Cardiff - Changes to your recycling

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Originally Posted by LeningradCowboy

Because not everybody lives somewhere with a garage or a shed.

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anywhere outside will do

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Originally Posted by poc

anywhere outside will do

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People in flats?

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Originally Posted by poc

why are you worried about recycling getting wet ?

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Doesn't bother me personally but the bin men hate it and it makes things harder to sort later.

The bin men used to refuse to pick up large wet cardboard boxes you were supposed to keep them dry by breaking them up and putting them inside green bags, now they are all soaking wet?

Why are you asking daft questions, do you work for the council, or just lack of common sense?

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Originally Posted by BLUETIT

Because the lazy bastard’s then don’t pick it up

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Aye that too :thumbup:

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Originally Posted by JamesWales

No one is worried about that. But your the huge bags getting wet and then being stored in the house is an issue. Why would anyone want it?

For the first time in 25 years I recycled nothing last week. I just put the stuff in the black bin.

At best ill be putting out a few glass jars every other week, otherwise I simply don't have the storage.

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So they've wasted more council money on a birdbrain idea that will fail miserably and cost a fortune in Dennis split trucks Ikea bags, and complaints upset all the workforce, and many the public have stopped recycling for the first time in 25 years, so Council tax will have to increase even further and we will continue to get less and less services.

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/w...e-set-28781358

Black bin bag collections cut in Cardiff as council tax rise is set

I saw them empty my blue "paper and card" sack and red "plastic and cans" sack this morning (a day late)

They dumped it all in the same lorry, all mixed up again.:facepalm:

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Originally Posted by bobh

I saw them empty my blue "paper and card" sack and red "plastic and cans" sack this morning (a day late)

They dumped it all in the same lorry, all mixed up again.:facepalm:

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The lorry is split down the middle, I saw them chuckling both in and went to check.
It’s two separate compartments

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Originally Posted by BLUETIT

The lorry is split down the middle, I saw them chuckling both in and went to check.
It’s two separate compartments

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Not the lorry I saw - it was an old style truck, just one big compartment.

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Originally Posted by bobh

They've just picked it up!!
Hoorah!

We're odds-on to be postponed or even cancelled for the collection scheduled for Thursday now. (only 2 days away)

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Seems pointless picking up 2 days worth. What a joke of a service that is!

Meanwhile in the wonderful RCT https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/w...tions-28813215

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Originally Posted by JamesWales

No one is worried about that. But your the huge bags getting wet and then being stored in the house is an issue. Why would anyone want it?

For the first time in 25 years I recycled nothing last week. I just put the stuff in the black bin.

At best ill be putting out a few glass jars every other week, otherwise I simply don't have the storage.

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This is classic council, implementing something that was actually working ok (maybe glass could be separated first though) and replacing it with something that’s difficult for people to actually do, resulting in more mixed waste and dumping as seen in grangetown this week.
It’s like the cycle lanes, good idea but badly implemented and put in the wrong places, already busy roads are now gridlocked with multiple sets of lights. They could have easily routed it up other roads or through the graveyard. I bet the emissions from stationary cars are through the roof around Crwys rd, Whitchurch rd, allensbank rd…..

Some people have started using them in trolleys and car boots for shopping instead :hehe:

I hated this when it first came in, but to be honest I'm used to it now, it's fine.

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Originally Posted by Rjk

I hated this when it first came in, but to be honest I'm used to it now, it's fine.

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As with most things, theres uproar at first them people just seem to quiet down and get on with it.

Theres a special kind of person who keeps moaning and moaning though, but they're a rare breed.

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Originally Posted by bobh

I saw them empty my blue "paper and card" sack and red "plastic and cans" sack this morning (a day late)

They dumped it all in the same lorry, all mixed up again.:facepalm:

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Yes, we sort it out, they mix it back up again as they don’t have enough of the new trucks. Even though they haven’t got enough, they just expanded it to more parts of Cardiff…..honestly, you couldn’t make it up.

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Originally Posted by Rjk

I hated this when it first came in, but to be honest I'm used to it now, it's fine.

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If you have the space yes, but I’ve heard people are recycling less, more stuff going in black bags. But what is being recycled isn’t so contaminated as before….

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Originally Posted by goats

If you have the space yes, but I’ve heard people are recycling less, more stuff going in black bags. But what is being recycled isn’t so contaminated as before….

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I absolutely recycle less than before.

I recycle about the same, but more sorted out and definitely cleaner

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Originally Posted by JamesWales

I absolutely recycle less than before.

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Yes same here came back from holiday and didn't have time to sort them out from the green bag so threw them all in the black bin as quicker, I'm sure overall it's counter productive.

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Originally Posted by North Cardiff Blue

Yes same here came back from holiday and didn't have time to sort them out from the green bag so threw them all in the black bin as quicker, I'm sure overall it's counter productive.

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Lazy sod.:hehe:

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Originally Posted by jeepster

Lazy sod.:hehe:

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True :hehe: