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Martin wrote in
: On Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:18:01 GMT, Baz wrote: It is our day to get our recycling bins emptied of plastic and cardboard. The wind has blown all of them over, and most of the contents are in our and neighbours gardens. What a mess. It has bin(pun)like this for weeks now with that wind. Just how Feb. should be IME. Not April. Probably Thatcher is having it's last laugh at us humans? We don't even get a bin. we are expected to stack plastic on the pavement on the day that is collected. Cardboard & paper are stacked lose on the pavement and are collected on a different day. We are provided with three containers - one for organic, one for inorganic and a small container for chemical waste. Glass has to be put in a bottle bank which is about 100 metres away. Heavy waste is collected on request so long as the biggest dimension of an item is less than a metre. Anything else has to be delivered to the waste disposal yard. We had an undamaged painted asbestos panel on the house,whenw e removed it, they provided a sort of large body bag for it and accepted the bag and contents at the yard without charge. Well at least you are getting there. Costs a lot of money to supply every household with bins and boxes for different types of waste. We in Britain are very lucky indeed to have such services already. Baz |
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On Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:39:38 +0100 (BST), "Dave Liquorice"
wrote: On Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:30:54 +0100, David Hill wrote: put in a bottle bank which is about 100 metres away. You're lucky! Glass has to be taken to a waste reycling centre, or to a bottle bank, the nearest to us being almost a mile away. Nearer 3 for us. B-) We have recycling collections (plastic, cardboard, tins) once a month. Fortnightly hard plastic, card/paper, bottles and tins. I'd much prefer a two-weekly "black bin" collection and a two weekly recycling collection. About the only stuff that goes in the "land fill" bag is plastic films/bags from food packaging. I understand that black plastic cannot be recycled, so why do supermarkets put ready-meals in black plastic trays? I took 3 bags of plastic to the recycling yesterday and had a set to with one of the workers there I had a bag from a neighbouring authority and he said I shouldn't bring it to his centre. He he, I'm waiting for that to happen to me. The nearest HWRC is in another county, the most convenient is also in another county. Cartons being the only recyclable item that don't get taken from the doorstep get taken there. Pam in Bristol |
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In article , nospamigg1937
@yahoo.co.uk says... I understand that black plastic cannot be recycled, It can. Our local council does. Janet. |
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On 2013-04-19 13:02:43 +0100, Baz said:
Sacha wrote in : On 2013-04-18 13:56:15 +0100, Baz said: Janet wrote in T: In article , says... It is our day to get our recycling bins emptied of plastic and cardboard. The wind has blown all of them over, and most of the contents are in our and neighbours gardens. What a mess. It has bin(pun)like this for weeks now with that wind. Just how Feb. should be IME. Not April. Probably Thatcher is having it's last laugh at us humans? Who knows. Baz Wrong PM. "Wind of change" was Macmillan's slogan. Janet Who mentioned PM? and wind of change? I was refering to a specific cretin. Begining with T and ending with hatcher. Baz You know what, she's dead. Give it - and her - a rest please. To keep on slagging off the dead is offensive in any case to a lot of people and it doesn't necessarily jibe with everyone's political views on here, so it's rude to assume all think the same. And politics shouldn't enter into a gardening group in any case. And no, I didn't vote for her or anyone else back then, because at the time she was in power I was unable to vote in England. Yes, of course you are right in what you say. My point is off topic in this group. Baz Thanks, Baz. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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Janet wrote in
T: In article , says... On 2013-04-18 13:56:15 +0100, Baz said: Janet wrote in In article , says... The wind has blown all of them over, Probably Thatcher is having it's last laugh at us humans? Wrong PM. "Wind of change" was Macmillan's slogan. Janet Who mentioned PM? You did. PM Margaret Thatcher. and wind of change? Harold Macmillan, and me. Following your daft post blaming a dead ex-PM for high winds. Janet Oky doky. You must learn to read. Baz |
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Pam Moore wrote:
I understand that black plastic cannot be recycled, so why do supermarkets put ready-meals in black plastic trays? Can it not? I put the black plastic trays marked /1\ in the recycle as our recycle says it takes plastics /1\ and /2\ |
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Martin wrote in
: On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:21:47 GMT, Baz wrote: Martin wrote in m: On Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:18:01 GMT, Baz wrote: It is our day to get our recycling bins emptied of plastic and cardboard. The wind has blown all of them over, and most of the contents are in our and neighbours gardens. What a mess. It has bin(pun)like this for weeks now with that wind. Just how Feb. should be IME. Not April. Probably Thatcher is having it's last laugh at us humans? We don't even get a bin. we are expected to stack plastic on the pavement on the day that is collected. Cardboard & paper are stacked lose on the pavement and are collected on a different day. We are provided with three containers - one for organic, one for inorganic and a small container for chemical waste. Glass has to be put in a bottle bank which is about 100 metres away. Heavy waste is collected on request so long as the biggest dimension of an item is less than a metre. Anything else has to be delivered to the waste disposal yard. We had an undamaged painted asbestos panel on the house,whenw e removed it, they provided a sort of large body bag for it and accepted the bag and contents at the yard without charge. Well at least you are getting there. Costs a lot of money to supply every household with bins and boxes for different types of waste. We in Britain are very lucky indeed to have such services already. Already? We have had them for more than 20 years. So why stack things on the pavement then? Baz |
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Pam Moore wrote in
: I understand that black plastic cannot be recycled, so why do supermarkets put ready-meals in black plastic trays? Pam in Bristol Black plastic is recyclable. God knows how, but it is. Probably to make more black plastic trays I guess. Baz |
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On 19/04/2013 19:50, Baz wrote:
Pam Moore wrote in : I understand that black plastic cannot be recycled, so why do supermarkets put ready-meals in black plastic trays? Pam in Bristol Black plastic is recyclable. God knows how, but it is. Probably to make more black plastic trays I guess. Baz A lot of it goes into things like this http://www.filcris.co.uk/products/bo...ts/solid-posts |
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In article , david@abacus-
nurseries.co.uk says... Subject: Wind, gusty and then more wind and gusts From: David Hill Newsgroups: uk.rec.gardening On 19/04/2013 19:50, Baz wrote: Pam Moore wrote in : I understand that black plastic cannot be recycled, so why do supermarkets put ready-meals in black plastic trays? Pam in Bristol Black plastic is recyclable. God knows how, but it is. Probably to make more black plastic trays I guess. Baz A lot of it goes into things like this http://www.filcris.co.uk/products/bo...ts/solid-posts The black dalek compost bins provided by our local council, are recycled plastic. Janet |
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Martin wrote in
: On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:09:13 GMT, Baz wrote: Martin wrote in m: On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:21:47 GMT, Baz wrote: Martin wrote in m: On Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:18:01 GMT, Baz wrote: It is our day to get our recycling bins emptied of plastic and cardboard. The wind has blown all of them over, and most of the contents are in our and neighbours gardens. What a mess. It has bin(pun)like this for weeks now with that wind. Just how Feb. should be IME. Not April. Probably Thatcher is having it's last laugh at us humans? We don't even get a bin. we are expected to stack plastic on the pavement on the day that is collected. Cardboard & paper are stacked lose on the pavement and are collected on a different day. We are provided with three containers - one for organic, one for inorganic and a small container for chemical waste. Glass has to be put in a bottle bank which is about 100 metres away. Heavy waste is collected on request so long as the biggest dimension of an item is less than a metre. Anything else has to be delivered to the waste disposal yard. We had an undamaged painted asbestos panel on the house,whenw e removed it, they provided a sort of large body bag for it and accepted the bag and contents at the yard without charge. Well at least you are getting there. Costs a lot of money to supply every household with bins and boxes for different types of waste. We in Britain are very lucky indeed to have such services already. Already? We have had them for more than 20 years. So why stack things on the pavement then? because there is a limit to the space available for bins and it is cheap. How many bins have you got? Do you have a chemical waste bin? Only paper and plastic are stacked on the pavement. Everything else has a bin. I wasn't criticising, we have one bin for plastic and cardboard, we have one bin for general household waste, one bin for garden refuse, a box for tin cans and glass, and a box for paper. Chemical waste is collected on request. As are large items such as old furniture, scrap metal and almost anything which does not fit into the bi-weekly collection category, or it is to big to put into a bin. I compost or re-use as much cardboard and paper as I can, and that is most of it. Baz |
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Baz wrote:
I wasn't criticising, we have one bin for plastic and cardboard, we have one bin for general household waste, one bin for garden refuse, a box for tin cans and glass, and a box for paper. My parents used to have a collection like that. Now they have what we have, which is 2 wheelies, one for general and one for all recycling. (they also, I think, still have a garden waste box, which we never have) (we have a food waste bin, but I never* use it) |
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wrote in
: Baz wrote: I wasn't criticising, we have one bin for plastic and cardboard, we have one bin for general household waste, one bin for garden refuse, a box for tin cans and glass, and a box for paper. My parents used to have a collection like that. Now they have what we have, which is 2 wheelies, one for general and one for all recycling. (they also, I think, still have a garden waste box, which we never have) (we have a food waste bin, but I never* use it) Interesting how things differ from county to county. We have got used to "our" way. Not by any means perfect, but I like the idea of any recycling regime. Anything but excessive landfill. You mention a food waste bin. Cooked waste food? Baz |
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"Baz" wrote in message ... wrote in : Baz wrote: I wasn't criticising, we have one bin for plastic and cardboard, we have one bin for general household waste, one bin for garden refuse, a box for tin cans and glass, and a box for paper. My parents used to have a collection like that. Now they have what we have, which is 2 wheelies, one for general and one for all recycling. (they also, I think, still have a garden waste box, which we never have) (we have a food waste bin, but I never* use it) Interesting how things differ from county to county. We have got used to "our" way. Not by any means perfect, but I like the idea of any recycling regime. Anything but excessive landfill. You mention a food waste bin. Cooked waste food? Baz ....................................... Why cook food and waste it? When my parents had the hotel one of the things which annoyed them was food which had been prepared in excess. Possibly because we had been through the War and knew what food rationing was? One of my illustrated talks is on Food Rationing during World War II, which I give to lots of WI's and TWG's and lots of the Ladies remember it and add to my contribution. Mike |
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