Im with Egg tbh.

Although currently Im out of work / waiting for my self employedness to take off, but not claiming benefits.  Dont need em.

People I live with are all save the worldy, went to climate camp etc.  I couldnt give less of a sh*t.

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i think forcing people to recycle is the only way.

in terms of responsibility, its everyones to be making a contribution so there are materials available to designers to make products more sustainable and have less of an impact on our environment.

all i do is use more plastic in the form of Plastic Carrier bags, that I then have to take to the tip 5 miles away in my car because they will only take what it in the box, and the box is about 1/4 the size it needs to be.  So I end up using more petrol too.  How an 12x18x24" box is supposed to fit 2 weeks worth of plastic bottles, tins AND cardboard i dont know.  

5 stackable boxes for 4 quid from ikea, will save on your petrol.

youre either part of the problem or part of the solution, my friend. which are you?

they will _only_ take stuff that is in the recycling box, nothing else.  Ive tried using other boxes, and they just leave them as being "Incorrectly Packaged".  When i asked the council for extra boxes they said they are £15 each.

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i think forcing people to recycle is the only way.

in terms of responsibility, its everyones to be making a contribution so there are materials available to designers to make products more sustainable and have less of an impact on our environment.

all i do is use more plastic in the form of Plastic Carrier bags, that I then have to take to the tip 5 miles away in my car because they will only take what it in the box, and the box is about 1/4 the size it needs to be.  So I end up using more petrol too.  How an 12x18x24" box is supposed to fit 2 weeks worth of plastic bottles, tins AND cardboard i dont know.  

5 stackable boxes for 4 quid from ikea, will save on your petrol.

youre either part of the problem or part of the solution, my friend. which are you?

they will _only_ take stuff that is in the recycling box, nothing else.  Ive tried using other boxes, and they just leave them as being "Incorrectly Packaged".  When i asked the council for extra boxes they said they are £15 each.

then you have my sympathy, cos they are just being arseholes.

my council dont give a damn what i leave my many many many magners/bombay saph/ gordons/corona bottles in. they still take them.

Matt

if im ever given bins for certain things, I will sh*t in them & put that out for collection

Our council will provide a black bin, but the collection is fortnightly and the capacity is small. Normally I do a walk (100 yards) to the metro station and dump bottles, cans and newspapers into the recycle bins there.

I would prefer if they did big collective bins in the back alley TBVH so everyone could recycle papers, bottles and cans easily.

lol, we have 3 wheelie bins here and normally fill 2 or them...sometimes 3 of theres beena  clearout etc...

and the binmen aways take em

(because we always give them a backhander come christmas time!)

Were on the black bin/green bin fortnight thing and its crap. The black bin ends up like Satans armpit and you gotta bleach it everytime it gets emptied.

sounds like youve got a tight arse council - pickups every 2 weeks is a joke tbh...

though we dont have any actual bins supplied by the council except just a plastic green box for recycling stuff - but it does gets collected every Wednesday in addition to the regular rubbish collection every Thursday - regular rubbish collection goes into our own bins which the bin men come and empty for us (dont even have to remember to put them out into the street)- if we have too much rubbish then it gets stacked on top and they take that too.

makes a refreshing change from when I was living up north in Sheffield - the council felt the need to supply everyone with identical wheelie bins and the bin men were a bunch of union type bone idle muppets - forget to move your wheelie bin a few meters out into the street and it would be ignored (even if it is in plain view of them) leave a bag of rubbish on top because youve filled it up and theyd chuck it onto the pavement

IMO my bin is like a little plastic skip - Ill chuck my bag of rubbish in every time the kitchen bin is full then I dont want to see it again - I dont expect to have to wheel it backwards and forwards into the street every week because the guys who I am paying to collect the rubbish cant be arsed to walk 3 meters. - No doubt some Labour council up north will soon introduce US style mail boxes at the end of peoples drives to save postmen from walking an extra couple of meters too.