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jema
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 05 8:19 am    Post subject: Just put out the dustbin bag Reply with quote
    

Just a single one Which is practically a first round here.

Maybe the new years resolution of reducing waste is getting somewhere

jema

Bugs



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 05 8:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

That's really impressive for a family of four.

We're mostly half a bag each week; it would be less if we could sort out something to do with the plastic containers, but everything I've tried so far has been just too much trouble; we've already got a corner of the kitchen stuffed with glass and tins, and paper recycling to fall over in the hall.

Also if we sort out a wormery we could do something with the potato peelings and other cooked food, perhaps. And am interested in these green cones that allegedly cope with everything.

Bugs



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 05 8:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

By the way, shall we make this one a poll?

jema
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 05 8:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Bugs wrote:
By the way, shall we make this one a poll?



Per person or per household?

jema

Bugs



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 05 8:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Per person I think - easy enough to work out for most people?

Even little tiny children produce a lot of rubbish so it's reasonable to include all household members...it'll all even out...and it's just a bit of fun

Mrs Fiddlesticks



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 05 9:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

i was always intrigued by John Seymour's quote that you should use everything and the dustman need never call. I'd like to work towards that if possible.

wellington womble



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 05 9:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

t'aint never gonna happen here! I can see the future involves going through the bin to find out just what himself is filling it up with. It must be him, it's not me!

Aeolienne



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 11 4:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Bugs wrote:
Also if we sort out a wormery we could do something with the potato peelings and other cooked food, perhaps. And am interested in these green cones that allegedly cope with everything.

These? My local authority is selling them for around £60.

naomij



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 11 4:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

wellington womble wrote:
t'aint never gonna happen here! I can see the future involves going through the bin to find out just what himself is filling it up with. It must be him, it's not me!


I thought this before I was single! There is defo less now, but I still fill the bin up with junk from the garage I just ordered a green bin today, £30 I could ill afford but well worth it to get rid of all the straggly contents of the garden

jamanda
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 11 7:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Not complaining, just pointing out to avoid confusion, that there are four years between Welly Womble's post on the following one.

naomij



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 11 7:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Jamanda wrote:
Not complaining, just pointing out to avoid confusion, that there are four years between Welly Womble's post on the following one.


golly!

gz



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 11 8:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

shows that the post is still valid
The Carpenter has been bin-filling today- junk out of the workshop to make space for things from the Room of Doom.....Front Room here we come

baldybloke



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 11 10:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Even with fortnightly collections my wheelie bin has barely enough rubbish in to cover its base. My recycle box I only put out monthly and then its usually less than half full.
My secret is that I try not to buy packaged goods, preferring to buy loose, or on rare occasions in a plastic bag. I also still have my milk delivered in glass bottles by the milkman so don't collect plastic containers.
I must admit to residing on my own but with a little effort and forethought you can cut down on waste considerably.

wellington womble



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 11 10:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

gz wrote:
shows that the post is still valid
The Carpenter has been bin-filling today- junk out of the workshop to make space for things from the Room of Doom.....Front Room here we come


Nah, now we have a small person who fills the bin with her own weight of stuff daily. Mind you, she will happily empty it for you too, given half a chance!

And I still have two and half rooms of doom.

Midland Spinner



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 11 10:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I realised this morning that today should have been bin day. I queried OH as to whether the bin had gone out or if it was too late - got the reply "no need to bother - there is only 6" in the bottom of each bin". Not bad for a fortnightly collection for each type.

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