Recycling

Well first weeks recycle went not to bad, but they forgot the newspapers :rolleyes: :rolleyes: . 😀

As a local authority we have targets to meet when it comes to recycling (both within our own offices and the community in general) and so consequently our office has 2 small bins – 1 for recycleable items and 1 for landfill. Each bin has a list of what can and cannot be placed in it and every month a person from our waste team visits and puts a red, yellow or green sticker on the bin to indicate how we have done (ie green = good, yellow = could do better, red = poor) so far we have had 1 red, 1 green and 2 yellow.

At home we have 2 bins also – green one for recycling, black for other. The black one is collected each week but the green every other. I do find that the green one tends to fill up mainly as a result of all the packaging that comes from buying anything these days.

Much of the waste produced locally is burnt in purpose built (environment friendly)plants which a) saves landfill areas b) generates electricity which is sold to national grid

Well the various recycle trucks are due today. This should be fun, we clearly have a very lot of heavy drinking people judging by the bottle boxes and walls. 😀 😀

I’m gonna compost the Mother-in-law when she carks it

I would love to see that:D:D

Most American cities have recycling programs. You seperate glass, cans, paper, plastic. I don’t think I’ve thrown away an aluminum can in a decade.

In our last city my wife and I would collect aluminum cans from our jobs…people would throw them in a special container. I’d take them to the recycle center where you’d get so many cents per pound for aluminum drink cans. Then we’d give the money to a local animal rescue group. Over the years it amounted to more than 300 pounds…stuff that won’t be in a landfill for a couple of hundred years…

Besides, the more aluminum being recycled might reduce the price of the metal…recycle a can and save a VC-10 or something. (Okay, probably not going to happen but we can hope…)

ROFL>>>>> Get this the Army lads next door put their bottle box out!! it was full with beer bottles!!!! now they have built a bottle wall for the recycle guys to take. 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀

Thats cause they are a super rich nation Gary, they have no values.

It could be that but it does annoy me. That and the amount of time the aircraft spend just sitting there running and going nowhere – that’s my ozone they’re burning a hole in!

It annoys me how much this place here (where I work) doesn’t really recycle. The amount of crud this place generates is incredible. Also if something is old/unwanted e.g. furniture or electrical goods it is straight in the skip. No attempt to sell it off or recycle it in some way.
They don’t seem to care one jot.

Thats cause they are a super rich nation Gary, they have no values.

It annoys me how much this place here (where I work) doesn’t really recycle. The amount of crud this place generates is incredible. Also if something is old/unwanted e.g. furniture or electrical goods it is straight in the skip. No attempt to sell it off or recycle it in some way.
They don’t seem to care one jot.

have been recycling for a good few years but have only recently purchased a ” green cone” organic waste system.So far so good, works well!

Hope to be able to get rid of the costly privately owned bin operator soon !

all non organics go into a very well organised local centre a couple of times a month at E2 a visit !!

I’ve been recycling for about 8 years now , We recycle everything from Paper , glass , plastic etc etc , however i dont understand the concept of why i cannot go to my local Lowes or home depot to pick up a recyclin bin !!

I’ve been recycling for a long time now – long before it became a buzzword.

Can sympathise with some of the opinions here – I’ve stood and watched brown, green and clear glass bins all poured in to the same truck! :rolleyes:

We are lucky here that they will take shredded paper if you put it in to an envelope.

One thought – I’m sure your local animal welfare centre could make good use of your old newspapers. 🙂

We recycle at work – mostly paper, but more recently it’s drink cans and plastic bottles. Do the same at home, too, with the handy little boxes that Midlothian District Council supplied for us! 😉

I recycle everything that i possible to recycle and find the kids even putting paper in the right bin.But on a security not to stop identity theft if you shred your statements or personal papers you cannot put it in the recycle paper bin.WHY???
I also use scrap yards for the car bits,two reasons my mate owns one and its a chance to escape for an hour or two, but there’s nothing better than finding that part you need and having the pleasure of getting it off, by often destructible means…

Another point to consider is that yes, the public may recycle but when collected it often all ends up in the same landfill site anyway.

I saw that in one of the Sundays the other week. Shocking really.

We don’t have to sort our recycling. It all goes in one bin. They don’t collect garden waste as recyclable at mine.

Mum & Dad’s recycling collection is done weekly but is split into alternate weeks – paper, card & plastic one week, glass and plastic the next. They also have a garden waste bin.

I’m gonna compost the Mother-in-law when she carks it

I recycle everything and compost everything that’ll break down

[QUOTE=Future Pilot As bad as it my sound, finding a recycle bin and taking any time out of my week isn’t at all on my list of things to do and probably never will be.[/QUOTE]

Oh you will be when Big Brother or that spy camera in the sky catches you and that little ticket comes through your letter box! 😀

I’ve never personally recycled anything, may of done it with my parents when I was younger and where I work has the area for recyling. As bad as it my sound, finding a recycle bin and taking any time out of my week isn’t at all on my list of things to do and probably never will be.

I try to recycle but the other half can’t be bothered so she throws everything ing the same bag. So guess who the sh***y job falls on?