Bin bugging

[lewisa]

Interesting insight Speckled Wood.

I think their views on the locking issue could be problematic for them in actually seeing this through to completion.

Sort of like systems capable of reducing the speed of a vehicle based on GPS and speed limits by taking direct control of the throttle are having problems addressing the issue of liability in the event of accidents.

Without locks, the liability for the rubbish could be questioned.

[Earth Hart]

I share a bin(green wheely) with the lady in the next flat. I'm forever taking out her whisky bottles & beer cans to put into my recycling box, she likes a drink or two or three. I do leave her food waste though. I've asked her to recycle but she say she can't be bothered. Some people You just can't win

[merlinsboy]

Why is everyone panicking and contemplating yet another "stealth tax"? Because we are the type of people who pay because it is the law. (We may not agree with it tho!)
This story is meant to be aimed at those who do nothing by way of helping the environment. We only have to look outside peoples houses on refuse collection day to see who is making an effort and who is not. My neighbour puts out betwen 8 to 15 bags a week! There is only two adults in this house. Myself and my wife put out 1 bin bag a fortnight.
My neighbours would never think about doing anything to rectify this situation unless they were made to do so.
How do you do that? Education is the ideal way but invariably the only lesson people actually listen to is a financial one. We are back at charging/taxation again. Is the technology available to charge individually? We are led to believe so. Will it educate the people it is meant to without penalising those who are doing all they can? We shall have to wait until definate proposals are presented OR lobby our elected representatives so that legislation will target who it is meant to.
My soapbox has now been vacated!

[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 ??

[eeyore]

and if pay as you throw does camoe in more people will dump their rubbish elsewhere such as in the parks/nature reserves/countryside , leaving charitable bodies to pick up the costs - as has already happened with fridges and car tyres - when willthe govt learn

[lewisa]

Originally Posted by Tormentil

Is she wasting one resource to save another ??

I would say no, it isnt being wasted. The water isnt being consumed, broken down or altered, its going straight back into the ecosystem. Yes, water is a finite resource, but water down the drain is not water wasted - its 'potable' water that is being wasted, but the naturally occuring raw material water is not being wasted.

[Tormentil]

And the billions of gallons that leaks away every day ?? When does that come back into the "system" ??

[lewisa]

When it reaches the water table/zone of intermittant saturation/the aquifer.

It is only a problem if the source water taken is fossil water, as this is too low below the surface to be replenished by natural preipitation.

[littleT]

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Just a few threads where I've seen some alternative views on these bin bugs.

[Earth Hart]

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