The Big Plastic Count

I'm probably going to get a load of flack here, but what's the difference between authorities recycling plastic waste by incinerating it for heat,and me using a small amount  of my plastic waste to light my woodburner?

I wouldn't put any plastic on a fire at home as the chimney stack isn't high enough. I use 2 sheets of newspaper (don't buy a newspaper these days so use free ones from supermarkets but need to be economical with it), some pieces of screwed up cardboard and a few twigs to start a fire.

I've signed up for the plastic count and almost persuaded a neighbour to do the same.

We're due to have a weekly food waste collection,  in the past week we've only thrown out  Mackerel skin.

Mackeral skins would deffo go in the woodburner here, along with fish guts and heads. I don't want them stinking the place out and it's the quickest option to dispose!

That was also  Mr.B’s suggestion I didn’t fancy the smell so it went in a bread bag then the general waste  bin.

We are about to get food waste bins, like Veggie, a small one for the house, which is OK and can replace the bucket I'm using right now, and a 140l one for outside which I don't want and have no room for. I really don't want it standing outside the front door which is about the only place it could go....although maybe I could put it in the back garden as an extra water butt....

Like Bren I usually throw out mackerel skin, but this week I buried it in the compost bin, just to see how long it will take to disappear.