Recycling

[Caran]

Went to do recycling this morning. There was an elderly chap there with his car. The boot was full. Im sure he used it as a dustbin. It was full of loose bottles, empty food containers, left over food, rubbish everything you would put in a dustbin. Not a plastic bag in sight, everything was loose. Why?
In this day and age everyone has a dust bin let alone a pedal bin.

[Robinia]

Maybe he lives in a property where it's difficult to get a wheelie bin in and out. Steps, slope, terraced house etc.

[ummmm]

How long were you staring in his boot?

[aelmpvw]

leftover food in his boot unbagged?

[Ratty2E]

Perhaps he's homeless and has to live in his car and the boot is his dustbin. Or it was all in a bag but it split on the way to the tip.

[Dazzleflash]

we are told not to bag recycling but to put it in loose. As for left over food, I'm surprised he was not stopped by the attendants at the Tip.

[ummmm]

We only have boxes and when they are full we are told to use white bags.

[ichkeria]

Maybe his bin was full

[Dazzleflash]

I got a message on my blue recycling bin -please do not bag recycling material

[NellieMay]

We don't bag recycling. Not allowed. And besides it defeats the object. Perhaps he had a boot liner.
At least he is recycling, not dumping it at the roadside!

[ummmm]

It doesn't defeat the purpose. Recycling, bagged or not, goes to a recycling centre. Household waste goes to landfill.

[Dazzleflash]

Ummmm it goes to a recycling centre where unfortunate people have to open all the plastic bags that have been tied up, that is why they don't want you to bag up recycling

[NellieMay]

I agree dazzleflash. We use bags for our household food waste that can't be composted, but the recycling goes into the bin unwrapped. We take plastic bags to a local recycling centre, where they have a special bin.