Plastic Bottle Recycling

The German and Norwegian systems may work really well; but is it necessary when households have door step recycling? 

We who recycle diligently must accept that there are those who don't give a ****, and it is this target area that it is aimed at, it is those that litter the countryside because of a zero incentive in returning bottles or cans. Of course their mindset still may not change, or may have too much money and still not bother, but I have no problem whichever method is chosen as I will recycle as usual even if additional trips are involved.

Litter and fly tipping is unthinkable to us, and we have it within a few miles of a large recycling and disposal area. I suppose if there is a big enough monetary return then maybe organised litter picking may increase, with youngsters taking a bigger role and involving themselves in the environment more and become more responsible in their teenage/adult years.

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10p won't dissuade those that litter. £10 might and even then I'm a bit doubtful.

What actually happens to the stuff we put in our recycling bin?  There was a story in the papers a few weeks ago where the Chinese said they would no longer take it and the UK should deal with its own waste. Locally a plant was built to convert it into pellets for incineration to generate electricity. Unfortunately nobody wants the pellets so they were going to landfill. 

One report on TV that I saw showed the plastic being converted to pellets that were then used in road surface construction. If you have clean recycled plastic there is no reason why it can't be used to make replacement containers. We are always instructed to remove the bottle tops as they are usually a different colour. On some French campsites I have seen separate tubs for the bottle tops.

David

I'm  sure  I  saw  that  system  in  the  car  park  just  outside  Kinlochewe  Club  Site  David.   I'm  sure  they  were  in  a  car  park  shared  between  the  hotel  &  the  council.  It  was  a  few  years  back  but  there  was  a  container  for  the  'tops'  hung  between  the  'grey'  &  'black'  commercial  sized  bins.

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It's mindset isn't it? If you recycle now then you will continue, if you don't then what's £0.10 worth to you, best chuck it out of the car window.

The biggest problem is not necessarily the plastic bottles (which is bad enough) but the unrecyclable take-away coffee cups. I bet a lot of people who say they like to recycle use these and don't know that they can't be recycled. If they do know then they are being a hypocrite. If you must have a take-away then take your own keep warm beaker. There are millions of coffee cups thrown away each year. I note that Starbucks   is investing a small amount (to them) of £10,000,000 or thereabouts to find a disposal throw away coffee cup but they've given themselves a 10 year span to develop it. 

Also noticed today that the Co-Op will by 2020 only be selling water in bottles that have been recycled or contain part recycled plastic, in other words no new "virgin" plastic bottles.

 

 

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