Number Of Council Waste Bins.

[William51]

I have often wondered how many wheelie bins councils require to be used in different areas. In West Norfolk we leave out a green recycling bin and a black general waste bin with one left on alternate weeks, and a grey food waste caddy every week. I hear some areas have three or four bins?.

[jazzyjen]

I don’t understand people who say they never have ANY food waste. Yes I try my best to avoid wastage but there are always some things which cannot be used.
We have a compost system at home that gets veg peelings etc. But the council food caddy gets the things that would not rot down easily in our heap- such as meat/fish bones, melon and pineapple skins.

[roopower]

Should have mentioned in Tamworth if we want a green garden waste bin it's £36 a year. I would think everyone has food waste - vegetable and fruit peelings go in my compost bin but meat bones, fish skin etc goes in general black bin, well wrapped up.

[barry1010]

My hot compost bin takes all that stuff, jazzy. I chop tough skins like pineapple and melon in to small pieces first.

[gingejbee]

We have one of the highest recycling rates in the country...because our council make it dead easy - ALL recycling goes into one green wheelie bin...glass, paper, cardboard, metal, textiles...even shredded paper (bagged). You can leave dead batteries and electrical items on top.
Food waste caddy every week - such a good idea.

[wiltsman]

GingeJbee - Your council seems to be on the ball. Where in the country are you?

[Redhelen72]

We have a black waste bin, brown garden compost bin, food compost bin and 3 recycling tubs.
Recycling and food collected weekly and the other’s alternative weeks

[jno]

sandy, I find myself unable to digest the skins or the stones from avocados so into the food waste they go.

[Canary42]

Repeat with Location. Hayling Island (Havant Borough Council)
Two free, green for recyclable, black for non-recyclable. One chargeable, brown for garden waste.

All my food waste (which is food preparation waste like potato peelings, carrot tops, eggshells, etc.; I eat all my edible food) goes into my wormery to produce valuable fertiliser for my vegetable garden.

[Maydup]

Our general waste bin here on the Norfolk Broads, is green! So confusing for visitors to a busy tourist area.

Grey bin for all recyclables, and batteries, textiles or electrical items can be left in a small bag beside the bin.

Food waste caddy is collected each week, but we compost all of ours and have yet to create any.

[Thisoldbird]

We have a grey bin for general waste clear sacks for recycling. A small caddy for food waste and green for garden waste

[Buenchico]

Here in Mid-Suffolk it's the same as it is where Canary42 is.

i.e. We have a green bin for recyclable waste and a black one for everything else, collected on alternate weeks. Residents can also have a brown bin for garden waste if they're prepared to pay a little extra.

[Buenchico]

There are 39 different sets of rules across the UK about what can go into recycling bins - and that's only for plastic!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-45496884

[Buenchico]

As examples of how things differ, in most of the country you either can't put glass bottles and jars out with your recycling or else you have to put them in a separate container. In Dover though, glass can go into the recycling wheelie bin, whereas paper and card has to go into a separate box:
https://www.dover.gov.uk/Recycling--Waste/Collection-Service/Home.aspx

Here in Mid-Suffolk, they keep changing the rules. At one time empty bleach bottles couldn't go into recycling bins but now they can. They also used to accept textiles, placed in a separate bag on top of a recycling bin, but now they don't.

[Sam1960]

Four wheelie's, and a small bin for food waste.

Grey (general)
Green (garden waste) + "small food bin" one week.

Blue (paper) etc
Orange (glass, tin) etc + "small food bin" the other.

[jno]

paper, glass and plastic bottles are all recyclables here, but I do check plastic things for the little triangles. It's annoying that film has to be separated from otherwise recyclable objects such as microwave meals, I must waste several seconds every year doing this.