[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by Madhatter

So you don't really know then. The only waste is dissposable products, nappies wipes etc And plastic packaging if you don't get the chance to recycle that. All food waste, cardboard, paper, cans, bottles, jars, books, clothing, shoes, cane be recycled.
That leaves plastics mainly doesn't it, and dissposables such as nappies.

How is food waste recyclable? Once food has been cooked it cannot be composted. We don't have any nappies.

We recycle all the things that the council will take as recyclable i.e. plastic bottles, glass, cans, paper. Clothes have always gone to charity shops and will continue to do so. Anything which someone else may possibly want ends up at the charity shops. Cardboard has always been put seperately even before the council recycled it. If there was anything recyclable which they wouldn't take we found our own way of recycling it. (and still do)

Our bins are normally emptied once a fortnight but my point with this one off three weeker is that it is likely to have a knock-on effect as any of the 50% extra rubbish which won't fit in will have to wait until the next collection, which will make that one more than a bin full and so some will have to wait until the following fortnight, etc., etc.

Another grumble of mine and a possible explanantion of why we have more rubbish than you is that every time the bins are emptied they manage to drop at least one bagful as the truck rounds the top of Ormerod Street, the majority of which ends up in our garden and the council then class it as our waste and refuse to move it so all that ends up in our wheelie bin too.