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George · 27-04-2008, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Aardvark

George, I agree. That's why we introduced recycling boxes across West Oxon when I was Chairman of the Waste Management Sub-committee. There are recycling points around the district and, apart from the council, charities are collecting clothes and shoes. Sainsbury's have plastic bag recycling banks outside their stores. I can recycle, with no effort, glass, metals, batteries, plastics, plastic bags, batteries, clothing, shoes, ink cartridges, paper and cardboard. I have a composter for green and vegetable waste. I am a member of a 'freecycle' group where people give away things that might otherwise go to the bin or dump. Any of us can offload better items at car boot sales or through adverts in shop windows.

I really find it difficult to sympathise with someone who has the opportunity, but can't be @rsed. Jobs, balance of payments, cost reductions in taxes etc are all good arguments - why don't people help the community in which we live?

Because there is too much stick and not enough carrot. Just an example, I used to have a restaurant in Croydon, producing perhaps an average of 800 bottles per week in waste. There were four similar sized restaurants within 100 metres of me. We asked for a bottle bank and were told it would cost us £50 per week each. So we carried on chucking them in with the regular, landfill waste.