howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#1
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#2
that sort of recycling has been going on for years over there,,,the trouble is that us brits are to lazy to sort it out.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#3
not round my way brian it is only the brits who recycle.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#4
those eastern ones I presume howard,france belguim etc do a lot of recycling.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#5
dover came out very well on recent recycling figures whilst ashford was among the worst performing council.
I would have thought that overall more people were recycling but the article suggests not.
it remains to be seen how many containers we end up with.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
#6
I think there is bit of a backlash because of reports that at times everything goes to landfill, personally I would prefer recyclables all mixed together and sorted at the special recycling plant I have seen on a TV programme.
I know some who live in smallish flats who say they cannot be bothered going downstairs with various containers and prefer to bung everything into a black sack then into the rubbish bin. To a certain extent I can understand their reasoning but do not approve.
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Guest 725- Registered: 7 Oct 2011
- Posts: 1,418
#7
Let's face it you have to be a bit sad and a real recycling obsessive to spend any more than three seconds on sorting your rubbish into separate bins and boxes. In the weird world of mad Ed Miliband or Caroline Lucas and other odd folk doing all this makes perfect sense. For the rest of us just filling up a black bin liner makes more sense and is far more rewarding and environmentally good than wasting precious family time doing an unpaid job which should be done by the council.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
- Posts: 8,664
#8
The stupidest thing is, they say before putting your tins, bottles, jars, etc. in the recycling you should wash them out. How much hot water does that take and how green is that?
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#9
if there is a top to a bottle or jar then I don't rinse them out but use washing up water on tins.
let's not forget that bins have more than one use.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#10
that bin is laden howard.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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#11
@ Brian no 10.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
