In message , Andy Hall writes
On 2006-11-25 12:16:09 +0000, David Hansen
said:

On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 19:26:47 +0000 someone who may be John Beardmore
wrote this:-

Plastic bottles are OK, but plastic tubs are not (even if of the
same
plastic as the bottles).
I just stuff them in anyway to be honest, but I guess the issue may
be contamination with non food grade materials, e.g. PVC with
horrible plasticisers etc, sheet metal e.g. steel coated with
cadmium or zinc...
It varies from place to place. Some places accept any plastics of
the appropriate types. The same is true of various types of
cardboard and shredded paper.
When things are different in different places some people whine
about how it should all be standardised to avoid confusion. However,
when things are standardised the same people whine about how they
are straight jacketed by a centrally imposed system.

Which means that the solution is for everything to go into one
collection container and for it to be sorted by those being paid to do
it.

I think you'll find there is more than one solution.

One might be for you to sort your own waste in a responsible way.


Of course if FoE and others would like to volunteer to go and sift
through the stuff at waste transfer stations on Sunday afternoons, I'd
have no objection at all.

No doubt you would be willing to exploit them, but I doubt they'd have
time to sort through all the waste people like you produce and can't be
bothered to sort themselves.


I might even buy them a packet of biscuits at Christmas.

Good to see such a responsible attitude !


J/.
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John Beardmore