Who lives in uncivilised areas? There a few places in Cornwall that are still a bit uncivilised. That’s what makes it a lovely natural place to be.
It was an England/Wales joke England are struggling to hit their 50% recycling target by 2020 yet in Wales we have passed our 64% 2020 target already and it would be higher if it wasn't for my borough dragging everyone else's hard work down
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
In my area we now have the following bins: food waste - weekly; general household waste - every 3 weeks; paper/card - every 4 weeks; plastic/tin - every 4 weeks; glass - every 6 weeks; garden - monthly except December- March. I daren't lose the printed collection calendar.
That's more or less what some beer drinking neighbours said @wild edges but as my whisky consumption is more moderate I'll be putting that bin out about twice a year!
In my area we now have the following bins: food waste - weekly; general household waste - every 3 weeks; paper/card - every 4 weeks; plastic/tin - every 4 weeks; glass - every 6 weeks; garden - monthly except December- March. I daren't lose the printed collection calendar.
That sounds like they are deliberately making it difficult so no one remembers! So glad we get weekly collection on household waste here. However.. we are bad at taking our returns back (most plastic bottles and some glass) so I have probably two cars worth sitting in the barn, well that'll be a months worth of groceries when we finally get round to it.
Who lives in uncivilised areas? There a few places in Cornwall that are still a bit uncivilised. That’s what makes it a lovely natural place to be.
It was an England/Wales joke England are struggling to hit their 50% recycling target by 2020 yet in Wales we have passed our 64% 2020 target already and it would be higher if it wasn't for my borough dragging everyone else's hard work down
I know it was a joke, as was my answer😀 how are you getting on with the incinerator down your way? Step daughter says she’s not sure where it is, Cardiff/Swansea?
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I've been lining our food waste bin with newspaper for a long time now. The 'recyclable' stuff goes in a big green lidded bin, the landfill in black lidded. However, I do hear that the recyclable stuff can be rejected at the plant if it's contaminated. I'm assuming they mean with food? While I carefully wash out tins, plastic packaging etc with hot water, I know for a fact others in our street certainly don't. If the collection lorry is contaminated with just one person's 'dirty' recycling, am I wasting my time?
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food waste - weekly; general household waste - every 3 weeks; paper/card - every 4 weeks; plastic/tin - every 4 weeks; glass - every 6 weeks; garden - monthly except December- March.
I daren't lose the printed collection calendar.
how are you getting on with the incinerator down your way? Step daughter says she’s not sure where it is, Cardiff/Swansea?