The Paper Shop

Sunday, March 26, 2006

Kerbside recycling collection starts tomorrow

Returned to the Paper Shop this evening after a weekend away near Wales, in Chester, to find the promised card from SBC informing us of the collection days for the white (plastic bottles and tins) & lilac (paper and cardboard) bags, emptying of the garden (green-lidded) bin and the general (grey-lidded) bin. So the bags are out ready for first collection tomorrow.

Interestingly in Chester they've been recycling at the kerbside for ages and they've recently started a fourweekly "BAG" collection - recycling old batteries (torch batteries) and glass from the doorstep (hence BAG) - SBC have so far to come in this game it's unbelievable.

I have this week's Berwickshire here somewhere and will do the rundown as soon as I get my finger out, and finish baking the daily bread etc. etc.

posted by The Paper Boy at 21:08

2 Comments:

  • I'm from Chester, as you may already know, and there they even have a nappy scheme.

    Washable nappies are delivered, collected, washed and returned for just £7 a week.

    :D

    Before you ask, once a nappy has been ... erm ... used, one just removes the ... bulk of the content. Nappies are then stored in a special bin awaiting colection.


    :D

    By Blogger The Bird Woman, at March 30, 2006 4:56 PM  

  • Yeah, remembering what "second user" nappies can contain, one would want it to be a special bin (preferably located in a different county).

    Probably a reflection that Chester City council serves a population of 90,000 concentrated in one urban area of about 15 square km whereas as the SBC has only 110,000 spread out over 4,700 square km - so it's easier and cheaper to provide the service.

    By Blogger The Paper Boy, at March 30, 2006 5:07 PM  

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