28-12-2018, 03:08 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....
For instance, they say you can recycle foil but does that include printed foil such as coffee refills or crisp bags. It took them two years to inform us that we could recycle the lids off jars.
If it was my site, I would list everything along with the things you cannot recycle.
Anyway, rant over.
28-12-2018, 05:06 PM
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Re: Plastic Bags go up to 10p
Originally Posted by Longdogs
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doing our bit when the rest of the World doesn't.
28-12-2018, 09:39 PM
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Re: Plastic Bags go up to 10p
Originally Posted by Julie1962
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No one disagrees with that what we need to do is stop putting it in the sea. That's the answer.
If it is melted and cast into large blocks it can be ditched into the sea.
It will sink to the bottom and cause no trouble whatsoever. The blocks would be too big and too solid for any creature to eat.
28-12-2018, 09:44 PM
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Re: Plastic Bags go up to 10p
Originally Posted by Longdogs
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Our council are absolutely useless at giving out information. I can only assume that they employ morons. When I first moved here, I was constantly emailing them to find out what was and wan't recyclable (according to them). They give the main list on their website but do not go into enough detail.For instance, they say you can recycle foil but does that include printed foil such as coffee refills or crisp bags. It took them two years to inform us that we could recycle the lids off jars.
If it was my site, I would list everything along with the things you cannot recycle.
Anyway, rant over.
If it is garden waste or food waste, it goes in the green bin.
If it is paper or card (of any type), it goes in the blue bin.
If it is a container, metal, glass or plastic (of any type), it goes in the brown bin.
Anything else goes in the black bin.
Fine details are unimportant, as the council probably send it all to landfill anyway!
28-12-2018, 09:52 PM
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Re: Plastic Bags go up to 10p
So here in NI we have had the 10p single use bag for a few years more then you guysOnly with ours, we were told it was a tax, with the majority of the money raised going to the water board ( we don't pay for water or sewage here)
Since the day the charge was implemented Ive never paid for a bag, I refuse because the government hasn't the balls to implement the charges it needs to keep us safe and healthy ( clean water)
I agree to some extent that their needs to be a charge for single use plastic bags, but why is it the consumer only getting hit?
I work in veg production, in an 8 hour day we must send out 200 plus single use bags and dispose for another 20/50
Think about how your food is sent around the world, its all in plastic
28-12-2018, 11:57 PM
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Re: Plastic Bags go up to 10p
Originally Posted by JBR
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I believe that any plastic, if melted into a block, will be dense enough to sink to the bottom of the sea.Quite apart from that, plastics can be recycled and reused.
Thinking about it - if every country in the world did that - it would raise the sea bed - wouldn't it - thereby causing more problems.
29-12-2018, 12:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Silver Tabby
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Doesn't that pollute the sea JBR? Not being contentious - just asking.
Originally Posted by Silver Tabby
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Thinking about it - if every country in the world did that - it would raise the sea bed - wouldn't it - thereby causing more problems.
Sorry to laugh, but most people really have no conception of the enormous size and volume of the sea.
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