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This is a bit of an e mail my aunt in Canada sent to me. I'm sure she won't mind me putting it on here as she always said she appreciates comments! Can you imagine the state of affairs if our council ran a recycling scheme on this scale?
Every week we need to put out our blue recycling bins, these will contain paper, cardboard, yogurt pots, cans, tins, jars, and aluminum foil. Since the beginning of April a new system has been introduced. A green cart standing about 2ft high, this comes with a smaller lidded container that can be stowed away under your kitchen sink. Both these need to be lined with compostable bag liners or other acceptable linings that are also compostable. The smaller cart is used to throw all unwanted food away, used paper towels and rolls, houseplants and used paper food packaging. I have to be honest, I thought that this new program was going to be time consuming and messy. Sure you have to re-educate yourself and the family, knowing what can and can't be thrown into the kitchen container and general waste. But ultimately we have had to make this change, and here is why; only every other week will waste management collect general household waste and they will only take a maximum of six bags per collection. However the changes seemed to have been a hit with most residents, the first week the garbage collection took over two days to collect in one area because so many people responded positively.
