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08-06-2012, 18:33
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Originally Posted by Lounge Jay
No one is going to not buy something they want or need because of how its packaged are they?
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Why not? If you avoid buying prepackaged fruit and veg, you will free up lots of bin space.
Cooking from scratch helps too. Much less packaging that way, and better for you.
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08-06-2012, 18:49
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Many millions of people have managed to cope with the change to alternate black bin and recycling collections, I'm sure that the others will find a way to cope.
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08-06-2012, 18:49
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Originally Posted by JFKvsNixon
Many millions of people have managed to cope with the change to alternate black bin and recycling collections, I'm sure that the others will find a way to cope.
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But you're talking about places other than Sheffield 
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08-06-2012, 19:12
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Why would someone go to the trouble of fly-tipping, but not make a trip to the recycling centre/tip? Bizarre.
I bet half of the people complaining don't recycle, or compact rubbish/packaging before putting waste in the bin.
Good decision in my opinion.
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08-06-2012, 19:27
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Originally Posted by Antics^^
Why would someone go to the trouble of fly-tipping, but not make a trip to the recycling centre/tip? Bizarre.
I bet half of the people complaining don't recycle, or compact rubbish/packaging before putting waste in the bin.
Good decision in my opinion.
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Not everyone drives a car and dump it sites don't allow you in on foot.
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08-06-2012, 19:30
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Originally Posted by mafya
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Not everyone drives a car and dump it sites don't allow you in on foot.
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Really? ours does....
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08-06-2012, 19:32
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Will the world really end, I wonder?
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Yes. Not sure yet whether it will be with a bang or a whimper (or as John Cooper Clarke said, a Wimpy's).
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08-06-2012, 20:02
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Originally Posted by mafya
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Then try option two, or eat less, or ask the little old lady if you would mind putting a couple of bags in her wheelie bin.
There are always alternatives.
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08-06-2012, 20:12
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Originally Posted by sibon
More than three people in my household mick.
My bin is usually less than half full too.
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Me, the Mrs and 3 kids (4,6 & 10) and my black bin is less than half full every week. People cant be recycling if there black bin is chocka every week!
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08-06-2012, 20:17
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We will soon have three babies, all in nappies and despite recycling our paper and plastic we still struggle and our bin is full every week. This is gonna be a nightmare! 
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08-06-2012, 20:17
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Originally Posted by sibon
If you don't drive, it might be a good idea to look for stuff with little or no packaging when you shop.
That way it is easier to carry home and your bin stays empty.
Sounds like a winner to me.
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Or leave the excess packaging in the shop. My family 'rubbish' is three black bags a week and I think that's excessive.
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08-06-2012, 20:32
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So in one year they have taken our Green bins off us unless we agree to pay £50 to have it taken 5 times over a year and now they are making it fortnightly for black bins? Yes I am all for re-cycling if that is what suits you and it's great that you have the option if you want to but the blue box you get for paper and card is just not big enough when you work with kids they come with a lot of paper work and messy art work. Swaping the bins over will not work either they drink a lot of milk and eat a lot of food!
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08-06-2012, 20:35
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I don't know what some of you people moan about. We've had fortnightly bin collections in Nth Lincs for years. General rubbish one week plus 2 small crates (1 for paper and one for tins & glass). The following weeks are 2 bins (1 for plastics/cardboard & 1 for garden waste). The garden bin rarely gets used between Oct & Apr. Simples!
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08-06-2012, 20:35
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We have 3 bins, 2 emptied on week 1and 3 (burgundy for plastic and cardboard i.e milk,detergents,green for garden waste spring to autumn only) black for everything else on weeks 2 and 4.
Four adults,4 dogs and not normally an issue,unless buying loads of cardboard wrapped household iems.
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08-06-2012, 20:39
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A similar system has been operating in Rotherham for yonks and it really isn't an issue. General rubbish one week and recycled stuff the following week.
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08-06-2012, 20:40
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bloomdido
Or leave the excess packaging in the shop. My family 'rubbish' is three black bags a week and I think that's excessive.
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We should all try and leave our packaging at the shop. A couple of weeks ago I bought something that came in way too big a box to fit in the boot of the car. It was obvious that the item itself would fit, so we unpacked it in the car park of the store, put the thing itself into the car, and left the excessive packaging next to the shop's bins. To be honest, after the event I was quite pleased I'd done it. Admittedly this might be a bit of a controversial approach at the tills in Sainsbury's, but I'm going to try and ditch the packaging with the shop again
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08-06-2012, 20:58
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The person who said they could not get a bigger bin with 5 people in the house must have been wrongly informed.
We come under Rotherham Council and have had fornightly collections for a few years now, however when we had our 3rd child we were entitled to an extra small black bin, would imagine this still applies, i would contact the council again, im sure you should be entitled to the extra bin?
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08-06-2012, 21:21
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Originally Posted by butterball
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Use washable nappies to reduce your waste We did and it really is not that bad at all.
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08-06-2012, 21:35
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Use washable nappies to reduce your waste We did and it really is not that bad at all. |
Yep, looking into cloth nappies now. Thanks.
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08-06-2012, 21:38
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cleatus
I've just read on the Sheffield Star's website that the introduction of fortnightly bin collections will start next month. I can't remember that being on the agenda when Labour asked me to vote for them at the last local election. Kept that one up their sleeve didn't they. What a little miracle worker Jack Scott is. First the dump-it sites and now the bins. How are we going to accommodate all the fly tippers? Perhaps if Jack Scott is reading any of this he'd like to leave his address so that we can re-direct them to his street.
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I dont know which rock you have been living under but this has been on the cards for months even a year by my reckoning.
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