iloveanimals said:
Paper can go into the brown bin with a grey lid. No room in our rubbish bin after two weeks in the green rubbish bin with five of us I can sometimes put one in.The all brown ones garden stuff isnt it and the others recycling but the recycling one gets full so easily but the garden one we dont use but we have 2 green bins and they both get sooo full plus theres 5 of us to ;D i dont think my mum will let me put anything in the others but i guess se will as shes always moaning at the bins getting sooo full as i clean them out too muchPumpkinpiggie said:iloveanimals said:
You can put hay in the brown bin with the brown lid
but she might let me :
OK I need some detail here! We've got a woodburner stove which we start off with soiled newspaper, but only needs a bit to get it started. We then burn wood from husband's work which is used for packing so would be chucked anyway. But not sure if we could burn the newspaper in a stove like you do with an open fire. Presumably you can't put wet newspaper on so do you store it for a bit until it dries out, and how much do you put on - do you burn all your paper like that?cashmincal said:
Hmmm - that's an idea. Might start questioning OH about the dustbins where he works! I can't do it, work for the Council :sammy said:
Oh never heard of them before- just told my mum and she said i could get oneTheGaffer said:
how does it work though ? can you put paper in there too or would i have to separate the paper from the sawdust and poop :-\
iloveanimals said:The all brown ones garden stuff isnt it and the others recycling but the recycling one gets full so easily but the garden one we dont use but we have 2 green bins and they both get sooo full plus theres 5 of us to ;D i dont think my mum will let me put anything in the others but i guess se will as shes always moaning at the bins getting sooo full as i clean them out too muchPumpkinpiggie said:iloveanimals said:
You can put hay in the brown bin with the brown lid
Brown bin grey lid I put the paper in there the recycle paper to make loo rolls and those hospital sick basins again mine always gets taken Green bin general waste I only have one of these and I can always close the lid even on bin day I make a lot of food from scratch always have done processed foods are just full of junk. I buy veg from the market and also from an organic farm so no packaging. I use my own cloth bags instead of carrier bags too. Back to the recycle bin for paper ect tell your mum to flatten all plastics makes loads more space thats maybe why i hate vegetables, and even sunday dinners the only thing i like is the meat : anyway we recycle soo much but i will tell her to flatten the plastic like milk bottles etc and I'm sure thatll save lots of room O0 I'm on about getting a compost bin from the council as someone mentioned on here and i just told my mum and she said get one then when i clean out all my piggies i end up with like 3 huge black bin bags and i never separate the paper from the sawdust as its all wet and smelly and its easier to pick it all up by using 2 handbrushes and chucking it in the bin then separating them but ill have to try it out next time i clean them all out 
I make a lot of food from scratch always have done processed foods are just full of junk. I buy veg from the market and also from an organic farm so no packaging. I use my own cloth bags instead of carrier bags too. Back to the recycle bin for paper ect tell your mum to flatten all plastics makes loads more space :
, a blue box for cans and glass and a blue bag for paper. so it's constantly rather full! The Council here are talking about charging extra if people's bins are too heavy - I think it's just a ploy to get more people to recycle more (we already recycle everything we can). So I may have to change to VetBed or Profleece (I'm considering this anyway but haven't told the hubby that I'd need to use the washing machine more!)piglover said:
, maybe will give that a go lolClare said:
That's exactly what the Council are trying to achieve - people to recycle more. Unfortunately there's a lot of people who don't recycle at all or enough. The alternative is to build more landfill sites and incinerators and no-one wants one of them down the road from them! Also, central Government will tax the Local Authorities if they don't meet recycling targets - which inevitably will mean higher Council tax bills.Black Jack said:
That's true - the binmen may well take it but at the other end the whole load will be chucked because of contamination, so it's not really fair to 'hide' anything in the wrong bin.LucyT said:
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