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I'm trying to work out what exactly it is I get for my council tax, particularly when it comes to recycling and rubbish disposal. As far as I can see I'm not exactly getting value for money. Yes I know that our council tax pays for lots of things besides the bin men, but I feel that its an area that isn't particularly well serviced... at least where I live.
Like many households these days we sort out our rubbish and recycle what we can, only the stuff that can't be recycled actually goes in the trash. We also use a composter for all the organic waste so at the end of the day there isn't really much goes out in the main wheelie bin.
As far as the recycling goes, Nuneaton and Bedworth council aren't all that great. For example, at the time of writing, they don't collect any cardboard or plastic and if you take a look at the vast majority of stuff you buy, guess what? It's largely cardboard and plastic. We used to be covered by Cherwell council and they did collect cardboard and plastic, but they didn't collect glass. Nuneaton and Bedworth do collect glass which is a good thing, but there again it's probably only a small percentage of the average household's waste.
The result of this is that once a month we take a trip to the nearest recycling centre to offload our cardboard and plastic and once a month the wheelie bin goes out.
... better if the same recycling policy was applied nationally
Why can't our local councils just get their act together when it comes to recycling and take the lot? It would also be better if the same recycling policy was applied nationally. We are more than happy to sort through everthing and make sure the plastic, glass, cardboard, paper and cans etc. are all seperated before collection.
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Just outside our block 50 metres down the street, are a comprehensive set of colour code bins, of huge capacity, sealed to keep the smells in. The ridiculous practice of the recycling of food waste is not attempted. Recycling is easy-peasy.
Here the LB of Camden provide the wrong kind of bins to households, do not have easily reachable collective waste bins. Where they have collection points, the bins are not easy to use, complex to decide what goes in which bin.
UK is disgustingly hopeless at recycling
UK local government should be closed down as completely and greedily incompetent.
Our annual council tax rate there is 480 euros per year, here it is over £1500.
They didn't think of the waste packaging then did they,? no, only profits !
. I do try and recycle . Once a fortnight I trudge all the bags, cans and whatever , etc to the street. One week I thought I'd put all my cardboard in a " cardboard box" to make life easier, but no, they left it,.... as it should have been stacked in a pile where the wind could have blown it across the road ! Who would pick it up then, ? the dustmen ? no, ...not me either. it can stay there till it rots !.
Now, if it takes my fancy to chuck all in the rubbish I do it, maybe I'll re-cycle if I'm in the mood to do it.
I just don't care now.Blow the councils, their silly people with fantastic ideas and all their stupid rules.
Plastic is not for recycling in my area, even if it does display the logo. This is to be paced in the black bin with all non recyclable rubbish.
We haven't recycled plastic in this area for nearly 18 months. As for the council finding any solution, the words arze and both hands automatically springs to mind.
Then they have the audacity to fine Joe Public, for not understanding what goes where and when.
Some poor saps have 5 different bins/boxes for all their rubbish/recycling.
Most elderly people, just haven't got a clue what to do, what goes where, how often and when.
Why can't they just have two bins nationally?
One for ALL rubbish that can be recycled. One for household waste (peelings/food/etc) for composting - and a bi weekly black bag collection, for the miniscule amount of rubbish that doesn't fit into either of the above (e.g.dog poop, cigarette ends)
Easy.
The council have sadly decided that they won't supply garden waste bins but they do supply the green plastic wheely bins for your recycling.
This bin will accept all types of recycling; cans, bottles, plastic, cardboard etc etc which is very handy as you don't have to sort it in any way, save sorting out the recycling from the non.
However, as with all good schemes there is always a downside - I recently moved to a new house in the borough which had 2 large non recycling bins and no recycling bin, hence my immediate call to the council to remove one of the bins and replace it with a green one, only to be told: "yeah well.... we might be able to get you one in a few weeks or so" - so much for the government directive, I'm still waiting.
Boblet