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Neil · 17-03-2005, 16:37

Not quite no.

It happened at an area council meeting. The bin people were answering questions after the meeting. I was with another resident and made reference to Hyndburns blue toy box scheme and said it was very good for keeping toys in but there was no way I was going to put empty cans with razor sharp edges into that blue box. It has a lid I was told. He is 3, he can use the sky remote to select which kids channel he wants on so a poorly fitting lid won't stop him cutting his fingers on a festering cat food tin. Why can't we have one of the small wheelie bins for cans, tins etc. Errrrrrrrrrrr, you can was the answer. A similar discussion occured about the silly blue bags. Have you noticed the number of empty pop bottle's blowing around after a windy recyling collection day. So I ended up with 2 small wheelie bins as a trial. There are 2 off us with a big bin and 2 small ones. I bet not many people know the Kerbside Recycler can handle wheelie bins.

I use the paper sack as well. All bills etc are cross-cut shredded first or course ( and a lot of other flyers etc to make it harder to rebuild the private stuff).

Card is saved and put out as side waste on non-recyle day. I am still waiting for the council to start recycling it instead of land filling it.

About the only thing I throw in the non-recyle that I should not is glass. This probably averages out to about 1 jar a week.

Not bad really for someone who was totally against having to do the councils work for them. The Government regs/rules or whatever they are say the council should provide a recepticle for recyclets and one for non-recylce waste. No mention of little boxes or bags etc. Look at Rossendale - 2 bins 1 for each, thats it.

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Neil Administrator Ace Driver Champion! Onslaught 2.1 Champion! Defender of the Holy Pig Champion! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Oswaldtwistle Posts: 17,105 Liked: 607 times Rep Power: 290760	Re: Yeah? Recycle this then! Not quite no. It happened at an area council meeting. The bin people were answering questions after the meeting. I was with another resident and made reference to Hyndburns blue toy box scheme and said it was very good for keeping toys in but there was no way I was going to put empty cans with razor sharp edges into that blue box. It has a lid I was told. He is 3, he can use the sky remote to select which kids channel he wants on so a poorly fitting lid won't stop him cutting his fingers on a festering cat food tin. Why can't we have one of the small wheelie bins for cans, tins etc. Errrrrrrrrrrr, you can was the answer. A similar discussion occured about the silly blue bags. Have you noticed the number of empty pop bottle's blowing around after a windy recyling collection day. So I ended up with 2 small wheelie bins as a trial. There are 2 off us with a big bin and 2 small ones. I bet not many people know the Kerbside Recycler can handle wheelie bins. I use the paper sack as well. All bills etc are cross-cut shredded first or course ( and a lot of other flyers etc to make it harder to rebuild the private stuff). Card is saved and put out as side waste on non-recyle day. I am still waiting for the council to start recycling it instead of land filling it. About the only thing I throw in the non-recyle that I should not is glass. This probably averages out to about 1 jar a week. Not bad really for someone who was totally against having to do the councils work for them. The Government regs/rules or whatever they are say the council should provide a recepticle for recyclets and one for non-recylce waste. No mention of little boxes or bags etc. Look at Rossendale - 2 bins 1 for each, thats it.