tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post193220040130659836..comments2024-03-29T13:47:52.160+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: A Load of Rubbish.Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-57227358329423230592021-12-01T07:22:05.103+00:002021-12-01T07:22:05.103+00:00Our "green waste" is composted and sold ...Our "green waste" is composted and sold to councils to be used on park and city gardens.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-19167032967118588942021-12-01T07:18:16.781+00:002021-12-01T07:18:16.781+00:00I remember operating the giant bottle washing mach...I remember operating the giant bottle washing machine when working at the cheese factory. We had to keep a close eye on the cleaned bottle and weed out those that had become too scratched over time or had chips around the tops, every now and again there would be a crunching within the machine and we knew another bottle had broken in there. It was actually a fun job and a nice break from wrapping the cheeses or crating the filled milk bottles.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-71829645532166546602021-12-01T04:35:45.852+00:002021-12-01T04:35:45.852+00:00My local recycling waste centre is very busy, with...My local recycling waste centre is very busy, with huge containers for just about everything. What happens when they're filled-up, I have no idea.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-54530092741715056952021-12-01T04:33:19.676+00:002021-12-01T04:33:19.676+00:00Maybe it reminds him of you too. Maybe it reminds him of you too. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-30103001707551850512021-12-01T04:30:04.340+00:002021-12-01T04:30:04.340+00:00My local municipal waste centre sells compost made...My local municipal waste centre sells compost made from all the green waste. I don't really need any here, but otherwise I would buy it. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-5701629852603434542021-11-30T23:06:04.505+00:002021-11-30T23:06:04.505+00:00Recycling is a bit of a bust. Nobody truly knows ...Recycling is a bit of a bust. Nobody truly knows where everything is going. My small town has a central location for trash and recycle. A yearly fee is paid and town residents put refuse in the appointed dumpster or recycle bin. This works. Occasionally a recycle wizard pushes something new and it fails. People do not want to change something that is working. Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14473063249106111719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-10391737276088291472021-11-30T21:26:59.034+00:002021-11-30T21:26:59.034+00:00Reminds me of Al StewartReminds me of Al StewartBorishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11523120206176308962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-58985062186220253882021-11-30T17:36:30.921+00:002021-11-30T17:36:30.921+00:00We are fortunate. All our refuse and re-cycling wh...We are fortunate. All our refuse and re-cycling which is binnable or collectable (eg old fridges) is free. We have a large re-cycling plant on the Island and a thriving scrap metal service. My only complaint is that they don't sell the compost which is produced (as they did where I lived in New Zealand) but use it to cover the landfill site which, of course, we still need.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-88768102031624696932021-11-30T14:28:00.082+00:002021-11-30T14:28:00.082+00:00Recycled plastic should be used more for building....Recycled plastic should be used more for building. Bricks or Blocks could easily be made from recycled plastic bottles, etc.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-31464298108918820672021-11-30T14:23:45.705+00:002021-11-30T14:23:45.705+00:00In France they had paper bags for Fruit-n-veg; a r...In France they had paper bags for Fruit-n-veg; a reasonably new idea. Here it's all ready bagged, so no choice.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-44320912560068927822021-11-30T14:21:50.939+00:002021-11-30T14:21:50.939+00:00That all sounds pretty comprehensive. Our tip is a...That all sounds pretty comprehensive. Our tip is about 5 miles away, which means I don't go too often. Otherwise I think we're served quite well. With the amount of rates we pay, I wouldn't expect less.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-14073060194222191932021-11-30T13:48:54.101+00:002021-11-30T13:48:54.101+00:00We recycled from the 1960s. We had large recycling...We recycled from the 1960s. We had large recycling plant in Norwich where we would go with our pickup loaded with paper from the pig feed bags. Waste food was collected from the restaurants for swill. We went to the metal recycle yard wuth scrap iron and bottles were recycled with a small refund of 1d per bottle. Recycling is nothing new here either and of course all people after the war and during rationing made do and mended. The problem with plastic which is a new item since the war is re-learning to do without it and providing polymer factories to recycle it into a usable again product. No doubt the fire in Hull will be a set back for the industry.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-88924472946589206932021-11-30T13:34:01.400+00:002021-11-30T13:34:01.400+00:00Of course, Rachel, I didn't say that in the Ge...Of course, Rachel, I didn't say that in the German speaking countries and Scandinavia the machine is one hundred percent well oiled, perfect. But the effort is there, has been for decades. <br /><br />To give you one example of "recycling" unheard of in England since the demise of your milkmen's door step delivery (glass bottles): When you buy, say, bottled beer you will pay a small surcharge over the price. This is an incentive for the buyer to return their empty bottles to the shop as they will get their "Pfand" (bond) back. Those bottles will then (just as it used to be in England with the milk bottles) be washed and RE-USED.<br /><br />Like you I don't like the "blame society". However, we can't close our eyes and ears to how very inconsiderate, almost oblivious a lot of people are to the damage they are doing to themselves, in the long run or maybe not so much longer any longer.<br /><br />UUrsulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722046288685936851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-87236470430416543022021-11-30T13:12:26.969+00:002021-11-30T13:12:26.969+00:00Our rubbish gets collected every day too. I take i...Our rubbish gets collected every day too. I take it up, in a cheerful orange bag, every time I go out to walk .<br />We have cut down on our plastic a lot recently. We bought a water filter so no plastic bottles. Fruit and vege get put into paper bags and I use cloth bags for groceries.<br />We recycle but you have seen the bins at times being emptied into the rubbish truck. At least we try<br />local alienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586011850451326646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-31439052369216832842021-11-30T12:57:15.165+00:002021-11-30T12:57:15.165+00:00I don't like the blame society. Concentrate o...I don't like the blame society. Concentrate on doing good, lead by example and it will rub off on others is my philosophy. In Germany the recycling plants are also in short supply, as in all European countries.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-44447740549145545482021-11-30T12:34:50.850+00:002021-11-30T12:34:50.850+00:00Rachel, you don't need to be in someone's ...Rachel, you don't need to be in someone's "head"; I can see what happens all around us, when living in a city setting. I do appreciate it may be different in rural areas.<br /><br />Cro, here it's called "mixed recycling", so paper, cardboard, tins, cans, plastic all goes in one container. Then some arsehole (who doesn't care) contaminates the whole lot with "household waste", the perishable decomposing stinky stuff. And what do you know: The whole lot disqualifies as recyclable and goes straight into the incinerator/landfill. So, I am afraid, on that score GZ is correct.<br /><br />I can't tell you how passionate I feel about this. Go to the motherland; recycling is taken to the level of an artform. And if you don't comply your neighbours and the council will let you know about it. Big time.<br /><br />UUrsulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722046288685936851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-60437049430937677612021-11-30T12:20:29.587+00:002021-11-30T12:20:29.587+00:00Yael, I am not so much "surprised" as di...Yael, I am not so much "surprised" as dismayed, utterly dismayed. I liken the rubbish we, as a collective, produce to a trail of slime (think snails) we leave behind us. As Cro says, depressing.<br /><br />UUrsulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722046288685936851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-37317678486891081652021-11-30T12:04:30.112+00:002021-11-30T12:04:30.112+00:00We are lucky here I think - we have THE TIP which ...We are lucky here I think - we have THE TIP which is open six days out of seven every week and is manned by three vry helpful men. Then in the main car park we have a fenced off corner with marked bins so that obe can drive down and put rubbish there. In addition we have a black bin which is free. It is emptied very early every other Wednesday morning - the alternative week we can have a green bin (we pay £22 a year for this) frrom Reb to Nov for any garden refuse.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-12777683643159428962021-11-30T11:20:21.155+00:002021-11-30T11:20:21.155+00:00There doesn't seem to be much coordination any...There doesn't seem to be much coordination anywhere. It needs working on!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-8060305791210820372021-11-30T11:19:01.302+00:002021-11-30T11:19:01.302+00:00I love Patchouli, I have various tiny bottles of d...I love Patchouli, I have various tiny bottles of different qualities (and prices). The UK used to sell its rubbish to India or China, but I believe they don't want any more. I wonder what they'll do with it now?Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-27704789727323739822021-11-30T11:15:56.316+00:002021-11-30T11:15:56.316+00:00Maybe they go back to the brewery for refilling (a...Maybe they go back to the brewery for refilling (after cleaning, of course).Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-21868658087723165362021-11-30T11:14:59.074+00:002021-11-30T11:14:59.074+00:00It's depressing, but I don't see it changi...It's depressing, but I don't see it changing.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-35648499848048274042021-11-30T11:13:48.533+00:002021-11-30T11:13:48.533+00:00We used to have 3 large black boxes; rubbish, recy...We used to have 3 large black boxes; rubbish, recyclable, and paper/cardboard. And only one collection per week. Now we have big wheelie bins at the end of the road that are emptied daily. Much better.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-45077081352145957982021-11-30T11:10:48.251+00:002021-11-30T11:10:48.251+00:00I think it would help save the planet more if we a...I think it would help save the planet more if we all boycotted Chinese products. One less Chinese toy bought, would probably be the equivalent of a year's recycling.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-57683419380766326872021-11-30T11:08:30.181+00:002021-11-30T11:08:30.181+00:00A good compost heap is a thing of beauty!A good compost heap is a thing of beauty!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.com