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About Me
- Susan Harwood
- It's one of those odd things . . . I live in my little house by the sea and listen to the radio and reckon I know best about more-or-less everything . . . as I keep telling the news-casters, the policiticians and all the experts interviewed there. I shout quite loud - but I'm beginning to suspect they can't hear! Sometimes, I write to my MP . . . but there's always more to say. So, here it is!
BOOK ON A BLOG
THE BRICKS IN THE CAVE - A full length children's adventure story by Susan Harwood - click on the book to read it.
ANOTHER BOOK ON A BLOG
TIMES RHYMES - For people who want to learn 'Times Tables' the easy way!
6 comments:
Totally agreed. A collection system that collect different waste on different days should be introduces
I am lucky enough to live in a city which has weekly recycling collections. The only thing the council does not collect is plastic, which I take to a local collection point (on foot). I appreciate that weekly collections may pose a challenge in rural communities but there is no reason why they cannot be set up in every town and city.
A recycling policy whose basic plank is to encourage us to recycle as much as possible isn't a very good one. What we want before a recycling policy is a don't-use-in-the-first-place policy. Gareth Rae has to take plastic to a local collection point. What plastic - bags handed out free by shops, for example? Every time you're offered a plastic bag of any size, Just Say No. Every time.
Our council (Weymouth and Portland) collects paper, plastic milk and drinks bottles and tins, food waste and 'residual waste'. Food waste is collected weekly; the other things fortnightly.
So far, so good.
However . . . if we have something like an old rake handle (which is too long to put in the bin) . . . we have to take it to the council depot on the bus.
Something else which puzzles me . . . (though it is a completely separate question) . . . the standard issue food waste bin is so large . . . we still wouldn't manage to fill it if we put everything we buy in a week straight into the bin . . . not that it matters . . . it's just one of those things that sets me wondering!
Susan
Back here in Malta, we have a free service whereby one can phone the local council offices who then send their guys (on the next days) to collect large waste such as furniture, appliances and other bulky waste. Unfortunately you still encounter idiots who resort to fly-tipping.
I agree with Anthony that people should be encouraged to reduce and reuse before progressing to recycling. However, given that it is practically impossible to go shopping without returning home with even the bare minimum of plastic, it is essential to be able to recyle it, personally or via a council operated scheme.
I can assure Anthony that I carry a cloth carrier and refuse plastic bags wherever possible. Those I do accept (eg when I forget to take my carrier) I reuse as bin liners etc.
It's not perfect but I am working on it.
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