"Michael Chare" wrote in message
o.uk...
"Dave" wrote in message
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I was idly watching the refuse collection this morning and one thing that
struck me was the amount of time it takes to empty just one of them. Take
the bin to the back of the wagon, hook it up and press the button for the
rise, wait for it to empty and then want for it to be dropped off again,
then return the bin to the edge of the property.

It was a far quicker process when everyone used bin bags. OK I know they
were subject to animals ripping them open, but most of that risk could
have been taken away by the use of an open top plastic box to drop the
bin bag in. One for each bag that was regularly put out for collection.

Dave

Where I live we have plastic bags, which I have to remember to leave out.
In the 'good old days' the dustbin men collected the bin from the back
door, emptied it and returned it.

We use two plastic bags per week, a clear one for recycle stuff and a
black one for everything else.
These bags are only used once, unlike supermarket bags which are used at
least twice, once to leave the supermarket and once as peddle bin liners.

I suspect that far more plastic is used per week in the government
provided bags, than in the ones that the government are trying to stop the
supermarkets providing.


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Michael Chare


Always happens, The cause and effect/effect... leading to the origional
point being missed.
eg. some well meaning eurobod proposes less landfill= great for the
environment. So far so good.
Enforcement? well by financial penalty of course.
LA dont want penalties so devise extra rounds for new diesel spewers to
collect unwanted supposed recyclables, target reached no penalties.
What of the origional good idea for the environment? Anybodies guess. We the
punters meanwhile are spoonfed crap vis glass/tin/paper/board to protect a
thoroughly deficient system.

Peter