"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
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In article ,
Tim Streater writes:
In article ,
Bob Eager wrote:

On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:27:52 +0100, Tim Streater wrote:

There's 4 of us, for a start. And we are assiduous recyclers.

So are we. You could try squashing the bottles and so on. Don't forget
that the cardboard drinks cartons can't be recycled.

You aound like one of their 'retrainers'...!

Even if we didn't do that, it's still a backward step. Many people won't
squash bottles, and may use more bags. The cost to the council of the
skewed recycling percentage is going to be greater than that of a few
bags.

Well it depends doesn't it. It could be said that shipping all that
empty air around in un-squashed bottles is wasting a lot of society's
resources (not to mention your council tax).

They get compressed in the back of the dustcart, but I squash them
anyway to get more in the wheelie bin. I fill up the recycle bin at
about twice the rate of the ordinary bin, but it takes me weeks to
fill them anyway, hence the thread about the chicken and the maggots
and the stink.

Talking of which, the chicken went last Friday. I didn't see them
taking it, but I'm picturing the dustcart going off up the road,
obscured inside a cloud of flies. The bin still stunk.


Cleaned it
out with the pressure washer at the weekend, and it looks like you
could eat your dinner of it now, but it still stinks. Must have
seeped into the plastic.

Another of the jobs that I do not DIY (like ironing and window cleaning). I
am happy to pay £1.50 a month to have the bin cleaned for me.

Adam