Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
perhaps we should start recycling
at the moment we have two large wheelie bins collected every week. we don't recycle. but we do use all the kitchen waste to make our own compost. To avoid having 4 bins i suppose we could start using one for recyclables and one for landfill, but would the council empty the wheelie bin on a recycling day?? or would we have to apply for lots and lots of little boxes??
does anyone know of a private rubbish collector?
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Permalink Reply by Liz on
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Have you read this thread on the bi-weekly collections? There may be some information there that will help you make up your mind whether its time to recycle. Ultimately, if you continue to cram all your rubbish into your black bin, you'll find that it will pile up as it won't be collected every week. This may prove to be more unsightly in the long run. Burning rubbish does produce electricity for the national grid but it also generates toxic ash and fumes that have been linked to higher rates of child mortality in areas surrounding incinerators. Even government ministers acknowledge that use of incinerators like the one at Edmonton is dangerous and not sustainable in the long term. It is also highly inefficient and costly (to us the taxpayer) to get rid of our rubbish in this way. I had never considered that requiring people to recycle might be an infringement of their personal liberty, it's an interesting take on the whole debate.
Do you have time to do a quick analysis of the kind of rubbish you are generating? You may find as I have that the majority of your rubbish belongs in the recycling bin and adjust how your main bin is used i.e. all recyclable stuff goes in the big bin. Personally I find that once all the recyclable stuff is removed, I create about half a bin bag of 'landfill' a week. That is for a family of four with two kids of a school age. You already do the most difficult bit which is to remove compostable waste so this may not be such a changeover. The other thing to consider (and again I speak from experience) is to make a deliberate decision not to buy anything that has excessive packaging, to refuse all plastic bags including when buying veg and to try and look for recyclable packaging where it isn't possible to avoid it. Not generating the waste by careful shopping can also help cut down on the amount of waste a family generates. I don't find that I have piles of rubbish lying around, nor do I have to make endless trips to the bins with this mode of treating my rubbish. These are merely suggestions which you are entirely free to reject if you can't make them work for you.
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Permalink Reply by mrs finch on
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perhaps if i was younger and not set in my ways this would be something i would do. I know my daughter recycles and her kitchen was designed round making it easy. I can see that some people do care and I am not knocking them. but i do nearly all my shopping on line and really could not get into reading labels and working out what the packaging is. The farmer i get my unpaasteurised milk from takes his boxes back. The supplier of my organic meat and veg takes his boxes back and ocado take their carrier bags back. But other than that I really don't have the time or inclination to start worrying about rubbish. We have two extra large wheelie bins and we fill them every week. I suspect i will just end up asking the council for another two and we will put 4 out every fortnight.
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I don't wish to pry but if you are already doing all of that, I can't understand how you are generating two full wheelie bins per week. Are you a large family? I'd also suggest that a request for four bins and no use of the recycling bin you will be provided with may be queried by the council. I also do shopping online for basics and non-perishables, but most of what we buy comes in tins, cardboard or aluminium. I certainly don't find that all my waking hours are spent sorting out my rubbish. I thought there might be the perennial nappies issue but from what you say this doesn't seem to be an issue. I'm at a loss to know what else to suggest but I certainly don't think you should waste your money paying for private rubbish collection.
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Permalink Reply by Angela on
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Mrs F, you don't need extra bins - you can ask the council for green boxes to put your recyclable stuff in. The boxes can be kept outside and do not need to be in the kitchen or anywhere in the house.
With all respect, my mother is in her 70s and has been recyling for years; although for some reason her Local Authority won't collect glass so she has to take it to the nearest(normally over-flowing) bottle bank.
To be fair, Haringey Council is pretty good at helping residents to recycle imo.
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if the boxes are kept outside, then i have to walk down the path in all weathers with bits of rubbish all day long. Why should I?? The system of putting it all into a big bin that gets emptied once or twice a day into the wheelie bins has worked fine for years. . Whats more on rubbish collection days I will have to carry lots and lots of boxes out to the front, which will probably be heavy considering how many glass bottles we throw out a week. At the moment i can wheel the bins out, but it will be struggle to carry boxes.
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That's a fair point about having to carry the boxes out onto the street.
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I think it is a very good spoof.....The "many glass bottles" must have given you a good giggle.
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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It looks as if the only thing you want to recycle is excuses not to.
Fair enough - don't. The planet will probably survive
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Hmm, yes. You buy unpasteurised mik from a farmer, buy organic meat & veg and yet put glass bottles in a non-recyclable bin?
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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Hillarious! Excellent! Surely the game was up at 'private rubbish collector'?
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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Meh..choke..splutter.........
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this is not a spoof! I care about what i put in my body, hence all the organic stuff that makes me feel better. Alcohol is supposed to be bad for me, but I have made a choice to include it in my life. But nobody has convinced me that not recycling the bottle afterwards is going to make much difference to anything, apart from the fact that it will inconvenience me.
There must be someone else around that dare admit they feel the same.
For all you recyclers, I think that is your choice and do not knock it. But the council should not be forcing me to spend time reading labels and organising my rubbish when I don't want to do it.
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