goldringers Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 I always spilt the stuff in our bins for re cycling, wife got some medical stuff in a wadding like rockwool in plastic. It clearly says remove plastic the wadding can go in recycling plant vegetation bin bio degradable i.e. Green bin I puts it in and spots bin men taking it out on collection day. I explains it to him, he said if I put it back he's not taking it. So then I noticed packaging on some microwave rice packs, again it says can be re cycled bio degradable put in compost etc So I chucked it in the green bin Bin men came Lifted the lid Saw it and was gonna leave my bin till I explained it. Now I get his point of view which was spot on. If they open the and see stuff that's not food or garden waste like grass plants and see packages or wadding how are they suppose to know what is what isn't bio degradable?. He said, we don't have the time to read every package and they are under strict orders not to take green bin waste with foreign crap in or they can get bollocked. So what's the point ?. I know it goes to landfill and will break down but lots of non recyclable goods also get incinerated. Biodegradable packaging cost more to manufacture and this gets pushed onto the consumer all apart of this green ideology but if it doesn't make it to compost heaps then what's the point ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diddy Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Just like car park attendants of yesteryear, Bin men are well up for a good bribing lol. My mates a bin man and he confirms. My cousin gives them a beer every now and then say in the summer and at Xmas.....He gets whatever he put's out taken. Special uplifts - done privately off the books. All for a few tins of Aldi beer/cider. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippie on hill Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Our local news said we could put small electricals in a bag on top of the bin So I did, only to find it smashed up all over the pavement when I went out to bring the bin in So I've learnt my lesson there It's worse at my Mum's tho, where they do the kerb side sorting. Anything they don't want to take is just left on top of the bin so 10mins after they've been there's plastic packaging blowing up n down the road unless it's a rare day with zero breeze. Whoever came up with that isn't living in the real world ffs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbrother Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Shortly after they introduced the charge for green waste bins here my M-I-L disposed of some plastic trellis that also had plastic vine type flowers attached. She broke up the trellis and chucked it all in the waste bin and the plastic vines / flowery bits ended up on top. Luckily i was walking the dog when they were emptying the bins and noticed a tag on her bin (they were still local) that read read "not emptied / no garden waste at all in this bin". Ran back up the road and spoke to the guys, initially it was no we have been there already, but spoke to supervisor and he realised the operator had fcukked up and went back for it. Regards, bc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mard Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 We pay £50 per year for a Green Bin, and they will only accept Garden items like leaves/twigs/grass cuttings etc. Nothing else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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