being shipped out to China and goes to landfill...in other words, our efforts may be a complete (or more accurately, a partial) waste of time.
I'm convinced that about that time and afterwards, there were less green bins put out for recycling...its only anecdotal, but it seemed that perhaps people thought, whats the point ?.
There's also a thought locally that when we put out our food waste, if the bin men are pushed for time, it simply goes in the normal bin wagons and goes to landfill, again, if thats true...what's the point ?

True or not ? i don't know, but there is that suspicion from locals.


It is as pain, i only have a small garden but should have three wheelie bins and a food waste container.

 

[gbb]

There's another problem...some people are thick, or lazy.
Quite regularly, i see the bin men have stuck a 'contaminated bin' sticker on a bin that has non recycleable stuff in. The full bin then sits there, full and unuseable because the owner can't be bothered to sort it out. Invariably it eventually gets taken away when people complain about several unemptied bins that have been at a collection point for several weeks, the bin is NOT returned so the owner then has nowhere to put his recycleables...not that he appears to be bothered because he hasnt been using his bin...for several weeks.

Christ, its not rocket science, but some people just can't be bothered.

Actually, that may explain my post above...why there are fewer bins put out for recycling...the council has taken them all. (not literally all of them, but you get the gist)

 

[Arch]

There's another problem...some people are thick, or lazy.
Quite regularly, i see the bin men have stuck a 'contaminated bin' sticker on a bin that has non recycleable stuff in. The full bin then sits there, full and unuseable because the owner can't be bothered to sort it out. Invariably it eventually gets taken away when people complain about several unemptied bins that have been at a collection point for several weeks, the bin is NOT returned so the owner then has nowhere to put his recycleables...not that he appears to be bothered because he hasnt been using his bin...for several weeks.

Christ, its not rocket science, but some people just can't be bothered.

Actually, that may explain my post above...why there are fewer bins put out for recycling...the council has taken them all. (not literally all of them, but you get the gist)

Jeez yes, if you want stories about people being too thick or lazy to get it right....

Here's a good one. Dutifully cut all the plastic windows out of your envelopes.

Then put the cut out windows in the recycling box anyway.

What goes through their heads?

We sort by hand, at the kerbside, so we get a really good quality product with minimal contamination. We leave non-recyclables behind in the box. Easy for people to see and not include them again. You'd think....

 

[classic33]

That is local politics.

Aware that its only one small area, which is why I asked does it continue across the country. Too small a sample, so to speak, to base a nationwide figure on.