On 24/08/2013 10:12, John Williamson wrote:
tim..... wrote:

"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

I *was* pointing out the hypocricy of the poster wanting to charge for
his few seconds of time sorting rubbish at source at his consultancy
rate, so setting what he considers a fair price for the job, while being
perfectly happy for someone else to spend much more time sorting it
later (A much less pleasant job) for the legal minimum wage.

No, he's simply saying what his charge out rate is, nothing to do with
the rate for the job, just the rate for his time.

SteveW