18-07-2015, 03:55 PM
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What A Palava
An elder came to me door and says, Can I put shredded paper in the recycling bin, there's a few bags of itYes - says Fabs - its paper so why not
When he tells me, I said - hang on it'll fly about when they empty it and what about when it gets to the plant, they'll have a fit !
I rushed to google the answer and the first thing I saw - 'don't' recycle shredded paper !
I rushed to the phone - have you emptied it - no not yet - well don't, you can't - phew, sigh of relief - no fine for me
Then Fabs says, did you google 'our' Council ...........
Oh gawd - back I goes to the computer and no you can't bin it, you're to put it in a cardboard box and take it to the 'recycling' tip ! Huh ?
18-07-2015, 04:08 PM
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Re: What A Palava
Originally Posted by TessA
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Where does the recycle in your bin go then?
Well I've given it more thought - maybe when you take the boxes of it to the tip, the guy there then knows its shredded paper and will 'handle it carefully' ................
18-07-2015, 04:17 PM
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Re: What A Palava
I always enclose my shredded paper in a separate pink recycling bag and the pop into the main recycling bag at no time have they told us not to. As far as I am concerned we are told to recycle paper. Paper is paper no matter how it is presented. I would have to start having bonfires in the bbq if they said we couldn't recycle it. Another no no!18-07-2015, 04:21 PM
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I have been told that although we recycle into pink bags for recycling items, black bags for all other rubbish and a green wheelie bin for garden material the pink and the black bags all end up on the main tip!!!! Wonder if it is true? We take a hell of a lot of rubbish down from London here for infill on Pitsea Marshes.............not fair!
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