So how come my local council have set up a system of grey bins for everyday rubbish,green bins for everything else(unsorted)except glass.Green bags for composting stuff which is sold back to us as compost.If they can employ people to sort it through at the recycling center(mostly East Europeans) why can't the rest?In fact I'm mighty impressed by those that run the nearest recycling center as they work hard and do the job really well.
The glass is sorted by us and taken to the bottle banks that are available in the large seafront car park where it costs nothing to park and unload recycled stuff like glass and old clothing.
There is no need for 9 bins it's just that some local councils have taken the easy route and not bothered to find or sort out a local company to do the work.Ours tendered it out to a local company.
I certainly don't recognised the following
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It replaced the old system of five different bins, which is commonly used across the country, with the aim of boosting the rate of recycling from 26 per cent in 2008 to 50 per cent by 2015
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The only way they will get 50% is to make ALL retailers use packaging that is ALL recyclable by local authorities.at the moment not all plastics are recyclable and I have to place them in ordinary rubbish which makes me fume.Time they went after the supermarkets in my opinion rather than target householders all the time.
If they try to institute this round my way then they will have to charge me less tax as I'm not doing all their work for them.For one thing I have no room for 9 bins.and the three I already have take up too much room.
Also 9 bins will be an eyesore where people keep all their bins in their front yards/gardens.
