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Reply #15 on: May 26, 2007, 20:35:22 PM
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If im walking down the street with a can of coke and I finish it, I put it in the nearest wheelie bin, I dont want to litter. I know its only a can, no big deal really, but I mean, will that be against the law soon? it takes the mick a little bit really. Youd think thered be a better way.


There is, tax the producers of the stuff that makes up our rubbish. Then you pay when you buy rather than throw away. More packaging = bigger prices

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Reply #16 on: May 27, 2007, 11:13:38 AM
tis a crap idea - chavs will just chuck their rubbish in the street and claim they cant afford it

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Reply #17 on: May 28, 2007, 11:38:31 AM
Fly tipping is already on the increase around me, if people have to pay to get rid of rubbish its going to increase beyond control.

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Reply #18 on: May 28, 2007, 16:40:31 PM
im the same as punk. Ridiculously small amount of servicable dustbins anywhere in they city except on the main shopping street, so I use wheelie bins if I finish my can of coke, or bottle of water and im walking down a road, Ill throw it in the wheelie bin outside someones house.

Before they consider implementing this, they need to improve the number of communal wastebins placed in residential areas, and add locks to personal waste bins.

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Reply #19 on: May 28, 2007, 18:27:50 PM
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im the same as punk. Ridiculously small amount of servicable dustbins anywhere in they city except on the main shopping street, so I use wheelie bins if I finish my can of coke, or bottle of water and im walking down a road, Ill throw it in the wheelie bin outside someones house.

Before they consider implementing this, they need to improve the number of communal wastebins placed in residential areas, and add locks to personal waste bins.


I do that and people should not take offence to it, no public ones around and its better then then on the floor.

Again though its the Guv taking a route and not actually fixing the solution. 2 week delivery is as we all know intended to save them money not make us recycle more, we have very small box they only want paper and bottles from us, we would do more if they let us.
And anyway on the news they keep showing how councils do not actually recycle the recycle stuff which just ends up on the dumps anyway a lot of the time.

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Reply #20 on: May 28, 2007, 18:34:26 PM
IMO it would be better for them to provide communal recycling bins rather than personal ones. I used to put the rubbish in but remembering to put it out every two weeks was a chore. Better bins that are constantly outside and we can put stuff in at any time. TBH the council do provide these, at some metro train stations and some well known leisure places but they could provide more of them, The North Shields Metro station bin for paper at the station fills up very quickly, as does the one at the Library.

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Reply #21 on: May 28, 2007, 18:40:07 PM
Global warming and all this recycling the uk is doing is a drop in the ocean, all its doing is giving more time to china and us.....

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Reply #22 on: May 28, 2007, 18:49:18 PM
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IMO it would be better for them to provide communal recycling bins rather than personal ones. I used to put the rubbish in but remembering to put it out every two weeks was a chore. Better bins that are constantly outside and we can put stuff in at any time. TBH the council do provide these, at some metro train stations and some well known leisure places but they could provide more of them, The North Shields Metro station bin for paper at the station fills up very quickly, as does the one at the Library.


all my local super markets, asda, morrisons, tesco, have these communial recycling areas. I never use them I must admit im not much for recycling.

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Reply #23 on: May 28, 2007, 18:57:55 PM
I use the ones in Queen St in Cardiff. They have large recycling stations meant for people to throw in their food wrappers and bottles when they eat at the benches or whatever in the main shopping street. They are quite bulky however. Just googled... over 1 tonne of rubbish that would otherwise be landfilled has been recycled and they are called "thanksbanks" or something :D lol.

The communal recycling centres meant for private rubbish like at home, are just too few and far between, granted having them at shopping centres is a nice idea, but an even nicer idea would be the provision of street bins... rather than individual recycling boxes (heaps of crap), or individual wheelie bins either, have a recycling bin with the necessary dividers installed for an entire street, and get the council to maintain those bins.

Cheaper than providing every house with facilities, and means that people have to walk out of their front door to drop off the rubbish for recycling.

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Reply #24 on: May 28, 2007, 23:03:48 PM
Unfortunately my local supermarket with these facilities is a mile away, not very environmentally friendly.

M3ta7h3ad, exactly what I mean. It might also give it a bit of a community meeting thing.

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