General Chat

I recycle, we have a two weekly collection for bottles, cans and newspapers, and also garden waste, and we have a recycling centre at the supermarket for cardboard, plastic (plus bottles and cans, clothes, shoes). and vegetable waste etc is composted. I use the bus to go into town (mainly I have to admit because I get a free pass and parking is expensive.) But I am not prepared to give up my holidays I must admit which involve either driving or flying.

What really gets to me is the throw away society that manufacturers have evolved whereby it is cheaper to buy new than have repaired. (A good example is how cheap printers for the PC are,) then go to the local tip and see the mountain of printers, pcs, TVs etc where people have replaced rather than repaired. I can remember in the 60s my OH used to buy old TVs, repair and sell them and people were glad to buy them, now nothing but the best is acceptable. All the youngsters have to have everything of the latest, everything new.

*gets off soap box!

ann
Glos

I recycle I dont have a problem in doing so but Global warming ??? What difference would our tiny island do look at the size of other countries like China, Russia ,America it's those that would need to change in a big way to make a difference. Is it really Global warming or is the earth just doing it's own natural thing? & by saying it's GW they are making more money out of us

When Hampshire county council first started recycling - and insisted we did it right - even prosecuting someone for putting food in their recycle bin - it transpired they were sending it all to China. Not for recycling, but for landfill!!

I travel to and from work by train and we recycle as much as we can...but I think big business needs to do much more.
Although the council make us recycle under threat of having bin collections stopped if we dont, they admit they dont sort and recycle the contents of litter bins around the town.
Airlines are probably the worst as well as throwing away thousands of pounds worth of food every day, aircraft have all loo rolls changed and new liquid soaps put in all the loos when an aircraft is cleaned even if there is nothing wrong with the existing ones, thats when aircraft aren't being flown around the country empty for cleaning at another airport or simply to put them in the place they need to be the next day.

Chris, fully agree with the travelling to work. I work about 2-3 miles from where I live. I usually walk there, but get my shoping on the way back and catch a bus home. - which isn't cheap.
If, however I worked for the Council and drove in, I would get free parking at the Park & Ride - a special dispensation they have given themselves! Even paying for the Park & Ride is cheaper than the 'ordinary' bus.
I worked for the council a few years ago and was made redundant because they decided to move the office to the New Forest. As I don't drive, I couldn't go. Should have got them on unfair dismissal really.
I have been to a few job interviews with the Council and failed miserably. When they ask what I know about their 'Sustainability Policy', my mouth just blurts out 'Which one? The one where it's cheaper to move about if you don't live here. The one that says the public should pay £1 a mile on the bus, or the one that says if you don't have a car and need big stuff moving you can pay £15 an item (ie £30 a bed - base & mattress are counted as 2) for the council to take it away, even though we pay £80 a month in Council Tax to live in a small terraced house.'

I usually then get my coat. lol

Up to my back teeth! Look at history even over past couple of hundred years - climate changes. However, 40 years ago or so people did not travel horrendous distances to go to work. Relative has had a theory for many years that employers should pay a tax if an employee travels more than 20 miles to work! Cost of public transport and parking is horrendous if successive governments were really serious about any of this then they would nationalise transport and bring the cost down. This would encourage users.

What upsets me is the fact that we are being told constantly, to switch off the TV standby light..., share cars, etc......

The whole of Las Vegas is lit up like a Christmas tree 24 hours a day, the powers that be are flying all over the world EVERYDAY.....we have a SPORT which involves cars driving around at speed....I can't even think of anymore it angers me so much.

My carbon foot print must be practically non existent... if I and my OH cut out whatever we are using in the way of 'power'.... we would be living in the 18 hundreds.
Deanna X

I get cheesed off when they expect us to have mini recycling units in our homes ( have not been able to get into my under the stairs) because of the box for cardboard box for paper box for this, box for that. They will find me under the stairs one day in my blinky box! lol

seriously though - like Red Squirrel said, China and USA are prime culprits.

good on you Mick - now that's what I call sacrifice!!!

Lol Mick!!!

I did my bit last night-
I turned my lights off for one hour!

(My 97inch plasma HD TV gave me MORE than enough light to find my way around!)

xxxx mick

nice one!

He's possibly got it mixed up with his favourite game - Global Warring!!

That prat George W Bush probably thinks global warming is some kind of heating system for houses all over the world!!!!

And of course ahem.............America.

and don't forget Russia - a big polluter of the atmosphere

Goodnight Maddie.
Squirrel - that sounds a good idea - have you noticed water bottle in this coutry say 'do not reuse' on them!!!

Sue, like you, I think it may be a natural weather 'wave' - hence I get really peed off by all these people setting themselves up as experts and telling us what we should be doing.
One thing we shouldn't be doing is throwing everything away - not for any global warming thing, but because it's so wasteful.

Ann - that sounds great.......Is there a bus from here to Wyvale?? lol

My mum always recycled (I guess an old war habit) and she passed it on to us so we've always done it but it's easier now they come to the house and collect rather than having to go out and find somewhere.
Ive spent the last few years looking into bad storms in the UK and we have always had floods and extreme weather so Im not totally convinced that it's changed that much. Although I do remember winters being a lot colder as a child.
I'll carry on doing my little bit and hope that others do but until places like America, Mexico, China, etc make some changes from the top downwards then they can keep bleeting on about it until the cows come home... they may as well stop blaming us because at least as a nation we are trying.

we have excellent rubbish collection here in Cardiff - household non-recyclable rubbish every week and on alternate weeks green bag collection for glass, tins, newspaper and the like - then garden waste and carboard the other

Saw a good item on the news this week - apparently plastic flower pots are very hard to recycle and are the equivalent of plastic bags in a way, but Wyevale are taking plastic pots and turning them back into plastic particles than can be recycled into new pots, so don't chuck em in the household rubbish, save em for Wyvale!!

I still use a milkman so recycle bottles that way. Its prob a tad dearer than supermarket milk but i think iys helps the enviroment as well as local business.

However milkman is a law unto his self and recently advised he will deliver on this rd every other day.

with regards to veg - mine is not perfect but the satisfaction of growing your own (pref organicaly) no matter how small is very rewarding regardless of the 'environment'.

On that note I say goodnight x