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Posted by: Green Fingers Monday 19th February 2007, 2:06pm

A bin too far...

Currently, we have two wheely bins, one black and one green plus a green box, and we also take glass/plastic/clothing to the local supermarket where the large recycling bins are situated.

Listening to the radio about recycling, one person came on who currently has 5 wheely bins and 2 boxes. To make matters worse, they are not allowed to leave them on the footpath directly in front of the house and have to go to the end of the row to take them round to the back of the house! Others have not had their bins emptied because it contained an 'incorrect' item for that bin.

Also, some local councils are planning to place transmitters on bins so that they can record the weight of the bins contents with a view to charging excess weight fees. So, what happens when our bin men (persons or whatever) comes along and empties the contents of other bins into one bin to reduce the number of bins to pull along to the entrance. Does the person whose bin has been 'topped up' going to be charged the excess fee?

One final thing, I'm sure others have witnessed this, when they come to empty the different glass recycling containers at the supermarket, they empty them all into the same container!!!

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