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Post by VanWoman84 on Mar 27, 2018 22:44:08 GMT
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Post by Compo Simmonite on Mar 28, 2018 8:40:33 GMT
McDonalds and the like should do the same. The amount of dirty bastards who think its acceptable to go to the beach or the woods with a drive through order and sling whats left out the window is unbelievable.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2018 9:22:15 GMT
Great stuff , I loved collecting RW Whites and Corona bottles as a kid . Newky Brown bottles were about the last I could remember here .The problem with recycling in the western world is people only get interested when money can be made most of the time . In the east its the difference between starving or not ! In South Africa , most fizzy drink bottles have deposit , are thicker plastic so can be reused , and all beer bottles seem to have a deposit. You never see broken glass bottles on the floor .
Ban all non reusable bottles and jars . At the end of the day recycling should be about helping the planet not profit . Big subsidies should exist, instead of every tom dick and Harry jumping on the band wagon when the money is good (think scrap metal) , and dropping it like a hot plum when its shit .
Mc Donalds and the like should be more held to account for their shit all over the place seeing as their name is emblazoned on it so hardly difficult to identifty.
It makes my blood boil people littering , my own bug bear if fag ends !
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Post by bigbear67 on Mar 28, 2018 9:22:24 GMT
Me and my ma regularly go to Pontefract park and she always remarks about how much Mcdonalds rubbish is thrown on the floor, often right beside the wheeliebins that are everywhere in the park. Lazy bastards just can't be bothered to lift the lid on the bin.
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Post by VanWoman84 on Mar 28, 2018 9:29:45 GMT
That's the thing, I want the deposit to work but it may be too late. I don't remember being told not to drop litter. I just don't.
The carrier bag tax was supposed to reduce litter. How come I still see bags blowing about then?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2018 10:38:35 GMT
5 p was not enough ! £5 and people would stop it overnight , and people would start using shopping bags . We have developed into a throw a way society, and the thrown away stuff had to go some where .
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Post by bigbear67 on Mar 28, 2018 14:06:53 GMT
That's the thing, I want the deposit to work but it may be too late. I don't remember being told not to drop litter. I just don't. The carrier bag tax was supposed to reduce litter. How come I still see bags blowing about then? If I go shopping I will always try to pick up some empty boxes to get my shopping home, as I then re_use the boxes. If I absolutely have to buy a bag I usually get a "bag for life" I now use one of my boxes to keep all the bags for life in cos I always forget to take them to the shop and to use them again! Anybody want a million bags for life, only used once.... |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2018 14:32:07 GMT
Thats what I do bigbear ,as I only really shop in Lidl , so pick up an empty veg box when I have finished . Other super markets you can usually find a box round the wine area .
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Post by bigbear67 on Mar 28, 2018 14:48:06 GMT
Handy thing to have is a big ol'empty box. 😁
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2018 15:43:14 GMT
Can't believe this is just being introduced into the UK???Someone please tell me the dep thing was in use decades ago,they stopped it,and are now re introducing it?We've had deposits on bottles for decades in Australia.Legislation was put in place I think in 1977 in South Australia,where I'm from,and its common practice to save up your bottles,for a nice little return!My parents used to hold alot of parties in the late 70's/early 80's,and I can remember my Dad collecting all the returnables the next morning.
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Post by RN on Mar 28, 2018 15:48:56 GMT
Can't believe this is just being introduced into the UK???Someone please tell me the dep thing was in use decades ago,they stopped it,and are now re introducing it?We've had deposits on bottles for decades in Australia.Legislation was put in place I think in 1977 in South Australia,where I'm from,and its common practice to save up your bottles,for a nice little return!My parents used to hold alot of parties in the late 70's/early 80's,and I can remember my Dad collecting all the returnables the next morning. Yes, we had it here on glass pop bottles when I was a kid in the '70s... I don't remember it in Straya, but I was only 7 when I left..... |
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Post by fenrisulfr on Mar 28, 2018 16:00:58 GMT
Used to be a deposit on all pop and beer bottles, kept me in fags as a kid and the only litter about were the broken ones. Used to pop round the back of one pub, collect a few empty bottles from the stack and then take them to the front hatch for cash. Never overdid it though.
Heard somewhere that the deposit system went to ratshit after those twunts at Coke introduced a 'no deposit' bottle and that was the end of it.
I always carry two 'bags for life' and pick up any I see around (exchange them straight off) but before this I had loads of plastic bags which were re-used where possible.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2018 17:39:24 GMT
I used the proposed system in the USA, it is a brilliant scheme for us frugal wombling types, as lots of people just dump the cans and bottles in the nearest bin as they cannot be bothered, so homeless people and those who are broke can always pick up food money by collecting and returning them.
It is a win win for everyone.
even at 5 cents each, you could pick up 20$ for a couple of hours bin scrounging.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2018 17:49:38 GMT
Yep in Oz,you could get the dep back on glass and plastic bottles,empty drink can's etc,and this has been happening since 1977.
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Post by VanWoman84 on Mar 28, 2018 18:25:30 GMT
Shame a lot of public recycling area have disappeared. Just saying....
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