Wouldn't recycling be easier??!!

[Cmitchell]

OMG I just accidentally found this- why haven't we got anythin like this/ an article written like this in the UK??

Bl**dy councils etc keep harping on about recycling! If they took the time to look into it and created something like this, we'd all find it easier!! And useful info like this might help for all the "other stuff" which fills up our bins!!!

10 Things to Recycle That You Never Thought You Could by Kelly Regan

http://climate.weather.com/articles/recycle021 508.html?from=pif_locallinker_travel&cm_ven=MK TG&cm_cat=HousePromo&cm_pla=LocLink&cm_ite=FE

Oh, and did I mention there's 5 pages of it???!!!

http://climate.weather.com/articles/recycle021 508.html?page=2

etc etc

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[lajohn]

We all should do our part to keep the earth, our environment, etc. clean so that we and generations to come can benefit in the long run.

[terambulan]

Absolutely everything we use comes from the earth somehow.....and it all decays back. Plastic, which the council say takes eons to disintergrate is untrue; I can burn it in my fireplace in two mins and get warmth.

The only things I put in the bin are bottles and tins. Probably 3 carrier bag loads a week. The dogs/birds eat all the left-overs and veg cuts on the dung-heap which will breakdown for the allotment.

[Hawkwalk]

We do have this in the UK.

http://www.recyclenow.com/

[taichiperson]

Treambulan, would you be pulling our leg????

Just in case people don't know, please do not burn plastic, it realeases carcinogens in to the atmosphere- to say nothing of the smell!

I'm amazed at the number of people who put tins and bottles in the rubbish - arrgh!

[nonomaybe]

In Sweden you are never far from a recycling bank, even away from the main areas of population most villages( even with pops. of a hundred or so) have a centre where you can dispose of most of the rubbish generated in the average household.
Most plastic bottles and glass bottles carry a deposit which can be redeemed at any supermarket as they all have facilities to do this.
All packaging carries recycling info. so that even the uninitiated will know which bin to put it in.
The rubbish that is then left(and goes into the household bin) is collected fortnightly( and paid for by weight) and taken invariably to an incinerator system where it is burnt and the resultant heat/energy is used in local housing projects.
Larger items may be taken to another type of rubbish disposal unit and placed in the respective container ,batteries, lightbulbs, used paint cans, every thing throwable has a place.
Even a family of four usually take a month to fill a bin after they have recycled.If you can't be bothered to recycle (and it does become a challenge to do so) you pay for it but you have the choice.
Why this superb, seamless system cannot be adapted for use in the UK, is beyond me although it was said about commercial recycling some years ago that there is "no profit" in it !!!!!!

[whiffey]

I very rarely put out a conventional black bag these days, I recycle absolutely everything except food scraps. Even if I'm not sure about an item, and even if it is not listed in the council's leaflets, I still put it in the recycle box anyway, they are well-equipped to sort it out.

[ummmm]

Global warmings a myth!!!

[firewatch]

i would like to recycle more, however our council seems to neglect our lane in the recycling bid and does not leave us with the right bags god alone knows how much i throw away could be recycled?!
(im off to email the council!)

[nonomaybe]

I do agree with ummmm. that Global Warming is a myth .I reckon it hastaken on a life of its own and become the latest Bandwagon for the powers-that-be to create more bureaucratic empires and of course to take evermore tax. We the taxpayer have the answer as usual, through the ballot box,(note how effective it was with the threat of disjointed fortnightly collections) during the last round of local elections.It just needs to be sustained, it only takes a moment to sent a brief,but reasoned e-mail to the council and not much more time to make a habit of responding to issues. Get friends and nighbours to do the same and soon the council will learn what YOU the taxpayer WANTS and not what they think you should have!!!

[adamhornsby]

Global Warming isnt a myth. Answer me this. When was the last time we had severe snow in the UK? I can remember taboganning on a thick snow hill about 10 years ago. No snow now. Scientists have even proven its happening, and there are stubborn gits who dont want to do anything about it. Puzzles me that people complain about floods and how the government should be responsible, and yet they moan that global warming isnt happening. Like the do-gooders who moan about having wind-turbines where they live, and then complain about the earth getting warmer.
We were put on this Earth, so we have to look after it.

[Postdog]

I've surprised myself - my rubbish now totals one kitchen bin bag a week, as evertyhing else gets recycled one way or another - and I don't get shopping in throwaway bags anymore.

That said, I am a postman, and on bin day, I see so many bins just overflowing with stuff that needn't be there. It's a shame people who do their bit can't have a reduction in council tax, or those who don't pay more.

And what has recycling got to do with global warming? it's about making the best of ever depleting resources, including land fill sites.

[nonomaybe]

adamhornsby, We are talking about Global warming so why do you use for an example a very small area of the Planet.
You have to look at the whole worldwide picture which is, as mere laymen an impossible task. So we have to rely on the so called experts, most of whom have research grants to protect, or our gut instincts coupled with history.
Unfortunately like many things it has become an industry and of course it is in the interests of the empire builders to drown out all attempts at rational debate. Sound familiar????

[Hawkwalk]

nonomaybe - are polar ice caps melting and glaciers receeding just a myth? The evidence of global warming is plain to see for all who choose to open their eyes.

The debate that will continue is what or who is causing it - there is clearly no debating the fact it is happening.

[nonomaybe]

This discussion could go on and on but generally for every glacier that appears to be receding there is another developing, If one takes the British weather it can be said, on a very cold morning that the latest ice age is starting, two days later in sweltering weather, lo and behold global warming is back, and so on and so on. Taken on a worldwide basis it's all of a muchness it's all swings and round-a-bouts but not global warming.
P.s. but do keep on recycling!!!!

[terambulan]

Have u seen the huge volcano in Hawaii throwing out more car....thingys (?) than countable. I am perfectly serious with my comment on here earlier as it's exactly what I do.

Even my domestic tins and bottles are not removed from my home (too far for me to wheel a wheelie for collection) so I motor my rubbish to my commercial premises (have to attend daily) where we are supplied with plastic bags for collection.

As for regular snow....it's never been regular in England; usually a 7y cycle....so wait for it, it's due next year.

[Twenty20]

It's a fact that it was actually a lot warmer in Roman times in what is now the UK than it is now. Grape vines used to flourish as far north as Lincoln, we're only just starting to get back to those sorts of temperatures now. According to the expert's best guess, global temperatures will rise by approximately 4.5 degrees by 2080. Maybe the Romans had global warming too? I wonder what made the temperature drop in the past 2000 years - maybe that's what we should be asking?