Frank Erskine wrote:
It isn't very often that I use my LA's 'recycling box', which is
emptied once a fortnight, supposedly collecting glass bottles/jars,
cans, newspapers - I do try to use facilities in the car park of
supermarkets. However, the other day I tried the 'service' and was a
bit bemused that the wagon which came around took the bottles and
jars/cans, but left the newspapers. I queried them about this and they
pointed to another council wagon waiting around the corner, just to
collect papers. This was prior to the main bin collection wagon...


That's probably why so many councils have gone to (or are planning to go
to) fortnightly collections.

The irony is that in the current economic climate, the market for
recycled glass, paper etc. has almost completely collapsed, and much of
the carefully collected recycled items are going to storage or even
landfill.