Recycling Problem - Sunderland

Nathan · 14 Oct 2017 at 08:03

Those pesky youths must have knocked it over last night...what a shame. Call it in for council as it’s now dangerous for MOP.

Haggisman · 14 Oct 2017 at 08:24

Move to Birmingham, we never have problems getting our bins collected

VincentHanna · 14 Oct 2017 at 08:30

neil_g said:
Just because its made from recycled materials doesn't make it recyclable.

100% this, isn't it obvious?

Vonhelmet · 14 Oct 2017 at 08:31

VincentHanna said:
100% this, isn't it obvious?

Empirical evidence says not

robj20 · 14 Oct 2017 at 08:34

Hotwired said:
Sounds lousy if that's 4 wheely bins.

Why? Brilliant idea the more recycling the better.

Kronos · 14 Oct 2017 at 08:54

We had a similar issue round my way in Edinburgh. Someone put a crisp packet in the recycling bin whilst it waited on the pavement to be uplifted and in due course a sticker appeared and the bin went un-emptied until the offending item was removed.
When I pointed out to the council jobs worth that I could put anything in the bin and then put a layer of cardboard on the top then the bin would be emptied as it looks as though it is filled with recyclable material. I asked why their operative could not just chuck the offending crisp packet on the pavement or the road where they spill litter usually anyway? He hung up.

=XDC=FluphyBunny · 14 Oct 2017 at 08:57

robj20 said:
Why? Brilliant idea the more recycling the better.

I can think of many flats/terraces/new builds where 4 bins would take up a fair amount of their garden space.

Hotwired · 14 Oct 2017 at 09:01

robj20 said:
Why? Brilliant idea the more recycling the better.

4 Wheely bins per is about half a parking spot of space per household. That's what i'm thinking of.

lude1962 · 14 Oct 2017 at 09:16

recycle symbol then it goes in recycle bin,
if the local recycling centre can't handle it send it on to one that can

Kronos · 14 Oct 2017 at 09:21

Hotwired said:
4 Wheely bins per is about half a parking spot of space per household. That's what i'm thinking of.

=XDC=FluphyBunny said:
I can think of many flats/terraces/new builds where 4 bins would take up a fair amount of their garden space.

I stay in a small block of flats (6) and we each have a blue box (glass) Red box (small electrical) Green wheelie, (Paper cardboard ETC) Grey wheelie ( Stuff for landfill) Brown (Garden waste) and lastly small food waste bin all go out on on different day and weeks and collectively these occupy a large chunk of the back garden.

Malevolence · 14 Oct 2017 at 15:34

robj20 said:
You only have 1 recyclable bin.
I have a pink one for food and garden, blue for paper, brown for plastic and metal. Then a black for anything else.

That's one more than I have. I have nowt but a generic green wheely bin. Everything just gets dumped in there.

Mr Joshua · 14 Oct 2017 at 15:46

diamount said:
Put it in your neighbour's bin.

Thumbs up.

LeeUK · 14 Oct 2017 at 17:20

It's amazing how different councils have different rules on what they take. I'm sure clean plastic bags are allowed in our mixed recycling bin. Also I know that aerosols are allowed too where as other councils don't allow those either.

ZG002 · 14 Oct 2017 at 18:08

albert said:
Our fortnightly recycle bin was due to be emptied today, but instead the bin men refused to empty it. They put a sticker on top of my bin saying 'please put all recyclable items in your blue bin and all non-recyclable items in your green bin'. After a lengthy phone conservation with the council they are still refusing to empty my bin and I now have nowhere to put my recyclable waste for the next fortnight. And it's all because I had a Sainsbury's carrier bag in the recycle bin and Sunderland Council tell me they cannot recycle carrier bags even though the carrier bag was made from '100% recycled plastic'.

So there you go. If you live in Sunderland and want your fortnightly recycle bin emptied, don't put a recycled plastic bag in it.

Just empty it into sacks and take it to the tip.

Delvis · 14 Oct 2017 at 23:30

robj20 said:
Why? Brilliant idea the more recycling the better.

We just have one bin that takes all recyclables, paper, plastic, tin, glass, the a caddy for food waste.

We don't get grass/wood bins unless we ask specifically

Vonhelmet · 14 Oct 2017 at 23:56

LeeUK said:
It's amazing how different councils have different rules on what they take. I'm sure clean plastic bags are allowed in our mixed recycling bin. Also I know that aerosols are allowed too where as other councils don't allow those either.

I swear there is some big council that all the local authorities have to make sure that no two areas are using the same coloured bins for the same things.