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Post by Liz from Cheshire on Jul 7, 2006 10:13:59 GMT
Today we had a big shiny red box for the collection of plastic bottles. It came from our local council..their new initiative in the continued aim of recycling household rubbish. Inside said box was the NEW calendar which outlined which days they would collect the contents of the red box.... This is to supercede the calendar we have already which states that.... on yellow days they have a collection of green waste..which we put in a brown bin.. on red days they have a collection of household rubbish which we put in the green bin.. on green days we put out the green bag containing paper and the green box containing glass bottles and cans.. with me so far  today the new calendar says... on blue days we now have to put out all our recycling boxes, bags and brown bins full of green waste... on purple days we have to put out our green rubbish bin.. my head hurts  |
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Post by Paul B on Jul 7, 2006 10:58:13 GMT
Just no pleasing some folks!  Looks as clear as mud to me! ;D Must have been written by a H&S type person!!!     Wonder how the eck they get on changing a plug...... Cheers Prog Paul  |
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Post by Nick from Cheshire on Jul 7, 2006 12:25:25 GMT
But on a positive note, all collections are going to be on the same day of the week, regardless of colour.
Think I`ll just put the lot out next week, and let them take their pick ;D
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Post by Paul B on Jul 7, 2006 13:10:56 GMT
A good idea Nick, BUT... What will probably happen is that you'll go to a lot of trouble to sort out your rubbish and they'll come along and pile it all into the back of the same Lorry!!!  Happens 'ere all the time!!  Why oh why oh why!!  Prog Paul |
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Post by Nick from Cheshire on Jul 7, 2006 13:20:47 GMT
Oooh no, they`ve got different coloured lorries to collect the different wastes..... Then they all drive to the same landfill |
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Post by Paul B on Jul 7, 2006 13:27:46 GMT
Wow Different coloured lorries!! There's sophistication for you!  Shame about the landfill site though! Prog Paul |
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Post by Nick from Cheshire on Jul 7, 2006 14:00:28 GMT
Gawd, now I`m more confused I`ve just read the side of the plastics recycling box, and it says..... "If it`s plastic and bottle shaped, it can be recycled" OK However.....it then says "no plastic bottles that have been used for chemicals, oils or fuels can be recycled" Huh? They`re plastic and bottle shaped For further added confusion, milk containers OK, yoghurt containers not..... so what about yoghurt drinks in bottles? I`m off to The Hague for an EU ruling on this one |
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Post by Richard & Amanda In Cornwall on Jul 7, 2006 18:03:12 GMT
We dont have that down here yet (we are normally about 10 years behind the rest!!!)thank god!!!
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Post by Boatman on Jul 7, 2006 18:50:21 GMT
Our Council delivered blue wheelie bins to go with our grey ones and sent a lengthy letter explaining what it was for. Then another letter followed weeks later saying that due to "logistical" reasons they would not be able to implement the recycling pro gramme until further notice. I have had a nice shiny blue wheelie bin sat outside for 6 months (I call it Bill and the other one is just called "bin" and we all get on very well). Now then, if we just had some common sense, the food regulatory guys would ensure that all packages and bottles were topped, capped or sealed with a standard colour code with back up Braille which would match nationally to the recycling policy. I have the paranoid feeling no one will reply to this thread now I have been boring again; have you noticed that Boatman appears at the "end" of most of the threads? Conversation killer or what? (three months later) I rest my case..... |
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Post by Liz from Cheshire on Jul 7, 2006 22:26:18 GMT
Now then, if we just had some common sense, the food regulatory guys would ensure that all packages and bottles were topped, capped or sealed with a standard colour code with back up Braille which would match nationally to the recycling policy. What an absolutely brilliant idea...stunningly simple yet so logical. Well done that man ;D |
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Post by shaggy on Jul 8, 2006 0:55:40 GMT
and it wasnt the last message on the thread either |
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Post by Alison on Jul 17, 2006 22:25:10 GMT
I'm very late coming to this discussion due but... Where I live, we have a black bin for general waste, (emptied on black days) a green bin for newspapers and magazines,(emptied monthly) a grey bin for plastic bottles, cans, (all washed) cardboard & other paper that can't go in the green bin (emptied on grey days) a brown bin for garden waste -but not kitchen waste! (emptied monthly) Where do ''they'' think we are going to keep all these b****y bins? Ours are on the drive, which looks a mess, but if we put them round the back of the house we have to haul them up two steps on bin day!!! Also..., they charge separately for the brown bins, but SELL the resulting compost!! We don't have a brown bin, the grass cuttings go over the back fence into the woods! |
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Post by Nick from Cheshire on Jul 17, 2006 22:38:20 GMT
Update!!! The following letter got pushed through the door today - "IMPORTANT INFORMATION - REFUSE COLLECTION Please note that you will have received a red box for your new curbside collection of plastic bottles.... ...Unfortunately you have received the incorrect calendar inside the information pack. Please ignore this calendar your refuse collection will take place as normal You will receive your correct calendar next week" When next week Is that before my "normal" collection based on the wrong calendar, or the one I haven`t got yet And how and where do I recycle the bloody calendar (which is magnetic, and made of plastic coated cardboard, so can`t go in ANY of the recycling receptacles) |
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