tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278366793340877738.post8858953257559477059..comments2023-11-02T10:43:15.185+00:00Comments on DENVERSTROPE: Talking RubbishUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278366793340877738.post-62630880631875619682010-06-07T10:50:51.597+01:002010-06-07T10:50:51.597+01:00Well, he took down Humphreys so that was worth not...Well, he took down Humphreys so that was worth noting. As to the recycling situation: I can only speak from experience and where I am, quite frankly it's a scam at the council tax payer's expense. In the end, people can take only so much authoritarianism and profit-taking masquerading as environmental concern - and misrule. I think Pickles gets that and I think this was a purely political decision. That it might also work as a recycling policy makes it one of those rare politically motivated decisions that has the benefit of being potentially effective too: it might actually encourage a bit of recycling, even if it is the general population that's forced to sift their trash, and not the companies that are supposed to specialise in that kind of thing. But, hey, at least we'll have preserved a little bit of freedom, right?<br /><br />We shall see...Jon Lishmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07272058035800593800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278366793340877738.post-62682106177399656432010-06-07T10:31:45.077+01:002010-06-07T10:31:45.077+01:00Don't big up Norfolk TOO much! Where I live (w...Don't big up Norfolk TOO much! Where I live (western half of Norfolk) recycling barely exists and what you can recycle is ridiculously limited. You can't even put bottles or any plastic other than fizzy pop bottles or milk containers. All sorts of paper or card products aren't accepted either. Utterly ridiculously, you can't recycle the fizzy pop bottle cap - despite the fact that the plastic ring it used to be attached to (i.e the same coloured plastic as the cap) is still stuck round the neck of the bottle, so without cap you can't squish the bottles flat and expect them to stay squished by preventing them from 're-inflating' by screwing the cap back on, otherwise the council reject the whole darn batch of recycling. Oh, and bill you for it as well. So loads of unsquished bottles reduce capacity in the bin for other stuff, and practically nothing is accepted. Norfolk's recycling man might have sounded sensible, but his actual practical policies leave a lot to be desired!Cogito Dexterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13474929728659342255noreply@blogger.com