I got a card through the letterbox today I MUST NOT USE MY BLUE BOX FOR CANS AND BOTTLES.
Here we go again,
recycling I have no problem with the theory of it but can we a least have a little give and take?
The Council expect me to have all cans washed, all plastic containers crushed, all paper sorted, no shiny stuff, no envelopes with windows, no staples.
These irritating things I do reluctantly even though I don't think it should be my job.
The one concession I give myself is that I use my plastic box for cans and glass bottles, is this because I want to be awkward? No, it's because for me it is practical, the house I live in isn't big enough for me to keep cans, bottles etc in the house so the box is in the yard. If I was to use a sack there is a good chance that before it had any real weight in it it would blow away, it also rains a lot in my back yard so carrying a soaking wet sack through the house once a fortnight is another no, no. At least most of the water drains out of the box.
If the council will not allow me this one little compromise there is another solution, I have a big grey wheelie bin in the yard, everything can fit in there easily.
