Reycling Counties

[Poirot]

I keep wondering how other counties around the country are doing with their recyling and whether things have changed as fast as they have here in Staffordshire. In the last 2-3 months we have had blue wheely bins given to us, our general waste is now only emptyed fortnightly and a brand new recycling centre has been opened about a mile away.

Is everyone else still on recycling boxes or are these blue wheely bins invading everywhere?

Poirot

[ron1863]

We have green ones and our bins are also emptied fortnightly.
It bugs me that they reduce the service, encourage householders to recycle their waste then increase the rates

[Jim Ford]

It'd be nice it Hertfordshire could be recycled into, say Invernesshire - but I'm not sure it that's what the OP meant!
;^)

Jim

[RobinP]

We are now getting a black wheelie bin to go with our green wheelie bin, lord knows where all these bins are meant to be kept, our driveways are small enough as it is.

The green ones are for recyclable stuff, the black for general landfill waste, both will be collected fortnightly, so out with the black bags and in with smelly wheelie bins! Oh, and there are also two separate boxes, one for glass and one for plastic bottles and paper products. Mind-boggling!

[stripee]

The other day I found a green bin and some blue bags left at the top of the lane. We can now re-cycle kitchen waste - although ours goes outside on compost - cardboard, plastic and paper. But not glass.
This is wonderful, we must be one of the last places in UK to have any form of household recycling. Previous to this week it meant a trip to the town carpark 5 miles away where no cardboard, envelopes or plastic could be re-cycled.

[Poirot]

Originally Posted by Jim Ford

It'd be nice it Hertfordshire could be recycled into, say Invernesshire - but I'm not sure it that's what the OP meant!
;^)

Jim

I have to agree with you their Jim

4 bins Robinp bet thats fustrating sorting it all, what do you do with your garden waste? we have another bin for that

[Ruth Daniel]

We have fortnightly collections.
Household waste 1 week alternating with garden waste,papers,glass and plastic another.

[djackso]

The same in Harrow, Middlesex, except they collect compostable waste every week. And then shove the empty bin back against the car so the wheelie bin's wheel is raised from the ground and it tales T-cut to get the mark out of the car

[SilverW0lf]

Here in St Helens (allegedly Merseyside) we have...

...Deep breath...

Brown Wheelie bin for landfill
Green Wheelie bin for garden waste & brown cardboard
Black box for glass & cans
Pink bag for plastic bottles
Blue bag for paper

Fortnightly collections for all

It's not too inconvenient and much better than sending everything to landfill!!

[Ollie]

In my part of Lincolnshire we have

Grey bin for landfill
Brown bin for garden and compostable kitchen waste
Maroon bin for cardboard and plastic
Blue box for paper
Green box for cans and glass

Fortnightly collections for all of them

Roger