| Topic: | Re:Re:Recycling | |
| Posted by: | Philippa Bond | |
| Date/Time: | 25/08/25 11:53:00 |
| We haven't been to any of the local Household Waste & Recycling Centres (HWRCs) more than twice since the Stirling Road one closed and we took out a garden waste collection contract with the Council. We used to only go about twice a year with garden waste. The fact that so much usable stuff was being crushed together with the hopes of the people taking it and hoping for a reprieve for it was dispiriting. Some of these places are also called HRRCs (Household Reuse & Recycling Centres) which since there's so much separating involved in sorting to create a new resource is a great step forward as long as there are the repairers and upcyclers like those at Petit Miracles teaching their skills and sharing their knowledge and people learning new skills. It can be very satisfying and confidence boosting to fix something and give it a new life. We can recycle so much more packaging and more from home in the kerbside collection now and the design of packaging has been changing to make it easier to recycle with hardly any mixed material being used now. The ingenuity of the design of all-card and cardboard boxes made with no other materials or just some tape to pull off the top and bottom so you can flatten them is fascinating and to be applauded. Once we couldn't even recycle cardboard at Stirling Road or in the kerbside collection and we had to spend more time reusing it - which isn't such a bad thing - when we remember the simple waste hierarchy mantra of Reduce Reuse Recycle and the extended one including Refuse and Repair and Repurpose and any more ways of extending the life of something before Recycling and Disposal. The packaging material used inside cardboard boxes has also changed. There is a lot less kerbside unrecyclable polystyrene and more eggbox type or shredded cardboard box material including the lattice cut reused cardboard which can be wrapped around delicate articles. Covid greatly increased the amount of our online ordering which was a big disappointment when trying to 'slim the bin'. There are some streetbanks for clothes and small electricals and electronics although some boroughs take these bagged in their kerbside collections. There are also take back schemes particularly for electrical and electronic items as legislation has been passed so you will find that these shops have on their websites information about how when you buy something new you can also recycle whatever it is replacing at the same time or later (keep your receipt for the new one just in case). You do have to check their information online as sometimes they will take anything that you have and sometimes you will also get a discount. When it is large item being delivered you have to remember to book the collection at the same time as you order and may have to have to pay a small amount for collection. Has anybody tried and succeeded ordering and arranging this all by phone rather than online? |
| Topic | Date Posted | Posted By |
| Recycling | 20/08/25 17:32:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Recycling | 21/08/25 09:03:00 | Paul Fisher |
| Re:Re:Recycling | 21/08/25 17:24:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Re:Recycling | 24/08/25 09:43:00 | Steve Taylor |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Recycling | 24/08/25 22:13:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Recycling | 25/08/25 10:42:00 | Sarah |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Recycling | 25/08/25 12:08:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Recycling | 25/08/25 12:14:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Recycling | 31/08/25 11:55:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Re:Recycling | 25/08/25 10:21:00 | Sarah |
| Re:Recycling | 22/08/25 16:22:00 | Sarah |
| Re:Re:Recycling | 25/08/25 11:53:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Re:Recycling | 25/08/25 17:30:00 | Steve Taylor |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Recycling | 25/08/25 19:20:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Recycling | 26/08/25 06:37:00 | Sarah |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Recycling | 26/08/25 10:07:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Recycling | 27/08/25 21:52:00 | Sarah Felstead |
| Re:Re:Recycling | 27/08/25 22:24:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Re:Recycling Upcycling & the Circular Economy | 28/08/25 19:05:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Recycling Expo | 02/09/25 14:29:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Recycling Expo | 10/09/25 12:54:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Re:Recycling Expo | 15/10/25 20:08:00 | Philippa Bond |