Thank you everyone for comments about rubbish collection in various parts of this country and other countries. I just hope the council produce a handout with dates as it's going to get complicated with some weekly, some every other week and another collection just once in 3 weeks.
I can imagine it all being far too complicated for some people to bother about and doubt very much that there will be a 58% drop in unrecyclable rubbish.
At the moment we only have two bins included in our council tax, collected in alternate weeks, for rubbish and recycling - but not glass - that has to be taken to a bottle bank in the village.
The waste food collection is probably the biggest change - but I'd rather use garden waste and food peelings in my compost bin. It would be quite good if we didn't have to pay the extra £62 a year for the garden waste bin which I use for stuff too big for my 'dalek' bin and most of the grass cuttings.
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Most areas of woodland in Suffolk is privately owned and inaccessible, but since the millennium we have a bit of public woodland in the village, it's not very big but I'd not walked round for ages.
It was one of the grey days last week, very little colour and no birds singing at all - no dog walkers either.
The way in
Some trees are bare
But the Sweet Chestnut still has many of it's leaves
These walls once surrounded a walled garden belonging to the house in the middle of the woods which is still lived in.
The way out
Very few berries on the Hollies in the wood - hope I can find some in my usual holly gathering place
The Horse Chestnut in the village on the way to the woods is hanging onto many of it's leaves, quite often they get a disease early on which turns the leaves brown although it doesn't damage the tree.
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Sue
I too pay extra for my garden waste bin but it seems fair enough. Otherwise people without the privilege of a garden would be paying as well.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad of the garden waste bin too otherwise I would have to take bags of big garden cuttings to the tip which is in town and climb up the steep metal steps.
DeleteCan't have a bonfire here like we would have done in the past
Even on a grey day it's beautiful out there! Such diversity and I love the skeletal forms of the different trees.
ReplyDeleteHarking back to yesterday, at least the food waste collection {same here} will now provide for disposal of all the non garden compostables such as bones and cooked food scraps {not that we have many of those!}
I watch the trees across the road on the edge of the burial ground they are alternate Lime and Poplar and lose leaves at different times - fascinating
DeleteWe can't put glass in our recycling bin, our nearest glass recycling is a couple of miles away with no bus route. Very few residents here can walk that far.
ReplyDeleteand who wants to carry heavy glass anyway? Our Tip is in imminent danger of closing meaning our nearest will be 20 miles away.
DeleteThis is the first time I've lived near enough to walk to a bottle bank - I take them one at a time as I empty them
DeleteHere in Cornwall, we have 3 bags and a box, plus food waste, plus our black (rubbish) bin and an optional garden waste bin. Luckily we have the space for all these bins in an outside bin store. The irritating thing about it is we still can't recycle things like batteries, ink cartridges, and tetra packs. 5 miles away in West Devon they can do all these things.
ReplyDeleteHow lovely to get a peaceful walk in the woods without being bothered by dogs. So rare these days. Our poor wildlife, constantly disturbed by pets being allowed to rummage through the undergrowth.
The response regarding rubbish collection has been interesting and remarkably similar around the UK. As Jane in Cornwall says we have three bags and a box (which is for glass) plus bins. Glass is heavy to carry to the bottle bank! My part of Cornwall has just changed to food waste once a week and household rubbish alternates with recycling. The council will also recycle wearable clothes. We our own compost system here and space to store bins thank goodness. Interestingly enough I checked out our big supermarket yesterday and the only recycling skips in their car park now are three Salvation Army clothing ones - all the other skips have gone. No doubt they are glad of the parking spaces!!
ReplyDeleteHere in Ireland and 12 other EU countries there are "return" machines in supermarkets for your drinks cans and plastic drink bottles. We pay a deposit charge when purchasing and place our cans or bottles in the machine on return and it prints out a receipt that can be refunded in cash or taken off your food bill. Hopefully they will introduce machines for pet food cans and glass bottles.
ReplyDeleteI've just driven past the former dentist's house with its hedge. It looks most attractive, with two alternating colours. I think it's beech. Misty, moisty mornings have their attraction.
ReplyDeleteWe are right at the tail end of the Autumn colours looking good aren't we. We are noticing as we drive along the motorway each week that things are going over to dismal and dreary now in some places. Alan keeps saying that he wishes it would snow!!
ReplyDeleteThose woods look very pretty. Our local woods are rather sad at the moment - massive tree felling going on there. Apologies if I've mentioned that before!
ReplyDeleteAlison in Wales x
How complicated your systems seem to be. Here we have recycling sheds on every block in the development, which are emptied weekly. It's very convenient.
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a pleasant walk. I enjoy trails through the woods as it is so calming for me. Oh, and I meant to mention how much I like your header photo of the lovely golden leaves, Sue!
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