My personal views are that it is a good idea but and there is always "a but" that a few of us do not have direct access to the rear of our properties (Terraced) and i have 30 ft and step to the bridal path.
I would have preferred to have individual boxes or containers to put recyclables in. This would be more cost efficient, as the recyclables would not have to be sorted after they have been picked up.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart" <sjing...@gmail.com> To: "Copster Green" <Copster-Green@googlegroups.com> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 2:24 PM Subject: What are people's thoughts on the Wheelie Bins that have arrived in Copster Green?
> My personal views are that it is a good idea but and there is always "a > but" that a few of us do not have direct access to the rear of our > properties (Terraced) and i have 30 ft and step to the bridal path.
> I would have preferred to have individual boxes or containers to put > recyclables in. This would be more cost efficient, as the recyclables > would not have to be sorted after they have been picked up.
> Do you me Bridle Path? It is for horses not brides > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stuart" <sjing...@gmail.com> > To: "Copster Green" <Copster-Green@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 2:24 PM > Subject: What are people's thoughts on the Wheelie Bins that have arrived in > Copster Green?
> > My personal views are that it is a good idea but and there is always "a > > but" that a few of us do not have direct access to the rear of our > > properties (Terraced) and i have 30 ft and step to the bridal path.
> > I would have preferred to have individual boxes or containers to put > > recyclables in. This would be more cost efficient, as the recyclables > > would not have to be sorted after they have been picked up.
Ah wonderful <ahem>, recyclable things taken away fortnightly, which means that if you happen to put the garden waste bin out by mistake, or go on holiday, you end up with a month old heap of paper, cans, bottles etc in the bin.... or you just dump the whole lot in the ordinary rubbish.
What is the point in the garden waste bin anyway? why not give away compost bins and save the expense of having to collect it? anyone who has enough garden to fill a wheelie bin every two weeks is likely to be able to manage to fit a compost bin in a corner. This way you would get free compost instead of buying back the rotted contents of someone's green bin at the garden centre.
On a wider scale, if a few million people start recycling who weren't doing so before, it will actually cause problems of its own, for example. As many recycling centres are run as businesses, economics dictates that there will not be huge amounts of extra recycling capacity available in the current system, they just wouldnt have built it if it wasnt going to be used. This in turn brings on the classic problem of nimbyism over the location of the ineviatable new recycling centres.
Any idea where I could find out how they sort the recyclables? I've had a look on the DEFRA website but its not very clear. I'm not sure that an effective way of seperating paper, glass, aluminium, plastic and steel items from mixed up heaps in commercial quantities exists at the moment, especially if it has been compacted in the collection truck, otherwise why do they need it in seperate bins from food waste etc?. Where do they take it? its all very well saying its environmentally friendly to recycle but if they have to ship it to the other end of the country, or even overseas, the extra fuel alone would take a big dent out of any environmental benefit.
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