It appears the policy towards siting glass recycling bins has changed. Now instead of supermarket car parks, Onyx are putting bottle banks in residential areas, sometimes less than 20 feet from people's bedrooms. I'd be interested to know if anyone out there has suffered from noise and nuisance caused by bottle banks?

I suggest that you fill them with large quantities of newspapers and old rags.This will have a twofold effect.

1. It will deaden the sound.
2. Onyx will get fed up of having unusable glass or having to sort the contents of the bin, and eventually get fed up and move it from an 'unsuitable site'. ;)

People moan that the banks are too far away, then they moan they are too close, Onyx can't win.

where's the nearest recycling site to Broomhill?

Originally posted by CMaloney
where's the nearest recycling site to Broomhill?

Put your postcode into this page:

http://www.onyxsheffield.co.uk/wfacts_sites.asp

I agree that recycling centres should be located for easy access by people, but to place them so close to houses is a bit of pain for those living nearby.

Wouldn't it be better for Onyx to do house collections of glass for recycling - for those people who want to have yet another bin that is.

Originally posted by Hels
I agree that recycling centres should be located for easy access by people, but to place them so close to houses is a bit of pain for those living nearby.

Wouldn't it be better for Onyx to do house collections of glass for recycling - for those people who want to have yet another bin that is.

I agree, we have friends down south who have a sort of crate that they put cans and bottles in which is regularly collected by the council. It works well and no-one is disturbed.

I've heard of other bottle banks which aren't emptied regularly, overflow with glass which then gets chucked around. There are no time limits on the time of day people can dump their bottles which is an obvious pain to those who live close by.

Isn't there some kind of good practice code which should be followed when siting these banks?

In Rotherham we have a blue box to put cans and glass in, it's emptied every two weeks and seems to work fine.
:)

Originally posted by utah
In Rotherham we have a blue box to put cans and glass in, it's emptied every two weeks and seems to work fine.
:)

We had that type of system where I lived several yrs ago and it worked really well as far as we were concerned.

What are the negatives in this system? I presume Sheffield city council have considered it and discarded it? Is Sheffield too big a place for more individual collections?

Apparently (from someone I know who used to be in on the decision processes for this kind of thing) the Sheffield City Council masterplan does have more recycling bins and boxes in it, but I'm not sure when these are due to come out, or in wat order, or what they will cover (bins for green waste vs. bags, crates for glass and tins vs.bins that will also cover recyclable plastic etc).

The only thing that I can say is

If we're going to have another recycling bin, who's going to give me a big enough garden to fit them all in?

The can/glass box isn't very big so doesn't take up much room. I think some people have complained because they don't have a lid and feel they attract vermin. If you wash/rinse the stuff first, there isn't a problem. We also have a green waste bin. It's great for this time of year but during winter months would be better used for something else. Maybe plastic? It would be better having a dual use than being wasted.
:)

Originally posted by sheffix
It appears the policy towards siting glass recycling bins has changed. Now instead of supermarket car parks, Onyx are putting bottle banks in residential areas, sometimes less than 20 feet from people's bedrooms. I'd be interested to know if anyone out there has suffered from noise and nuisance caused by bottle banks?

I dont understand why they cant pick them up from your house anyway. My parents council provides a box that you fill with bottles and they take it away with the paper for recyling and the standard trash can.

I'm curious as to the decision process for siting the bottle banks. I'd have thought that placing large, ugly, smelly, noisy 7 foot high plastic monstronsities would require some kind of local consultation. Can they really just come along and site one?

I moved here from Bath and the recycling there was great (the only good thing about the council there really). I can't see why they don't do it here.

They'd take practically anything in the recycling box: cans, bottles, paper, old car batteries, printer toner cartridges, old engine oil, clothes, ...

Originally posted by hotphil
I'm curious as to the decision process for siting the bottle banks. I'd have thought that placing large, ugly, smelly, noisy 7 foot high plastic monstronsities would require some kind of local consultation. Can they really just come along and site one?
From what I understand, and I may be wrong, because the council are classing them as street furniture they don't need planning permission or consultation with affected residents. They can just appear outside your bedroom window without warning.

Set fire to it.

they'll shift it :thumbsup:

Originally posted by CMaloney
where's the nearest recycling site to Broomhill?
There's recycling at Tapton Hall, by the second car park, and at the back of the main University library near the Arts Tower.

in renfrewshire (near glasgow) we were given brown wheely bins which get collected every second week throughout the summer for garden waste

and more recently we've been given blue and green boxes with lids. one is for plastics, glass and tins and the other for paper, mags, thin cardboard and textiles. all we have to do is put the boxes out with the normal wheely bin every week and a seperate truck comes along n collects it

seems a much better way to recycle than having to find recycle centres because most people cant be bothered or dont have time to do that :)

I couldn't cope with any more recycling paraphernalia, I'm considering getting rid of the blue bin because I rarely use it - only needs emptying about every 4/5 months. Now before anyone starts telling me off, I'm not the biggest producer of rubbish anyway - I try not to buy packaged products, I don't take any papers/mags, and I don't even have much organic kitchen waste.

I'd have no problem if I had the space for the bins but it just isn't practical in a terraced house! I wonder if Onyx have considered this factor? I have two ruddy huge bins jammed against the fence and literally no room for another. Then when I have to take them out I have to manouvre them through a narrow gate, traverse the obstacle course that is my neighbour's yard (furniture, washing, more furniture, animal turd, kids), get through another gate, down a ginnel, down a step and finally onto the street.

Even if they gave us little containers for stuff to recycle I'd still have the obstacle course problem.

:rant:

So, being one of those people who wants to do their bit, what about having wheelie bins with compartments??? This could be like a cage with the plastic containers stacked within - e.g. general waste, organic, glass, paper, plastic - that's not too complicated for the binmen surely? Then I could have one bin into which I could sort and place everything.

So, being one of those people who wants to do their bit, what about having wheelie bins with compartments??? This could be like a cage with the plastic containers stacked within - e.g. general waste, organic, glass, paper, plastic - that's not too complicated for the binmen surely? Then I could have one bin into which I could sort and place everything

tis a good idea, but wouldnt suit too many people. being in a family of 5 with a dog we manage to fill up all the various bins each week :P
guess theres no perfect solution for everyone