Am I wasting my time.....????

[galanthophile]

I'm glad to hear I'm not the only person who picks these up to take home to destroy... Good for us.

[Paul mabbott]

No, you're doing the right thing. Just because some people are thoughtless pigs (sorry, pigs ...) doesn't mean that the rest of us need to be! I think in many cases it is sheer thoughtlessness - last week I was putting some glass into a recycling bin, one of a set that has been installed in our 'village' centre, when a young lad finished his drink and dropped the can on to the floor - inches from the can recycling bin ....

Originally Posted by Daisychain

I run each morning and on my travels I see lots of plastic ring things, they're used to hold 4 pack of cans together, well someone told me that birds get caught in them and can die, so Ive started picking them up and when I get home I cut them into pieces. Is the bird story true or am I wasting my time. It bugs me that people cant be bothered to just use a bin, its not rocket science......

[Meta menardi]

I find that you can make a 2 cut on these, and get all the holes opened and yet still have one piece of plastic. My life has not been wasted! I do cut them all up, there are such a range of hole sizes it is not just birds that are at risk. Just 'cause you are a rat at a tip, you shouldn't have to put up with this kind of thing.

[stigofthedump]

'I find that you can make a 2 cut on these, and get all the holes opened and yet still have one piece of plastic.'

Meta menardi, oh I'm so glad that I'm not alone! someone else does it!!!


Vince.

[loripo]

People seem to be getting worse about littering etc. Ive read some of th posts about dog fouling and what dog owners do with the poo bags. I took this photo a few months ago near where I live in London - this stuff washed up and down the Thames and the smell is gross sometimes. The swna were trying to find something edible. There is about ten to fifteen feet of water under what looks like a solid surface.

[Paul mabbott]

Originally Posted by Meta menardi

I find that you can make a 2 cut on these, and get all the holes opened and yet still have one piece of plastic. My life has not been wasted! I do cut them all up, there are such a range of hole sizes it is not just birds that are at risk. Just 'cause you are a rat at a tip, you shouldn't have to put up with this kind of thing.

Don't you have a plastics disposal/recycling bin? If so then you wouldn't need to chop them at all?

[Meta menardi]

Originally Posted by Paul mabbott

Don't you have a plastics disposal/recycling bin? If so then you wouldn't need to chop them at all?

Well, in fact, no we don't. We do have a recycling bin but, here, they only take garden waste in a big brown bin, glass cans and paper in a box, but if we lived a few miles away, our brown bin would be blue, but that is only for paper, whilst if we lived a few miles the other way, they take plastic...

Joined up government?

Oh, and I forgot to mention that next door burn everything on a very slow bonfire (small one can burn for 4 days).

[Paul mabbott]

Originally Posted by Meta menardi

Well, in fact, no we don't. We do have a recycling bin but, here, they only take garden waste in a big brown bin, glass cans and paper in a box, but if we lived a few miles away, our brown bin would be blue, but that is only for paper, whilst if we lived a few miles the other way, they take plastic...

Joined up government?

Oh, and I forgot to mention that next door burn everything on a very slow bonfire (small one can burn for 4 days).

I know one authority which collects plastic bottles but not their lids - where's the logic in that?

It's amazing how attitudes vary around the country. When I was a lad there was a strict code: never on sunny days when people were out in the garden, hanging out washing or had windows open. On the other hand, in London you just didn't do it unless you wanted the fire brigade, police and man from the Council knocking on your door. But up here people light a fire whenever they have a bit of waste - commonly they throw on all their plastics creating huge toxic clouds .....

... and don't start me off about barbecues!

[The Woodman]

I've never understood why plastic bottle caps are not to be included with the bottles - presumably a different type of plastic. A bit of the bottle top remains on the neck of the bottle however - the security seal. I guess that bit gets recycled with the bottle.

On the label of the mineral water before me it says, "Bottle Plastic widely recycled, Cap Plastic check local recycling, Label Paper not currently recycled"

[Jez]

Bottles, bags what have you I have noticed have different numbers in the middle of the recycle symbol. Can anyone tell me what the different numbers mean