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I've been anal about recycling for years. For many of those I have been nagging my council to widen their range of items accepted.
They used to only accept:
paper and cardboard, including milk and juice cartons.
Cans, bottles (plastic and glass) and glass jars, aluminium food containers and foil. But they don't want any bottle tops (metal or plastic) or jar lids.
Garden waste
A few years ago, they introduced food waste which you bagged up in biodegradable bags and added to the garden waste.
Just recently, they have added:
Plastic food trays (meat, cheese, veg etc), yogurt pots, cottage cheese pots, plastic jars.
But they are still refusing any bottle tops or jar lids.
Nearly all of our non-recyclable waste is plastic bags, wraps and films, along with bottle tops and jar lids.
There are some supermarkets that have a collection point for plastic bags etc... and our tip has a skip for "metal", but the key to high rates of recycling is to make it easy for people. The best way to do this would be to collect all recyclable packaging from the home, job done.
The craziest thing is the council never let householders know of these changes, apart from a post on social media. That took a couple of months to spread the word.
We used to have local collection points for recycling in council car parks, but the council took them away, blaming noise pollution. The real reason was cost...
What recycling does your local council do?
They used to only accept:
paper and cardboard, including milk and juice cartons.
Cans, bottles (plastic and glass) and glass jars, aluminium food containers and foil. But they don't want any bottle tops (metal or plastic) or jar lids.
Garden waste
A few years ago, they introduced food waste which you bagged up in biodegradable bags and added to the garden waste.
Just recently, they have added:
Plastic food trays (meat, cheese, veg etc), yogurt pots, cottage cheese pots, plastic jars.
But they are still refusing any bottle tops or jar lids.
Nearly all of our non-recyclable waste is plastic bags, wraps and films, along with bottle tops and jar lids.
There are some supermarkets that have a collection point for plastic bags etc... and our tip has a skip for "metal", but the key to high rates of recycling is to make it easy for people. The best way to do this would be to collect all recyclable packaging from the home, job done.
The craziest thing is the council never let householders know of these changes, apart from a post on social media. That took a couple of months to spread the word.
We used to have local collection points for recycling in council car parks, but the council took them away, blaming noise pollution. The real reason was cost...
What recycling does your local council do?
