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!
ReplyDeleteNot for the moment; it's as clean as a whistle.
DeleteIt's all very confusing. We have a leaflet about the new way to sort out our recyclables. We are waiting for the bigger red wheelie bins to be delivered. Apparently we will put paper, tins and cans, plastic, cardboard, glass, all in the same bin. They are telling us that we can keep our old recycling boxes. No sign of a food waste caddy yet. It says we can add that to the garden brown wheelie bin which will be collected weekly. What about the people who don't have a garden and never use their brown bin. Our present system works fine, I don't know why they have to change it.
ReplyDeleteAs they say about Councils/Bureaucrats, 'You have to keep cycling, or you fall off'. They always have to change things, otherwise there's no point having them!
DeleteMunicipal recycling didn't last long here. Too expensive. Most household waste is collected together and then incinerated in the Energy From Waste Plant.
ReplyDeleteNot far from here they had a system where everything went in the same bin, then it went through a processing plant where they separated all the metal and plastic from everything else, and it was dealt with. Very simple and efficient.
DeleteI use my compost bin but getting it emptied is difficult, it seems to be regularly missed and then gets smelly.
ReplyDeleteThat was one of my concerns here. Do they ever wash them out?
DeleteWe have a private company which will wash your wheelie bin out, if you pay them. They follow the council bin lorry around and wash out those who have signed up for their service.
DeleteI think people find change difficult. I have been composting all kitchen waste for decades. Always have a small kitchen caddy on the counter top and veggie bits go straight in there. At the moment glass gets taken to a bottle bank but I now have a bin for glass which will come into effect soon. Garden waste is an extra charge here, but we don’t use it because we have enough space for compost heaps.
ReplyDeleteIn the past, all my veg' waste went onto the compost, but now I have no garden. I'm sure everyone will get used to it in time, unless they scrap the idea!
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