benaj
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Post by benaj on Oct 28, 2023 17:18:35 GMT
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Post by adrianc on Oct 30, 2023 10:02:22 GMT
Sharing one bathroom with 4+ people isn’t great. That's a great example of how our expectations have massively changed in the last decade or two. Again, expectations of modern life... We have a mixed recycle wheelybin, and a landfill* wheelybin - each 240L - for two people, collected on alternate weeks, and we compost at home. The recycle is usually close to full every fortnight, but we could easily compact it better if needed. Or we could request a 360L bin. My mother has a 360L for one person, due to the number of people in the property before she moved in. They won't swap for smaller, but will for larger. I think I might just swap ours for hers... The landfill* is about 1/4 full every fortnight at best. (The "landfill" is actually burnt for electricity generation - www.severnwaste.com/recovery/)
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Post by keitha on Oct 30, 2023 11:31:11 GMT
We can't recycle thin plastic from home So I put all the stuff I get in a big bag and take it to the tip when I take other stuff, obviously I recycle a lot of Bubble wrap, packing "peanuts" etc.
had some stuff for the tip this week, what a waste, The company that took glass is now charging so glass goes in general, Ironically they still have bottle banks... The Company that took thin plastic (bread wrappers bubble wrap, cling film type stuff ) is now charging so that now goes in general, and of course general waste is landfill.
So we separate recycling and some get chucked in landfill hardly green is it
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Post by bracknellboy on Oct 30, 2023 12:45:55 GMT
W can't recycle thin plastic from home So I put all the stuff I get in a big bag and take it to the tip when I take other stuff, obviously I recycle a lot of Bubble wrap, packing "peanuts" etc. had some stuff for the tip this week, what a waste, The company that took glass is now charging so glass goes in general, Ironically they still have bottle banks... The Company that took thin plastic (bread wrappers bubble wrap, cling film type stuff ) is now charging so that now goes in general, and of course general waste is landfill. So we separate recycling and some get chucked in landfill hardly green is it do you not have large supermarket that you use from time to time ? all large Tesco stores accept all thin film plastic into what was their plastic bag recycling point. I thought the same was also true of Sainsburys.
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keitha
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Post by keitha on Oct 30, 2023 13:00:43 GMT
Local Tesco stopped doing it because it was getting filled with litter, not just the plastics but Paper, drink cups all sorts, not seen one in sainsburys will ask when I'm in, or I could try the slightly more distant Tesco
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Post by Ace on Oct 30, 2023 13:59:33 GMT
Local Tesco stopped doing it because it was getting filled with litter, not just the plastics but Paper, drink cups all sorts, not seen one in sainsburys will ask when I'm in, or I could try the slightly more distant Tesco Morrison's and Co-op also do soft plastic recycling.
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