The Vale of White Horse District Council sent out a press release last week to remind residents not to contaminate their green recycling bin with rubbish.
The recycling crew check the top of the green wheelie bin, and sometimes slap a sticker on it and leave it unemptied. (The truck-load could be rejected at the recycling centre if any rubbish got noticed there.)
In the Vale of White Horse District – two weeks ago, out of 63,000 bins, 2,211 got a contamination sticker:
* Black bags/coloured bags – 1078
* Food – 331
* Textiles – 206
* Other – 596
We have two bins in our kitchen, one recyclable, and one not. When I transfer the recyclable bin to the green bin, I sometimes notice a jay cloth and put it in the black wheelie bin. On other occasions I save a glass jar and put it in the green wheelie bin.
Putting disposable nappies in the green bin contaminates the whole load.
Does much the same in a washing machine 😉
I’m amazed there’s not nationally agreed listings of what goes into what wheelie bin. Listings could be by brand/product/material type/etc and these lists could be on the internet in a searchable form, which would make sorting a lot easier.
Surely the various local authorities could agree on sub-categories which could be sorted into main catgories to accomdate those authorities which insist on multiple bin types.
As maunfacturers introduce products/redesign packaging they’d have to print the listing type on the packaging.
Or is this too simple?