| Topic: | Re:Recycle bin collection issues | |
| Posted by: | Philippa Bond | |
| Date/Time: | 17/11/17 11:13:00 |
| Yes, it worked well but packaging keeps changing. Now it is very likely that the bulkiest recycling people have is the oversized cardboard boxes that internet companies use. Global companies try and avoid taxes and there are packaging regulations and taxes - so give feedback on packaging - show that it is a concern! It depends on each household how much and what waste they make. Having to hang onto plastic milk bottles for two weeks isn't as easy as returning empty glass ones to the doorstep each day. It is a shame that the Milkman and his round and social interaction has been sacrificed for a product that has turned into a loss leader for the supermarkets. After an outcry by not enough people about too much rigid plastic packaging and a Minister telling us to leave our packaging at the till rigid plastic packaging has been reduced. New packaging with rigid tubs and easy to peel off lids is replacing much of it as sadly are pouches which are currently unrecyclable but more manageable. Taxes and markets change. Other Councils do arrange tours of waste transfer stations, anaerobic digestion plants, energy from waste plants and materials recovery facilities etc. LBH doesn't yet have all its ducks in a row with its waste and recycling. I still think that the small terraces should be using a different system and that the Council was monumentally crazy to be so inflexible and blindly and insensitively dictatorial when if they'd read the recommendations they'd know that one size does not fit all - and hopefully they will adjust this when their building is built. If there is money to be made from waste and recycling surely it is better for the Council to gain the benefit to offset against the costs rather than just handing everything over to a Contractor on a plate? However as with all investments in a market prices go up and down. There has also been a reduction in waste arisings as many people buy less, buy differently and waste less. |