Recyclable Plastic Bags

[jennyjoan]

We have been instructed by our bin men that we have to separate our food waste and put in with the garden waste.

Also anybody know where I can buy the recyclable bags to put the food waste in. Thanks again for any help.

[Muntin]

We find it easier to compost food waste [very little] and garden waste in a compost bin.

[jennyjoan]

well these bags are definitely no good to me - oh neighbour gave me a cupple. Already one bag is filled with 2 loaves that have gone hard.

I do think it is all a farce this recycling as it weren't too long ago that myself and a few neighbours witnessed a bin man mixing up various wastes and throwing it in the black bin carrier.

[jennyjoan]

you know what I don't understand - how come black bin can take babies ***ty nappies and dog's *** and elderly people's ***t and it can't cope with a wee bit of food - ah pleeeeeeease.

[ummmm]

Unless they open the bags how would they know?

[waterboatman]

Food waste? Wossat? I've got a food recycling bin too, two actually, a wee one for in the kitchen and a bigger one, about the size of a small peddle bin, I use the small one in the kitchen, it gets emptied into my composter, the bigger bin is in the shed, never been used!

[Cloverjo]

OH managed to get round all this nonsense by phoning the council and saying he couldn't possibly be doing with all the sorting and wheeling the bins onto the pavement, as he is an elderly man.

We recycle our wine bottles, cardboard and newspapers, but scraps of food go in the insinkerator.

[marval]

Our council gave us a small grey caddy, they get emptied into the green wheelie bin. If I have any food waste I just put it straight into the whjeelie bin, with the garden waste.

[Mamyalynne]

I take it my link was not to the right Council JJ - they provide bags.

Check if yours does too.

[jennyjoan]

Mamy - it was the right link ok - you are right.

But my goodness they are only wee scittery bags. I would need biodegradable bags the size of a pedal bin.

[mallyh]

we have to buy our garden waste bags (at £1.20 each for a pensioner)from the council offices x that sounds like you put pensioners in them lol x

[Mamyalynne]

Oh I see, I don't throw much food away fortunately.

We don't have any extra bags,bins or boxes as it is a communal bin.

I try to personally recycle what I can and my daughters help too.

[EcclesCake]

Maybe addressing your food waste might be an idea JJ?

To throw two loaves away is a bit bonkers when you could have turned them into breadcrumbs and frozen them for further use.

If you find the bags so small I think you would do well to think about your shopping list and your menu for the week . If you are throwing so much out then it would seem you are buying too much.

[Smowball]

We have a black plastic food waste bin outside and in my kitchen I personally bought a small ceramic one in the shape of a big red strawberry lol with the stalk as the lid. It's not even as tall as my kettle and I put the biodegradeable bags in it then when full take outside to put in the plastic one. We don't throw much away at all and as Eccles says throwing two whole loaves away seems mad. If I ever have leftover bread I whizz into breadcrumbs and freeze.

[jennyjoan]

Ah but yous are all good cooks. After a time I would only end up throwing out the breadcrumbs as I would have no need for them.