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RE: The Big Plastic Count - Small chilli - 16-05-2022
I’m very interested to see how much I actually throw away this week.
RE: The Big Plastic Count - JJB - 16-05-2022
I'm going to get really confused as we're of to IOW for a few days mid week, I'll have to count and record the bits I throw away. IOW council is very good all plastic and cardboard no matter what sort is collected in one bin, food waste in another. It must take a lot of sorting. Wiltshire don't do food waste, not that it bothers me, we have very little.
RE: The Big Plastic Count - Veggie - 16-05-2022
Cardiff collect all recycling in one bag (paper, tins, glass, plastic ) and sort it at the depot. They're trialling bins for glass in some areas.
Food waste in a a bin. Both these are collected weekly. Never use my food waste bin.
Garden waste collected fortnightly in summer.
General waste collected fortnightly and is incinerated providing energy for summat - can't remember what! No landfill here.
RE: The Big Plastic Count - Small chilli - 16-05-2022
No food waste collection here. General waste & recycling collections once every 3 weeks ( smells lovely is summer! Not). Glassing collection monthly.
RE: The Big Plastic Count - SarrissUK - 16-05-2022
We have a normal green bin for normal household waste, one box for metal and glass, another box for paper (not that we ever have any), no food waste recycling, but we get a red big bin for plastic packaging which is fantastic. Much better at North Lincs, than North East Lincs.
Today's recycling amounts to one milk bottle (which I have previously turned into plant labels, but I have so many they're coming out of my ears)
RE: The Big Plastic Count - Veggie - 16-05-2022
My day's plastic is a bread roll bag, the cling film off a pack of bacon, a Mars bar wrapper, plastic cap off a tetrapak of milk and a frozen food bag. I need to say that I am not the person responsible for eating any of these items - although there may be 2 Mars bar wrappers later.
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RE: The Big Plastic Count - Small chilli - 16-05-2022
Today was one soft plastic bag & 1 big plastic bottle
RE: The Big Plastic Count - Proserpina - 16-05-2022
I haven't disposed of any of the things they are counting today (just lots of PPE at work), so they won't let me submit my data...
RE: The Big Plastic Count - SarrissUK - 16-05-2022
You can just save and continue Pros - wait to submit until the end of the week
RE: The Big Plastic Count - Veggie - 16-05-2022
I'll probably collect all the plastic for the week and add it up at the end.
Changed my mind as I've just found the Digital Tally form - so I've done today's 7 items.