28-12-2018, 12:39 PM
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Re: Plastic Bags go up to 10p
Originally Posted by Longdogs
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I always reused plastic carrier bags to line the kitchen bin but now that I rarely get them, I have to buy a roll of bin liners instead. There's no getting away from the fact that we will never be plastic free, it is far too useful. Obviously we need to stop it ending up in the sea but charging 10p will not achieve that. Even the weekly recycling requires certain things like electrical goods to be wrapped in a plastic bag and things like nappies need to be double wrapped in a plastic bag. So, it can't be recycled but it goes with the recycling???I'm sure most councils couldn't really give a stuff about recycling and just go through the motions, doing as little as they can get away with.
I think they only do this nonsense because they receive a hand-out from the EU!
28-12-2018, 12:42 PM
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Re: Plastic Bags go up to 10p
Originally Posted by JBR
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Ours certainly does. They haven't collected our bin for over three weeks now.I think they only do this nonsense because they receive a hand-out from the EU!
28-12-2018, 02:02 PM
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Re: Plastic Bags go up to 10p
plastic bags are a real danger to wild life turtles especially often eat them as they think they are jelly fish ,So do whales .
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46275742
28-12-2018, 02:14 PM
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Re: Plastic Bags go up to 10p
Originally Posted by Longdogs
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I always reused plastic carrier bags to line the kitchen bin but now that I rarely get them, I have to buy a roll of bin liners instead. There's no getting away from the fact that we will never be plastic free, it is far too useful. Obviously we need to stop it ending up in the sea but charging 10p will not achieve that. Even the weekly recycling requires certain things like electrical goods to be wrapped in a plastic bag and things like nappies need to be double wrapped in a plastic bag. So, it can't be recycled but it goes with the recycling???I'm sure most councils couldn't really give a stuff about recycling and just go through the motions, doing as little as they can get away with.
28-12-2018, 02:29 PM
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Re: Plastic Bags go up to 10p
Originally Posted by Muddy
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plastic bags are a real danger to wild life turtles especially often eat them as they think they are jelly fish ,So do whales .
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46275742
28-12-2018, 02:35 PM
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Re: Plastic Bags go up to 10p
Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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I do believe that councils have to pay a penalty for every ton of landfill Longdogs, so they are encouraged to recycle waste. And I believe the penalty is imposed by the EU....
The more obvious ones are metals of different kind (magnetic and non-magnetic), glass, paper, etc., which are easily identified and can be directed to different destinations for treatment.
Householders (at least around here) are obliged to begin this sorting and I assume that councils complete the process themselves.
It is the recycling that matters: what to do with all of that glass, steel, etc.
I have heard that some glass, for example, "cannot be recycled". Why not?
I wonder how much of that is "cannot" and not "can't be bothered"!
28-12-2018, 02:47 PM
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Re: Plastic Bags go up to 10p
Originally Posted by Muddy
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plastic bags are a real danger to wild life turtles especially often eat them as they think they are jelly fish ,So do whales .
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46275742
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