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*ღ*Dee in Bexleyheath*ღ*

*ღ*Dee in Bexleyheath*ღ* Report 24 Dec 2004 23:44

Bexley Council have a very efficient recycling scheme. We have different coloured boxes and bins for paper, glass, plastics, tins, garden and kitchen waste and normal household waste. Normal and garden waste is collected weekly, the rest on a fortnightly basis. Different recycling trucks collect each box of recyclable materials. On the downside it takes me ages each week to sort all the different materials for collection, and all the different bins and boxes are a bit of an eyesore stacked up at the side of the house. Even worse for those in terraced houses or flats. Also every week, as I said, THREE different council trucks come down the road to collect all the stuff! How much energy and pollution must they cause? Merry Christmas everyone! Dee x

Bob

Bob Report 24 Dec 2004 23:43

We have boxes for recycling - changing to bags in the new year. Put preasure on your council to bring in a proper scheme. as for green glass I belive a ship load is taken away each week for re-use. so it does get recycled. Bob

Crista

Crista Report 24 Dec 2004 23:41

Call your council Sue and complain. Was reading this http://news.bbc.*co.uk/1/hi/uk/4122729.stm It's quite frightening really. Crista

Sue In Yorkshire.

Sue In Yorkshire. Report 24 Dec 2004 23:40

The only recycling that our council do is put bottle/paper/can banks in certain areas,only have one centre in Otley.One bottle/paper/can bank is in the Tip which is locked for 4 days over Christmas. Sue

Geoff

Geoff Report 24 Dec 2004 23:39

We have fortnightly collections of bottles and cans. Mind you, I've heard it said (more than once) that there is no market in this country for green glass and most of it is buried anyway ...

Sue In Yorkshire.

Sue In Yorkshire. Report 24 Dec 2004 21:16

How many of us will recycle most of our Christmas cards/wrapping paper/wine bottles/jars/cans and any recylable goods. We have only one set of recycle bins in Otley and they soon get full. So what people do over here is put it next to the bins and then people smash botttles and jars for fun. Its really annoying when you have to walk on the glass to get to the paper bin. Sue