Rubbish

Having just written a poem about rubbish, it got me thinking.
We make so much more rubbish these days.
How on earth did we manage with one small bin in the past?

We have three, no four bins now.
They charge to empty the garden waste.

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When I'm cooking, I leave the bin permanently open because I am forever throwing away packaging - drives me nuts.

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Too much packaging that is the problem.
The recycle bin gets the most.

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The trouble is, a lot of packaging has cellophane which is not recyclable for some reason, so we end up with loads of that.

We have just bought one of these all singing all dancing recycling bins (because we were sick of all the containers cluttering up the kitchen). Ironically, the custom-made liners for the general waste are not recyclable and are double the price of normal black sacks. This is where a pack of normal bags and a pair of scissors come in handy. Why are half sized bags double the price I wonder?

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Hi

The end of open fires, loads of stuff used to go on ours when I was a kid.

Much less packaging and we had a compost heap as well.

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I always pull the cellophane off my cardboard packaging. It comes off really easily. That way, the box can go in the recycling.


Also, I've started using any bags for rubbish......anything that comes in a plastic bag of any size gets used for rubbish, plus I got out my hoard of bags that things like sheets an pillows came in, and I use those.
Even bread bags.

It's a bit of a pain, as it can be a bit fiddly, but otherwise I'm throwing plastic bags into plastic bags, which seems daft.

Once there aren't any more plastic bags, I suppose it'll be back to the days of using a metal bin liner and having to wash it out if it gets stinky!

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Oh I do that too Pyxell, no I'm talking about things like packaged olives or sliced ham etc. The cellophane lid is not accepted by my recycling centre so it goes in the bin. Same with bubble wrap, polystyrene etc.

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Oh I see, yes, you're right.

Perhaps manufacturers will go back to glass bottles.
I'm already buying some yogurts in glass jars.

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True Swimmy, but those fires polluted the air. My Dad had a compost heap, I remember the rats!!!!

Me too Pycell. I have seen more products in glass.
I am sure my hubby told me that as kids they could return glass bottles for money?

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Beer bottles, you could.

Dunno about other bottles. Apart from milk bottles, obviously.

Each brewery had its own chain of off-licences, so you had to make sure you returned the right beer bottles to the right off-licence, otherwise you'd have to take them home again!

I think it was only about 1d or 2d a bottle, but if you had a beer drinker in the house, it could mount up.
It was certainly an incentive to return them, and if you couldn't be bothered, there would always be some kids down the street who'd take them off your hands for a bit of pocket money!