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Old 01-10-2011, 22:03   #44
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Re: Weekly Bin Collections

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Originally Posted by MovedtoBolton View Post
The council here in Bolton have a really good refuse collection model. The grey bin for non recyclabes is collected every week and the recyling bins, 3 of them, every fortnight. It seems to suit everyone. The latest initiative is a small bin we've been given to put all waste food into complete with biodegradable liners. To be honest we don't really need the weekly one anymore as we probabaly recycle about 65 to 70% of the volume of our rubbish.
It sounds great but most people don't have the room to store all those bins.

My parents in the Ribble Valley have 3 small bins (half the size of our grey bins) that rae collected weekly
1 for non recyclable
1 for recyclable
1 for green garden waste

If we had that model here most terraced houses would only have 2 small bins

Here is what they do

Ribble Valley Borough Council - Three Stream Waste Collection.

The odd thing is they use a private contractor to take paper and card in a sack like our paper is but it is taken fortnightly and might be on a different day to the other bins

It explains here Ribble Valley Borough Council - Mixed paper and cardboard collection service.


I like the idea of mixed recyclables, maybe the same company would want Hyndburns business.
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