'Lazy' Recycling on site
I cannot believe that over the last few years, the increasing amount of lazy club members who persistently ignore the recycling bins, and place all their recycling along with their rubbish into the general waste bins.
I have witnessed this many times and I loath to say, the main culprits were in the seventies and eighties age group; they cannot blame being poor sighted as they would not be driving and towing. Maybe they are illiterate? or perhaps merely morons?.
My only conclusion is the fact they feel as they may not be on the planet much longer, and it will become someone else's problem in the future, it simply does not matter to them.
I do appreciate these people make up a relatively small percentage of this age group, and I wish not to tar them all with the same brush... but the ones that do it know who they are... THINK BEFORE YOU DUMP!!!!... rant over.
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On the subject of recycling,why is it that when on site some find it to much trouble to crush plastic bottles, even the 5ltr size which then "fill" the bins with nothing!! or cannot manage to break up cardboard boxes but just leave them beside the dustbins and give the site staff another job
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For goodness sake, what will some people find to moan about next?
Toppo, why not offer to sort the rubbish for them? Then you'll be able to relax knowing all is well in the rubbish department.
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I know, it's garbage, isn't it?
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I'm not sure but he shouted it
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You got there before me JayEss, I remember the toilet monitors.....think they got called worse than that as well.
Never ceases to amaze what some folks get up to on their holidays!
Can you please explain how you know it is 70-80 year olds please?
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Toppo do you do the same in Hotels and restaurants?
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On another thread, some time back, members were reporting that all the rubbish was lumped together on some sites before collection. Who knows, I just sort it and get on with my holiday. 😀 I am however approaching the specified age bracket, so perhaps I will revert to type.😉
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People assume the arrangements with site rubbish are the same as for domestic waste. No way are they.
In a couple of years maybe I'll decide not to bother sorting and then people can moan about me as well.
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I would sooner be a 'naughty recycler' than be an abuser of fellow campers. I can't remember the last time I read an opening post that had so much nastiness in it's content. Toppo, try being more respectful to the people you share your site with
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Agreed, R2b. It's hard to believe that one member can talk about fellow members in such terms. It's insulting.
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There are a couple of large stumbling blocks to recycling on site that may not be obvious to some.
First of all, there is the storage in the caravan. Little enough space for one bin never mind five. There is (was?) a rule about not having loose equipment around one's outfit so accumulating seperate piles there is not possible. It would only encourage foraging by vermin anyway. Not everyone makes frequent trips on foot to the toilet block, and often the recycling bins are located somewhere else anyway.
So even if one establishes a recycling protocol in the caravan it may not match what the commercial waste collectors want. Also their containers are large and not suited to the elderly and/or infirm lifting a heavy lid at considerable height.
So I'm not at all surprised that many just put it all in the general waste. I'm pleased that they do as they could just throw it out the window, as so many car occupants do at traffic lights.
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Bending down to pick it up is what's wrong with that method for a lot of people, JV.
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I can just imagine the scene, there you are with armband and clipboard whilst the rest of us get on and enjoy our holiday.
So to come up with your statistic you stood by the bins all day and interrogated a certain age group, hopefully you covered all the bin areas on the site!
Personally I find your post offensive and your comment about not wishing to tar people etc., patronising.
In all walks of life I find there are a lot of selfish people who care not a jot for others and that is confined to the older generation.
PS I hope you found time to enjoy your holiday
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In all walks of life I find there are a lot of selfish people who care not a jot for others and that is confined to the older generation.
should have read:
In all walks of life I find there are a lot of selfish people who care not a jot for others and that isn't confined to the older generation.
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Good post.
But I must correct you on one point, Toppo's diligence has not just been for one day, if you read his OP:
over the last few years.
I think we must give Toppo the credit he deserves. He takes all his holidays on site by the bins and when someone comes along with a bag of rubbish alone , he, or she then goes in to the bin and open said bag and closly examines it. I hope he wear appropriate safety clothing.
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I sincerely hope that was a joke, JV, but even so I don't find it funny. Ask the opinion of someone with back problems.
I guess it was merely an ill thought through comment. It's not unusual.
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Next question. What made you decide such a crass statement was a good post?
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