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Recycling - how much faff is too much faff?

DrJ · 2025-03-20T18:00:12Z

I just discovered that my county council (Northumberland, for the record) does not recycle plastic food packaging left in household recycling bins. Or glass. They accept paper and cardboard, tins, plastic bottles and aerosols. We hardly use tins, very few plastic boittles and never aerosols (apart from bike cleaning stuff, obvs). I can dump glass at the bins outside the gym, but for plastic the only solution is to drive to a recycling centre in Newcastle. The mature response would be to double down on my efforts to reduce stuff bought in plastic, and make my own yogurt in ceramic pots. But my gut says just forget it, and dump everything in the landfill-bound waste bin. I can't change the world on my own. I wonder where on this spectrum of responses you sit ?

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maccruiskeen

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As I'm stood at the sink washing out plastic and glass and pulling tape off cardboard boxes

Imagine travelling back in time and explaining to your past self that unfortunately Hoverboards never did happen but on the bright side you can look forward to a future where you wash rubbish before you throw it away.

Posted : 25/03/2025 1:53 pm

Trailseeker

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c14jy2dd8jeo

Why am I not surprised?

Posted : 25/03/2025 2:04 pm

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