[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by Taf

Bl**dy recycling.

It used to be one big black wheelie bin.

Then a smaller black wheelie bin, and all recycling in one plastic bag because the council spent millions on a sorting machine.

Then a food recycling bin appeared.

Then a blue reusable sack for paper and card, and a red reusable sack for plastic and metal, and a blue bin for glass.

Then purple bags for hygiene waste.

The red and blue sacks were emptied into a lorry with 2 sides to keep the recycled materials separate, but one side always filled before the other, so the vehicle had to make extra trips back to the depot to empty it all, so now they use one lorry for blue and one for red.

So that means that there are up to 6 vehicles visiting each address once a week.

And now there are strong rumours that black bins will only be emptied every 4 weeks!

in my area we put the recycling into the bins supplied, then the bin men chuck most of it down the street