Comments on: Waste Revolution (coming soon)

By: Goo

Goo — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:55:57 +0000

Ha! You got me on the ‘ie’, it’s a fair cop guv!

Currently our authority is composting all food and garden waste together. This scheme has been operating for almost three years now and I am hoping we will soon be able to buy compost back at a fairly cheap price.

The system is working well as it is I think. Anaerobic digesters will require a great deal more investment, which means in turn higher local taxation. It’s one of those decisions local councils don’t like having to make – oh, unless they’re pushed by central government!

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:07:23 +0000

Indeed, I love the term ‘wheelie bin.’ Although it does have that pesky ‘ie’ ending…

I was gonna suggest that food and yard waste be mixed to reduce the number of said bills. I’m guessing, though, that they want to keep these materials separate if they’re sending the stuff to an anaerobic digester. You could digest both, but the food has a much higher energy content.

By: Goo

Goo — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:15:32 +0000

We call them Wheelie Bins here, fabulous site this for semantics! What can be recycled in the U.K depends upon your local authority, not the centralised bureaucracy mentioned in the less than enthusiastic site. We are a free people and clearly feel free to chuck a lot of rubbish. Perhaps we can build a new island on top of it and sail away from the deadly grip of central government!

In the Staffordshire Moorlands where we are (and providing you live in a normal house and not a lock keeper’s cottage like us) you have three wheelie bins. A brown one for ALL food and garden waste. A grey one for recyclable plastics,aluminium,glass and paper. And a landfill bin.

Thanks for the insight!