Recycling
Been to nine different CC sites this year. I understand that recycling is often dictated by local council arrangements but why no glass recyling at Brighton? All the other sites recycled glass either with plastics and paper or as a separate item.
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It varies depending on local arrangements and caravan sites are businesses so don't come under the same regs as household collections.
I expect the warden would have told you the reason.
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At a site recently, I took some recyclyclable rubbish to the bins. They had separate ones for general waste and recycled waste. As I got there, the warden was just collecting the bin bags. I asked where he would like me to put my plastic, cardboard etc and
he said "just throw it in this bag" - the black 'general waste' bag."All the bags go to the same place anyway" he said.
Not blaming tbe warden, but I do have my doubts about some of this 'green' stuff.....
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It would appear that there are only two kinds of re-cycling.
Political re-cycling and practical re-cycling.
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One problem is that throughout the country recycling at the 'depot' is done in different ways. Our local authority has just reverted to all waste in one bin, they say it is now sorted more efficiently at 'destination'! With so many different recycling methods
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It has been my experience on many sites (not just cc) that a lot recylable things are put in the general waste and general waste in the recycle bins. Evidently it's too much trouble for some people to either read the signs on the bins and place their rubbish
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At Morton in marsh there are separate bins for recycling and general waste ,the warden collects the waste a it all goes in the same skip and then emptyed in to the refuse lorry ( I watched them do it) ,so you could ask wether it was worth haveing separate
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more to the point, why are companies allowed to sell goods (in particular food) in packaging that is 'not currently recyclable'
why not ensure that all the 'plastic' and 'films' used can go straight back in the recycling bin, rather than landfill?
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On a small C&CC site recently the warden kept a very diligent eye on who put what in which bin. You would not have wanted to be on the wrong side of HER!
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Rear end recycling is now becoming more popular as technology advances - I use 2 different waste companies in my day job that do rear end recycling and achieve close to 97% of all wast NOT going to landfill.
The fact that all waste goes into one bin does not hinder this type of operation. There will never be a 'one size fits all' solution as every authority has its own waste solution.
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Been to nine different CC sites this year. I understand that recycling is often dictated by local council arrangements but why no glass recyling at Brighton? All the other sites recycled glass either with plastics and paper or as a separate item.
Our council at home dont have glass collections - and glass bottles cant go in the recycle bin - maybe Brighton council is the same.
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I went to an open day at our Recycling Plant. It was fascinating, if a bit smelly, to see how the recycled items were separated into the different types. They were building a new plant that would deal with black waste with the intention of reducing what
went to landfill to a minimum. I do wonder if putting all rubbish together, providing you have the means at the other end to sort it, would save local councils quite a lot of money?David
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I went to an open day at our Recycling Plant. It was fascinating, if a bit smelly, to see how the recycled items were separated into the different types. They were building a new plant that would deal with black waste with the intention of reducing what
went to landfill to a minimum. I do wonder if putting all rubbish together, providing you have the means at the other end to sort it, would save local councils quite a lot of money?David
Doubt it as, they would have a huge cash investment in the plant and guess that interest payments on the cost would be about the same as the savings made from reduced collections.
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Nellie
A lot of local authorities have already invested in the processing plants. My thinking was that rather than having two lorries turn up to collect both black and recycle waste they would only need one. Obviously if they have to start from scratch the economy might not be there.
David
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I sometimes wished we could have a national system/standard with regard to recycling. That way we would know where we stand at every site. Instead we have a variety of different systems, which complicates the issue. We have a variety of recycling bags
which we use on site. Sometimes we end up by having to tip them into the same collection container.David
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If in doubt, I take my recycling home.
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