Recycling Food...

[Harlequins]

I had a letter from the local council today, they will be delivering bins to every household in an attempt to recycle left over waste food etc to minimise the amount going to the dump,has rotten food lets off methane gas which is bad for the enviroment! - they will collect these weekly and process all food into compost...

My dad said it reminds him of the pig swill bins that use to be on all street corners when he was a kid

 

[amyw2008]

Haha they started that in Bristol about 2-3 years ago... as soon as they delivered the bucket I took it for transporting fish as its perfect
Tall dark coloured bin with a handle and lid!

 

[Harlequins]

good plan! - i live just outside Bristol,so they're just starting it...

 

[amyw2008]

ooo... where abouts? Im in patchway and I havnt had a letter (yet!)

I hope they start it here as I could do with a new fish transport box

 

[Harlequins]

This is under Banes,not south gloucester, has i live on Keynsham side

I will await my fish bin

 

[squiggley]

Didn't think about using it to transport fish. Just use it to store potatoes in the kitchen, big bag of potatoes is kept cool in the garage.

We also have

Green Bag = Papers/Junk Mail
Brown Bag = Cardboard
Green Bin = Tins/Glass Jars/Plastic Bttles
Green Wheelie Bin = Garden Waste
Black Wheelie Bin = Household Waste

Up until last summer the green wheelie bin also could take cardboard but the stopped it cos there was too much getting into the compost.

What annoys me is that during the winter when hardly anyone puts their green wheelie bin out because their not gardening so much the council still sends out a full team to collect the odd one that might be put out. Waste of Council tax money