"John Williamson" wrote in message
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Huge wrote:
On 2013-08-23, John Williamson wrote:
Huge wrote:
On 2013-08-23, Tim Streater wrote:
In article ,
Huge wrote:
I'd send a bill to your council for the time you spend sorting your
rubbish,
a task you already pay them for.
Rubbish. If you want them to do it, they'll have to charge more. If I
have an empty bottle or plastic drinks bottle in my mitt, how hard is
it to put it in the right container?
Harder than putting it in the single bin my council provide. Plus the
storage space. Sorting waste should be done by your council.

I reckon I must spend all of a minute extra per week making sure that
stuff goes into the right bin of the four supplied.

You've spent longer than that (much longer) arguing about it.

If waste is sorted into separate bins as it's generated, it needs much
less sorting than it would if it were all put into one bin for later
sorting.

Tell someone who cares.

The materials gained by sorting at source are also better suited to
recycling than stuff obtained by sorting the general waste stream,

Except, as has so ably been demonstrated in this thread, you cannot rely
on householders to get it right.

saving everybody except the initial thrower-away time, money and energy.

I *am* the "initial thrower-away" and I don't GAS about the rest of it. I
pay someone to deal with my waste. Let them deal with it. I'll cheerfully
sort my rubbish at my consultancy rate.


While expecting the council to sort it at the legal minimum wage.

minimum wage jobs are better than no jobs

tim