| Topic: | Re:Reply | |
| Posted by: | Philippa Bond | |
| Date/Time: | 24/12/25 08:07:00 |
| I very much agree that the need for extra bins will not be seen and actioned unless the bags are left beside them. BUT a lot of hard and unpraised work has been done to make packaging easier to dismantle and flatten and only of a single and thinner and lighter material and I still see many unflattened biscuit and cereal boxes (mostly just needing the bottom to be undone) and unsquashed plastic milk and water and fizzy drink bottles. What has happened to people's sense of volume and space nowadays? Most packaging has instructions on it and so do Council and other websites. You wouldn't pack an inflated lilo in your suitcase would you? It is primarily a security issue leaving your address on any communications or packaging. It helps to avoid your name and address being used in scams and fraud and so is something we're all advised it is best to avoid. The stress and inconvenience of that can be immense. More collections mean more lorries, noise, traffic and congestion and maybe emissions, and cost. Nobody ever seems to want to pay more for anything. It takes two to tango and people who have locked up and walked downstairs and on their way out somewhere eg the station with their waste and recycling obviously don't want to find they need to go all the way back again. The same happens with big street recycling banks - if you've walked a long way you want to be able to use them and not find them overflowing - especially with large amounts of unflattened business waste that somebody should be paying separately for from householders' Council Tax! |