"Guy King" wrote in message
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During recycling collections "all cardboard/paper" must be packed flat.
So if you have a cardboard box which seems suitable for containing all
the other cardboard you put in it, expect to keep the box.

Ours are obviously a lot friendlier. Our recycling box got nicked some
months ago[1] and since then I've put it all out in a cardboard box.
Everything sorted into bags, all cardboard exepct the box CKD and
they're quite happy to take it. Bloke said he actually prefers it as he
doesn't have to walk back with the empty box.

[1] Little scrote locally stole a dozen of 'em to make a ramp for his
bicycle.

That shows enterprise! But if you know who took it why not take it back?

:-)

I don't understand the 'recycling box' part of your post, Guy. Don't you
have a wheelie bin for recyclable stuff?

We have a brown (landfill) bin and a green (metal, plastic, paper/cardboard)
one.

Glass can't be put in either, we put bottles and broken glasses (too many
these days!) in a crate and Spouse fills his panniers and top box to take to
the bottle bank when he goes to the post office or bank.

Garden waste is composted or shredded, table scraps (on the rare occasions
there are any) are recycled as eggs.

We have no boxes for anything

Mary