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Tristan

Joined: 29 Dec 2004
Posts: 392
Location: North Gloucestershire

Posted: Wed Mar 23, 05 12:27 pm Post subject: Re: Tristians recycling dilema

tinyclanger wrote:

It says that the refuse and recycling bins are collected by a split rear end loader. This is a refuse truck which is split in two, thus keeping the refuse and recycling materials seperate.
I hope this aleviates your fears for the destination of your recycling.

Cheers,em:-)

I have seen the 'split' trucks in town, however out here we only get one wheelie bin and recycling sacks that we are told to put into the bin. The truck that collects the rubbish on this round is just a bog-standard compactor type. We come under Basingstoke and Deane council but their waste contract is with Integra as well.

Thanks for finding that link, it made me try to find out more. I.m going to see if it is possible to visit the new incinerator.

belfast-biker

Joined: 09 Aug 2005
Posts: 9
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland

Posted: Wed Aug 10, 05 10:21 am Post subject: Re: Tristians recycling dilema

Just sent this letter via https://www.writetothem.com/ (write to your councillor/mp/mep site)

I�m writing to you to address a couple of concerns I have regarding Belfast City Councils recent household recycling initiative.

I appreciate being able to divert our recyclable waste to the designated blue bin, in order for you to meet your target of recovering �25% of household waste by 2005, of which at least 15% should be by recycling or composting.�

This blue bin has a label which claims it �Likes Cardboard, Paper, Cans and Plastic Bottles�.

Your website states �Having secured a contract with Shotton Mill to provide them with a regular supply of high grade post consumer waste paper [�] 1,148 tonnes of paper have been diverted from landfill.�

There is no mention of arrangements for recycling our cans and plastic bottles in the same way.

A few members of the popular downsizer.net internet forums were concerned about fraud in household recycling schemes:

"There are certainly a lot of documented examples of recycling schemes being a fraud."

"I heard rumours from within the waste department when I worked at a civic amenity site that much of the stuff collected for recycling was dumped."

"I've had that confirmed by a family friend in Nottinghamshire who followed a glass recycling truck to the local landfill where it tipped 17 tonnes of broken glass in with the household waste."

The letsrecycle.com website states that in September last year, police were called in to investigate allegations of fraud in the plastic packaging waste sector � The investigation found that �reprocessors and exporters have been incorrectly issuing compliance documentation [�] during 2002 and 2003, which has made it appear that they were recycling more plastic packaging waste than they were.�

Please can you investigate and put my mind to rest that ALL our recyclable waste is actually recycled? In addition, is there really no company in Northern Ireland able to deal with post consumer waste paper? Is it really necessary to send it to North Wales?

Many thanks

We'll see what happens. Cheers to all who posted here for giving me the urge to do this...

ButteryHOLsomeness

Joined: 03 Apr 2005
Posts: 770

Posted: Wed Aug 10, 05 11:37 am Post subject:

sean wrote:

jema wrote:

Once apon a time you could recycle intact glass

Some businesses still do, Young's brewery in Wandsworth(the one that uses dray horses) re-use the bottles from their own pubs. I once got a bottle of Ramrod which had been made in 1948. The bottle, not the beer.

irn bru is still sold widely in bottles here and you get 20p back for each one you return! dh is an irn bru fanatic so i've become very good at spotting irn bru (or indeed ANY Barrs products) bottles at 20 paces! i used to work out near a building site and i would gather up 3-4 bottles a day left by the builders to take home for dh... 4 bottles equates to a FREE full bottle of irn bru in all but the very most expensive shops but most stores sell it for 75p!

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