The new Green Waste bins system (that I was slightly dubious about) is now in operation, so I thought I'd have a look inside my nearest one.
It's been 10 days since they were 'open for use', and I suspect that, just like the nice little plastic boxes that were delivered to every home, the system is being ignored.
I have just looked inside my nearest bin, and there was NOTHING inside, not even the vestige of a rotting lettuce leaf. Rien de tout!
It's not that people here are anti composting or methane-ing. Most people, like Lady M, are very conscientious about recycling, etc. It's just that this is a recycle-too-far, and people can't be bothered.
We already have to sort through all our rubbish, and picking out that cabbage leaf or potato peel is just too much.
Maybe in time they WILL be used, but for the moment they remain unloved. I'm even wondering if the interior stainless steel bins won't soon attract the 'light-fingered' brigade, and they disappear just to end-up in people's gardens (not that I'm suggesting such a thing).
All six of the little brown bins with another smaller bin inside have been cluttering up the front of our house for weeks now. Apparently they won't be collected until the start of April. It'll be interesting to see if all of our Flat tenants go for them or just decide to ignore them.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I'm still puzzled as to why there's another smaller bin inside each one.
We are becoming over-run by bins great and small. We need a simpler solution, not a more complicated one.
DeleteNo smell or flies around that bin!
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