The environment, are you doing your part?

AJUK · 27 Oct 2006 at 12:54

Rotty said:
I bought my car ( BMW M3 ) to help with the environment

we are all always being told how bad fossil fuels are for the environment , so I am doing my bit to help get rid of them as quickly as possible

LOL. That's one way of looking at it.

leaskovski · 27 Oct 2006 at 12:56

But the thing is, are the cows doing their part???

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6046340.stm

dirtydog · 27 Oct 2006 at 12:59

PaulStat said:
The environment, are you doing your part?

Nope, because it's all a load of Pollocks. Recycling costs more energy than sticking the stuff into landfill. And if there isn't enough space in this country for landfill then that is the fault of the government and their economic growth and immigration policies. I stick all my rubbish into one sack and will continue to do so.

bitslice · 27 Oct 2006 at 13:01

Ex-RoNiN said:
Why not adopt the German system? Use glass only, and charge deposits which you get back when returning the glass.

I used to double my pocket money by scavaging for deposit bottles

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Rosbif · 27 Oct 2006 at 13:04

I cant be arsed with the recycling but I do bung all my paper based items in the garden bonfire. Thats more fun. The Council can sod off with their 4 different coloured bins. Whos paying who here?

Digital Punk · 27 Oct 2006 at 13:05

We have electronic bugs in our bins, so the council can charge us extra tax by the ammount of weight we use in the future. :mad:

Also, people have started having loads of bonfire's now instead to get rid of their waste, which doesn't exactly help the environment either.

Slinwagh · 27 Oct 2006 at 13:09

Digital Punk said:
We have electronic bugs in our bins, so the council can charge us extra tax by the ammount of weight we use in the future.

Also, people have started having loads of bonfire's now instead to get rid of their waste, which doesn't exactly help the environment either.

And of course you can just put it in someone elses bin!!!

starscream · 27 Oct 2006 at 13:14

dirtydog said:
Nope, because it's all a load of Pollocks. Recycling costs more energy than sticking the stuff into landfill.

That's not the point of it

dirtydog · 27 Oct 2006 at 13:17

starscream said:
That's not the point of it

What is the point then?

bitslice · 27 Oct 2006 at 13:18

malc30 said:
Why the **** don't they sell a more degradable bag to put your dog crap in.

They do, google for:
"BioDegradable Nappy Bags"

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starscream · 27 Oct 2006 at 13:24

The best way to encourage people to treat the environment better is through taxation by giving incentives for "Greener" lifestyles and penalising those who damage the environment. The Lib Dems have a good idea with road tax

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4781247.stm

Exempt cars with low CO emissions and heavily tax the "Gas Guzzlers". I would like to see this principle extended to other forms of taxation, such similar sliding scale dependent on how much people recycle compared with just throw in the rubbish.

Raumarik · 27 Oct 2006 at 13:25

I have 3 bins.

1. Brown bin - garden and food scraps only.

2. White paper - NOTHING ELSE

3. The rest.

So basically I dont have anywhere to put cans, glass etc. The nearest bottle bank is 15miles away and there's no where for tins etc.

My girlfriends situation in Parkhead/Glasgow is even worse

She has one bin, she lives in a block of flats. There are no recycling facilities within walking distance, she'd have to take a 45min bus trip to visit the nearest one, dragging bottles and tins with her presumably.

The councils have to make it easier if they want it to happen. Sorry but I personally won't drive 15miles to recycle half a dozen beer bottles. Call me lazy, but I don't think my 10 year old diesel car runs on fairy dust

Raumarik · 27 Oct 2006 at 13:26

Digital Punk said:
We have electronic bugs in our bins, so the council can charge us extra tax by the ammount of weight we use in the future.

Also, people have started having loads of bonfire's now instead to get rid of their waste, which doesn't exactly help the environment either.

I don't know about anyone else but I think this just encourages fly-tipping.

Beren · 27 Oct 2006 at 13:30

I do split our rubbish and compost some... we recently got a few chickens and they eat a lot of the kitchen scraps and give us eggs that are Sooo much better. We also use the heavy duty bags from the supermarket so we don't use throw away bags.

It isn't a hell of a lot but it is something we do try and be energy efficient as well... double glazing, new boiler, extra roof insulation etc.

Werewolf · 27 Oct 2006 at 13:32

Our council has I beleive decided in their infinate wisdom to cut down on our waste collections to once a fortnight for each of the
Orange bags - paper, tins, card (but for heavens sake don't put corrugated card larger than A4 in it, or they'll slap a "Danger contaminated materials" sticker on it and leave it).
Green bin - garden waste
Black bin - everything else

Which is great, except even with the current system and using it we end up with a full or nearly full black bin every week, and often 3-4 orange bags, and the people that don't use the recycling bags etc are just going to shove bin bags of waste food etc onto the street :/

PeterNem · 27 Oct 2006 at 13:37

I guess wheelie bins arent convenient for all, especially in inner city area or places with terraced housing, but I can't help but think whenever I am in an area that just used bags how much of a mess it looks. On collection day they're all stacked on the kerb-side. People often put them out early or leave them in their front yard/garden, they split, animals can easilly get into them etc.

At home (well, parents home, I moved out a month ago) we have 3 wheelie bins which live behind the shed.

Green: For recycling of plastic, paper, card, magazine and newspapers etc
Brown: For garden waste and food waste
Black: For all others.

As standard all 3 are regular full sized wheelie bins, but we've paid extra for a larger green one which holds about 50% extra.

The black bin is collected one week, then the brown and green ones the next. Until quite recently they still collected the black one every week but this has just changed.

alexakasloth · 27 Oct 2006 at 13:43

Rotty said:
I bought my car ( BMW M3 ) to help with the environment

we are all always being told how bad fossil fuels are for the environment , so I am doing my bit to help get rid of them as quickly as possible

For that comment I would give this thread 5 stars, funniest thing i've ever heard (today).

dirtydog · 27 Oct 2006 at 13:45

Rotty said:
I bought my car ( BMW M3 ) to help with the environment

we are all always being told how bad fossil fuels are for the environment , so I am doing my bit to help get rid of them as quickly as possible

In that sense my car is environmentally friendly too

Psyk · 27 Oct 2006 at 13:54

Then everyone become a vegan.

I think that would do more harm to the environment than good, if it were to happen suddenly. You'd have loads of cows and other animals that are doing nothing and it wouldn't be sustainable. It would be chaos if farms just let all their animals loose into the wild. They'd have to kill most of them for it to be workable.

I hate the waste system in Bristol. This morning we had some woman come and complain to us for leaving black bags out not in a bin. She said she was going to complain to the council. Good luck to her! We've been complaining for ages asking them to send us a black wheelie bin but they still haven't. Apparently there's a huge waiting list. Also the brown food waste bins are disgusting, you have to hold your breath every time you throw something out.

SexyGreyFox · 27 Oct 2006 at 14:01

I don't give a gnats chuff about recycling or conservation because If I'm lucky I might live for another 20 odd years and after that I don't give a stuff.