Agree, I for one could not cope with yet another recycling box, absolutely no room for all the existing ones. I share one blue box with my immediate neighbour and on collection day put other recycling items in neighbours' boxes (with their agreement). Most people here use their food caddies. Those with babies and/or pets whose used sanitary products currently fill their black bag rubbish, could use a yellow box with a lid! Recycling will never be successful unless it is made very easy for residents. Retired, pedantic, tidy people like me manage, just about, but other households are far more chaotic with babies, teenagers, grandparents, pets and trying to hold down a full time job - time is limited, the use of prepackaged foods high with resultant waste wrappers, plastic and foil cartons etc. Sorting and using the food caddies is not difficult, everyone can do that and they should be simple to collect and empty once a week and taken to composting or incineration plants for electricity production. Perhaps roadside sorting is not really feasible for much of the population and we need to go back to Councils collecting mixed refuse and possibly twice a week. Money saved on all the boxes, no need for specialised recycling lorries & teams, just a fleet of straightforward refuse trucks driving to one depot. Science has invented excellent sorting and washing machines so why aren't we making use of these inventions instead of hoping to turn all residents, regardless of the type of home they reside it, into recycling experts? It ain't going to happen throughout an entire County/Borough.!
Jennifer Selig ● 2135d