Despite notices, threats, fines and CCTV, people still leave their bags and boxes at the glass bottle collection areas. Would it not make sense to have a bin there?
george
I saw a show about litter wardens and one of specifically staked out some bottle banks where no bin was provided to fine people. He fined someone for leaving a plastic bag in the gap between two bottle banks when there was no effort made to provide a bin despite the obvious need.
RockyRoader
I saw that too – All neat and tidy.
bumba
Entitled procks couldn’t spend the time it took them to place them on the ground driving to another one that isn’t full? This is why I hate people.
jungleman
They were probably all full up. I saw the one in Harold’s cross at the weekend. Very same story.
Was there myself yesterday afternoon.
Walked to ‘bring centre’ in Gullistan Terrace
Closed on Sundays….
Walked home with my bags of bottles….
Cheers!
noncanonicalpokemon
why don’t we do the 5 cent return thing on bottles here? Good idea to prevent litter and gives kids a handy way to get some pocket money.
meadowlark
Coz that is a sensible idea and we don’t like that here.
Spaghetti Hoop
Absolutely. Plus we could keep a lot of plastics out of landfill if we reverted to glass milk and juice bottles.
meadowlark
The sheer volume of plastic packaging used in food, drink, toys, appliances, in most things is astonishing. There should be definitely be some sort of drive to reduce the amount of plastic used.
garthicus
It never fails to amaze me at how quick the green bin fills at home.
ahjayzis
Great suggestion.
But can’t be implemented, they only implement punitary charges to change behaviour, the idea of an incentive for anyone but an oligarch ‘creayshing jerbs’ is alien to them.
All the good ones fly south for winter
Is there something to be said for reverting back to wooden bottles and wooden packaging.
Neilo
There is if we are allowed to purchase whiskey and wine by the barrel
How about a scales in the bins to determine when they’re full and alert the people who empty them. People could also check in advance if the bottle bank is full.
Despite notices, threats, fines and CCTV, people still leave their bags and boxes at the glass bottle collection areas. Would it not make sense to have a bin there?
I saw a show about litter wardens and one of specifically staked out some bottle banks where no bin was provided to fine people. He fined someone for leaving a plastic bag in the gap between two bottle banks when there was no effort made to provide a bin despite the obvious need.
I saw that too – All neat and tidy.
Entitled procks couldn’t spend the time it took them to place them on the ground driving to another one that isn’t full? This is why I hate people.
They were probably all full up. I saw the one in Harold’s cross at the weekend. Very same story.
“This is why I hate people”
Where can I buy the t-shirt?
Was there myself yesterday afternoon.
Walked to ‘bring centre’ in Gullistan Terrace
Closed on Sundays….
Walked home with my bags of bottles….
Cheers!
why don’t we do the 5 cent return thing on bottles here? Good idea to prevent litter and gives kids a handy way to get some pocket money.
Coz that is a sensible idea and we don’t like that here.
Absolutely. Plus we could keep a lot of plastics out of landfill if we reverted to glass milk and juice bottles.
The sheer volume of plastic packaging used in food, drink, toys, appliances, in most things is astonishing. There should be definitely be some sort of drive to reduce the amount of plastic used.
It never fails to amaze me at how quick the green bin fills at home.
Great suggestion.
But can’t be implemented, they only implement punitary charges to change behaviour, the idea of an incentive for anyone but an oligarch ‘creayshing jerbs’ is alien to them.
Is there something to be said for reverting back to wooden bottles and wooden packaging.
There is if we are allowed to purchase whiskey and wine by the barrel
LOL!
I’m in!
How about a scales in the bins to determine when they’re full and alert the people who empty them. People could also check in advance if the bottle bank is full.