'Lazy' Recycling on site

Toppo replied on 17/05/2017 20:37

Toppo

Posted on 17/05/2017 20:37

I cannot believe that over the last few years, the increasing amount of lazy club members who persistently ignore the recycling bins, and place all their recycling along with their rubbish into the general waste bins.

I have witnessed this many times and I loath to say, the main culprits were in the seventies and eighties age group; they cannot blame being poor sighted as they would not be driving and towing. Maybe they are illiterate? or perhaps merely morons?.

My only conclusion is the fact they feel as they may not be on the planet much longer, and it will become someone else's problem in the future, it simply does not matter to them.

I do appreciate these people make up a relatively small percentage of this age group, and I wish not to tar them all with the same brush... but the ones that do it know who they are... THINK BEFORE YOU DUMP!!!!... rant over.

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ValDa replied on 19/05/2017 21:49

ValDa

Caravanner

Posted on 17/05/2017 22:32 by Navigateur

There are a couple of large stumbling blocks to recycling on site that may not be obvious to some.

First of all, there is the storage in the caravan. Little enough space for one bin never mind five. There is (was?) a rule about not having loose equipment around one's outfit so accumulating seperate piles there is not possible. It would only encourage foraging by vermin anyway. Not everyone makes frequent trips on foot to the toilet block, and often the recycling bins are located somewhere else anyway.

So even if one establishes a recycling protocol in the caravan it may not match what the commercial waste collectors want. Also their containers are large and not suited to the elderly and/or infirm lifting a heavy lid at considerable height.

So I'm not at all surprised that many just put it all in the general waste. I'm pleased that they do as they could just throw it out the window, as so many car occupants do at traffic lights.

Posted on 19/05/2017 21:49

When away in the caravan we put all our recycling in one bag, take it down to the recyling bins, and sort it there - glass, tins, cardboard, etc. We take a bag down before it gets heavy, or in the car if it's a heavy bag with lots of glass. However it may upset the perfectionists to say that I don't crush the cans, or plastic bottles (our local authority don't insist on it) - but at least the uncrushed ones go in the right bins.

I would think that if anyone is so elderly that if they're not able to lift a bin lid (can that really be the case) then a quick word to a neighbour ought to do the trick. We'd be happy to help, and perhaps so would the OP.

replied on 19/05/2017 22:21

Posted on 19/05/2017 22:21

I have certainly seen some struggle Valda ...... and have helped.

Not the traditional style dustbins on many CC sites but the tall commercial wheeled jobs with a large lid.

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SteveL replied on 20/05/2017 06:42

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SteveL

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Posted on 20/05/2017 06:42

Certainly the case at Cirencester. I have help several, not so old, smaller folk, who were struggling with the heavy large lids. They seem particularly large and heavy there, and really need a smaller hatch.

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redface replied on 20/05/2017 20:20

redface

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Posted on 20/05/2017 20:20

So that is what the education system is giving us 'illiterate morons' ?Perhaps it is time to bring back the grammar schools so that they are then well educated!

Ye hah!

A thread with a bit of bite in it at last!

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Tinwheeler replied on 20/05/2017 20:27

Tinwheeler

Campervanner

Posted on 20/05/2017 20:27

Good try again, RF, but I ain't biting and I doubt anyone who realises you're deliberately fishing will give you the fun you want. Hard luck.

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KjellNN replied on 20/05/2017 20:32

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KjellNN

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Posted on 20/05/2017 06:42 by SteveL

Certainly the case at Cirencester. I have help several, not so old, smaller folk, who were struggling with the heavy large lids. They seem particularly large and heavy there, and really need a smaller hatch.

Posted on 20/05/2017 20:32

OH has a lot of trouble with those big bins. Having had a half shoulder replacement, that arm cannot be lifted above shoulder level, plus she is quite small.

She has to lift the lid with her good arm and then hope she can throw the stuff in with the dodgy one.

Much prefer the normal small bins. But we always recycle, just like at home.

moulesy replied on 20/05/2017 20:42

moulesy

Caravanner

Posted on 20/05/2017 20:20 by redface

So that is what the education system is giving us 'illiterate morons' ?Perhaps it is time to bring back the grammar schools so that they are then well educated!

Ye hah!

A thread with a bit of bite in it at last!

Posted on 20/05/2017 20:42

Mmmmm...weren't those 70+ year olds in education when grammar schools were around then, RF?

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