| Topic: | Re:Re:Re: Council Recycling & Waste Collections | |
| Posted by: | Philippa Bond | |
| Date/Time: | 26/11/14 14:12:00 |
| LOL It depends on where you consider Stasi like reporting starts or ends. In the old days neighbours would have chatted over the fence but that happens less nowadays but you could always offer to lend/give your neighbours the info or a spare bag/box. Just walking through and ignoring the mess doesn't help. I have met a lot of people who don't have the information that they should have on what and where and when they should be putting out their rubbish. You still find on this forum that there are people who although they obviously have the internet still don't read the Councils' websites which is where they should be getting the info from. Instead many just try a hit and miss system of putting stuff out to see if it gets taken and if it does then they presume that they can and if it isn't they moan about it. Only unfortunately the operatives are often playing the same game. With a weekly collection as we currently have there is unlikely to be a problem even with a large family if using the food waste collection and other recycling collections. If you have an enormous amount of waste you are also probably buying from a supermarket which if you are using a car gives you a chance to take some packaging back there. I remember other forumers having solutions to stop animal interest in their black bags. Sorting at source solves most of the problems. Using a small bin to protect the black sack of residual waste is a system used by many. With four people we generally managed about six weeks until we had to tie it up for collection. You can get more in if it is tipped in (and many bins now have removeable buckets inside) rather than tied up in lots of small carrier bags. Food causes the biggest problems so making sure you aren't buying too much and ending up wasting it makes life a lot easier. And yes the best planning can go wrong sometimes but managing food better and consequently saving money and avoiding messy and smelly bin bags makes making the effort worth it. Even if it is little by little! |