The start of the end for kerbside recycling?

[Guy Fawkes]

Demand for the most commonly recycled waste has slumped dramatically, and could force councils to abandon kerbside collections because they are unable to sell the waste on for re-use, especially as councils / councl contractors are now having to pay for storing of the unsold paper etc...

Recycling crisis: Taxpayers foot the bill for UK's growing waste paper mountain as market collapses | Mail Online

 

[supaseagull]

I'd believe it if it wasn't on the Daily Mail website

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

If there is too much paper being stored as no-one wants to buy it , why dont they just build a massive f***ing bonfire and burn it ?

 

[warsaw]

Or better still use it instead of polystyrene! The EEC should ban the white hell and force companies to use re-cycled paper moulds for packing your hi-fi

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

A lot of the problem with recycling in Brighton is purely down to the size of wheelie bins. There is no choice about recycling as the family size wheelie bin is far too small , only allowing you to cram in 2 full black bin bags. In Grimsby this size of wheelie bin is given to elderly couples or people living alone.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Tunbridge Wells Council about to introduce kerb side collection of tins and plastic. So not everyone is stopping. But I have read that the demand for recyclable stuff has fallen.

Remember kids - reuse, return, recycle.

 

[Rowdey]

Or better still use it instead of polystyrene! The EEC should ban the white hell and force companies to use re-cycled paper moulds for packing your hi-fi

damned sensible idea that..

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Pleased that my local council collect food waste, but not enough do this. Only a mile away from here and the residents with no access to gardens are 'being forced' to bin it.

 

[clapham_gull]

The problem of course is the need to recycle in the first place.

I've always amazed at the stuff in my bin that I didn't need to bring into the house in the first place.

 

[Zebedee]

How many councils in the UK simply ship their recycled material to third world countries for disposal? The official answer is none but I suspect that the reality is rather different.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

The problem of course is the need to recycle in the first place.

I've always amazed at the stuff in my bin that I didn't need to bring into the house in the first place.

Indeed. I threw away something like four cellophane wrappers today that will simply waste away in the ground for no good reason.


There was a very good programme on (relatively recently) about a farm that had diversified into recycling as there was not enough money in just their herd of cattle. They were able to recycle 80% + of all materials that they received that were usuallly thrown away.

 

[defrocked priest]

The problem is that recycling cost to much.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Abandoning kerbside collections of recyclables is a bad idea. They should bin it!

 

[Lord Bracknell]

A lot of the problem with recycling in Brighton is purely down to the size of wheelie bins. There is no choice about recycling as the family size wheelie bin is far too small , only allowing you to cram in 2 full black bin bags. In Grimsby this size of wheelie bin is given to elderly couples or people living alone.

"There is no choice about recycling"?

Excellent. THAT'S WHY THE WHEELIE BINS ARE THE SIZE THEY ARE. If they were bigger, you'd throw everything in them and EVERYTHING would then go to landfill - and where exactly would you create the new landfill site to take your rubbish?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

"There is no choice about recycling"?

Excellent. THAT'S WHY THE WHEELIE BINS ARE THE SIZE THEY ARE. If they were bigger, you'd throw everything in them and EVERYTHING would then go to landfill - and where exactly would you create the new landfill site to take your rubbish?

One of the major bugbears of mine, when living in central Brighton (not doing an HB&B there), was that people would just discard everything in the large wheelie bins. Old furniture that could be put to good use, glass, cardboard, foodwaste etc. etc. and they want more of these in the centre? :thud:

 

[blue'n'white]

Where I am we separate paper stuff from other stuff - the paper goes in a box and the other stuff in a bin. We rub our hands in glee as we're "doing our bit". Then the council dustcart comes along and puts it all in the same bleedin' cart - making no differentiation whatsoever. It does make one sort of despair !!!

 

[Cian]

"There is no choice about recycling"?

Excellent. THAT'S WHY THE WHEELIE BINS ARE THE SIZE THEY ARE. If they were bigger, you'd throw everything in them and EVERYTHING would then go to landfill - and where exactly would you create the new landfill site to take your rubbish?

Bingo.

My 'black bin' (its actually dark green as they didn't replace old ones when they didn't have to) is about 1/2 the size of the 'green bin' and the 'brown bin'. All are collected on a two-weekly cycle - the green and brown for free and the black for 5.50 a go. Its 8.50 and another 200+ a year to get an equal sized black bin...

Basically ensures people do seperate their rubbish properly. Because the brown bin stuff is digested rather than composted they take cooked food, meat and soiled cardboard/paper in it.

 

[Gully]

My worry is that they will start to charge people for refuse collection by weight...that would be an unmitigated environmental disaster and probably lead to people fly-tipping their household waste.

 

[beorhthelm]

so.... whats being siad here is that councils weren't getting all green but got on the recycle bandwagon while there was money in it. im sure this doesnt come as much of a surprise, but it need to highlighted so we can call them out on it. If they are truly green they will continue with recycling.

 

[Cian]

My worry is that they will start to charge people for refuse collection by weight...that would be an unmitigated environmental disaster and probably lead to people fly-tipping their household waste.

Its done in one of the other councils in the city here and theres been no noted upswing in fly tipping - although the adjoining council has had more people turning up directly at their waste management centre and dropping off waste there (for a far lower fee).