The effort some people make...

[fossyant]

TBH we are recycling an incredible amount of stuff in our household at present. Be good if all the packaging that comes with fresh meat and fruit would be 'removed' by the supermarket.

 

[Headgardener]

The local council have just changed our collection day for both recycled and general waste fortunately both are on the same day but I have heard that in some parts of the forest the collections are on different days. Also being semi-rural means that as we use coloured plastic bags (black and clear) we need to be mindful of the nocturnal wildlife when putting out the bags.
So I don't put my rubbish out until I go to work at 0800 although the council asked us to make sure it was out before 0600 which is silly because at that time it is only just getting light and the afore mentioned wildlife are still active.

 

[stavros]

We're going through some changes at work, picking up new recycling rounds, and dropping some current ones. The council will be taking over those instead, while we concentrate on the city centre area. (We're a charity, operating a service in conjunction with the council).

One street we've just finished, is some sort of private road ('unadopted' perhaps?). The residents, or at least a couple of vocal ones, are not happy with the change - partly because it means moving from our 'put it all in one box' system, to the council 'sort it into three boxes' one. It's hardly difficult - paper and card in one, glass in another, tins and plastic in another. And the houses are big semis, plenty of room for the boxes. We may collect it in one box, but we prefer it sorted into bags - however we're flexible enough, and keen enough to see material recycled, to sort stuff not left out according to the rules. So they've got used to not having to make any effort, which will have to change.

Anyway, these vocal people are saying that they don't want the council to collect, and to that end, they are going to tell all the residents to put the recycling in the landfill rubbish (and of course, the more goes into landfill, the more the council is fined and the more the Council Tax goes up), and one is saying that he's going to park his car on the road every collection day especially to block the big wagons.

So much thought and effort, put into obstruction. Why?

Nice to know people have a public conscience isn't it!