The Binman Cometh....

[GarySutherland]

Do you not think pushing the issue to the fore and making people re-cycle will benefit us all in the long run?

The issue isn't about recycling but about the council finding yet another way to cut costs by reducing the services it provides to the community.

Many of us already recycle much of our household waste either by way of bottle banks, garden composting, or the council's Waste Watchers kerbside collection scheme.

Larger families will still be penalised by switching to fortnightly collections simply because larger families produce more waste, albeit bio-degradable. I for one do not look forward to my wheelie bin becoming a fly nursery during the warmer months of the year.

As regards recycling, the UK is woefully ill-equipped to handle the amount of waste we already recycle with mountains of refridgerators and warehouses full of paper bales.


Question: If the council want to reduce the amount we send to landfill annd encourage recycling then why did they haul the dead 7 tonne Minke whale from Carradale beach all the way to Lochgilphead landfill site instead of just towing it out into the Kilbrannan Sound and sinking it for the fish and crustaceans to recycle naturally?

Cheers
Gary

[Kintyre Forum News]

Gary,

Do you have a source for your information?

We can't find anything on the Council Website so would be god to try and chase this one up as it is a good one!

The News at 5.26!

[Frosty]

Gary,
The clever people in Government thought that they could site large refrigeration reclaim units around the UK to reclaim and destroy all the old refrigerants ( R12 and R22 )
When they switched on these plants they soon realised that the emissions produced by the plants, when in operation, were greater and of more harm to the atmosphere than the gas .
Not only had they to destroy the gas , but the insulation in the doors and panels too.
So , hence the stock piles.
fROSTY

[GarySutherland]

Do you have a source for your information? We can't find anything on the Council Website so would be god to try and chase this one up as it is a good one!

I first heard the rumour a few weeks ago but subsequently read about it in The Antler.

Perhaps Geoff Page will reveal his sources to you?

Cheers
Gary

[GarySutherland]

The clever people in Government thought that they could site large refrigeration reclaim units around the UK to reclaim and destroy all the old refrigerants ( R12 and R22 ). When they switched on these plants they soon realised that the emissions produced by the plants, when in operation, were greater and of more harm to the atmosphere than the gas. Not only had they to destroy the gas , but the insulation in the doors and panels too. So , hence the stock piles.

I know. Totally insane, eh? I think I remember reading somewhere that they're slowly being exported to Germany where they have sufficient plants to handle them. For a price, of course.

Cheers
Gary

[Kintyre Forum News]

Will have a statement on this soon.

There is certainly truth in the story and the scheme will be piloted in certain areas.

[smokynuk]

There is only 3 in my house but our bin is almost full a few days after they have emptied it. I recycle and would like to do it more but they have a huge list of things you can't put in so it's all milk cartons I recycle. I think they should either provide recycling bins to each house or give us an option to buy some.Huge plastic bags full of empty milk cartons take up so much space in my kitchen.

[Big Bob]

Recycling milk cartons and other plastic bottles.

Cut the tops off.
The bases - slice down one side from top to bottom and then fit them into each other. Finally put the tops upside down in to the bases.
You should manage to reduce at least 6 cartons to 1 in this way.

I hope these in structions are understandable.

May you bags reduce in size..

[smokynuk]

Thanks Bob i'll give it a go

[dgraves]

When I lived in Britain years ago, the Milk Man would bring glass bottles of fresh unhomogenized milk to the door every morning. That was true recycling...and delicious! I'd never seen milk before that you had to shake to drink. We were living in a rural area of East Anglia.

[Kintyre Forum News]

The Scottish Executive has set landfill allowance targets for each local Authority. These targets impose a landfill limit for each council from 2005/06 until 2009/10 with this limit tightening year on year. After 2010 it is likely targets will be even more onerous as the Scottish Executive uses this scheme to enforce compliance with European Landfill Diversion targets. This scheme has been referred to in previous SPC reports and most recently in the 19th January 2006 report.

Fines proposed by the Scottish Executive for not achieving these landfill limits are £25, £50, and £150 per tonne in n 06/ 07, 07/08 and 08/09 respectively. To assist in achieving these targets, a move towards fortnightly general waste collections and increased recycling and composting collections will assist in reducing landfill while increasing recycling and composting.

The trial will go ahead on Islay and Jura for a fortnightly general refuse collection service uplift alternating with garden waste uplift. A separate brown wheeled bin will be provided for garden waste collections. The garden waste bin will be uplifted fortnightly during the growing season i.e. March to October and once every 4 weeks from November to February.

A survival recycling bag for empty cans, tins, aerosols, plastic drinks and milk bottles will also be provided and filled bags should be collected with the existing separate paper and cardboard bin. Householders who do not wish a garden waste wheeled bin can instead be provided with a free home composting bin.

[Kintyre Forum News]

Ful article on this can be read at

http://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/moderngov ... ocA.ps.pdf