DIYbanter - View Single Post - Rubbish disposal, government regs and local councils

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On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 15:54:42 +0000, Grimly Curmudgeon
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I've regularly seen the collection truck tip all 3 bottle banks into the
one opentop trailer. Makes a mockery of the whole thing, imo.

The council can't win.

If people mix the glass then there is no point taking the glass away
is separate lots. This is waste.

If people see the glass being mixed by the council they might conclude
that there is no point sorting the glass when they put it into the
bottle banks.

And when people like me see the council taking all the recycled rubbish
and putting it in the same vehicle as the domestic refuse, we know it's
all a con.

A contract I was working on recently scored a big pat on the back for
recycling. For using up a previously unusable mountain of glass cullet
as landfill.

Not only that, but *no* recycling scheme ever undergoes an audit to cost
out if it has a positive or negative environmental impact. I for one
don't believe that the gallons of water, soap, and fuel wasted in
cleaning and transporting waste from consumer to recycling has any net
positive effect.