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Originally Posted by Tormentil Here we have a green wheely bin (normal rubbish), a brown wheely bin (compostable material), a blue box (paper - except envelopes) and a brown box (tins & glass).
Its a nightmare for colour blind folks. 
Seriously, the main bone of contention here is the collection days. The green and brown bins are emptied every other week. i.e Week 1 Green bin. Week 2 Brown bin. Week 3 Green bin. Week 4 Brown bin. etc. etc. (except public holidays, when you may have to wait 3 weeks for a bin to be emptied, if your collection day coincides with them).
The main objection is that waiting 2 weeks for the main (green) bin to be emptied means that cooked food waste is generating a lot of flies. Very off putting when you open the lid and a veritable swarm of 'em come out.
Another thing, the wife she washes out tins, jars and bottles before putting them into the brown box. Is she wasting one resource to save another ?? |
We have the same problem with our green wheelies though our compostable waste is collected every week and so are the other recycleables. With Bank holidays it's the day after normal collection day