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 Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:08 pm Post subject: Are we recycling enough? |
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Do you think we are recycling anough or is there more to be done?
How would you improve the recyling in Calne?
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Geddi
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No!
We need to be recycling far more, including doorstep collections of cardboard, plastics, batteries and we NEED to get moving into a deposit scheme on bottles! We used to have this in the UK on all glass bottles and in Holland they've had a 25c deposit even on plastic bottles for water. The world is drowning in plastic - let's see what we can do here!
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Local lass
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| Geddi wrote: | No!
We need to be recycling far more, including doorstep collections of cardboard, plastics, batteries and we NEED to get moving into a deposit scheme on bottles! We used to have this in the UK on all glass bottles and in Holland they've had a 25c deposit even on plastic bottles for water. The world is drowning in plastic - let's see what we can do here! |
there is far to much plastic .why wrap a swede?in lyneham they have different wheelie bins to recycle and it works well.
i never recycle from the door step i dont see the point.most of my rubbish is plastic which i take up the tip so i take the lot.
you fill a black box full of paper and you cant even lift it. |
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local lass: I agree that Lyneham is better, which I didn't know - nice one :thumbl:
I don't drive and I very rarely go to the tip at all so I prefer doorstep collection. I think a lot of people prefer it too and it means we are not emitting more CO2 to save some.
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I would prefer two collections of recyclables each week to get rid of the excess tins, bottles, paper and plastic that we seem to gather all the time. Perhaps a bigger commitment on the recycling would decimate the need for weekly bin collections?
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Local lass
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| Geddi wrote: | local lass: I agree that Lyneham is better, which I didn't know - nice one :thumbl:
I don't drive and I very rarely go to the tip at all so I prefer doorstep collection. I think a lot of people prefer it too and it means we are not emitting more CO2 to save some. |
all though the doorstop collection is good the box is not practical for every one.old people must struggle with it.and how about the people in flats that must be a night mare for them carrying it down stairs.
a wheele bin would be much better than the black box.
and for flats a communial wheelie bin.
the other problem is storage of the recycle ,not every one has the room to store the the stuff.
people would recycle more if they got payed for it.
the rice would be added on in the shop like a deposit on all recycleble stuff.remember the old lemonade bottles and if you took them back you would get 10p ,it was a great insentive for people to return them. |
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| Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 8:24 am Post subject: |
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| Stop retailers packaging everthing. when I buy apples for example I dont want a cardboard tray and lots of plastic I just want the apples. |
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Attrebates
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| Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:15 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | Stop retailers packaging everthing. when I buy apples for example I dont want a cardboard tray and lots of plastic I just want the apples.
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You can always buy fresh from the market and get just one recyclable brown paper bag.
But I very strongly agree on the general point of overpackaging.
And other things that our eco-friendly world could manage very well without .... junk mail, circulars, and all the rubbish that constitutes 75% of our Sunday newspapers.... etc. etc. |
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| Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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| if it wasnt for te junk mail and the circulars you could kiss good bye to royal mail.thats the only thing keeping them afloat |
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| Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | if it wasnt for te junk mail and the circulars you could kiss good bye to royal mail.thats the only thing keeping them afloat
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Difficult choice. Let me think about that one..... B|
Yep thought. No post. No junk mail. No bills. ....... No contest
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