Bi-weekly black bin 'pet waste' collection on its way. Options

[Nothing Much]

Speaking as a person who was born in the boomer years, My kids were terry nappied. And I was a dab hand with the
big pins.
Stuff went down the WC. the rest went into a Milton bucket waiting for a machine load.
I tried brewing ale after they had grown out of those times, never seemed to work sadly!.
ce

[Andy Capp]

Aye... those were the days. It's not been the same since the changes...

[JeffG]

Apparently there is a pressure group to persuade people to go back to using terry nappies. Environment, and all that.

[Turin Machine]

OOoo yes, just like Nanny used to use !

[Nothing Much]

"Grits teeth".
Sorry. I did the weekend shift. Live in Nanny did care for them. Nappies too!
Not Norland but college trained. And we had a Silver Cross pram.
Darn thing wouldn't fit through the door of the "Camden Head",on my shift.
ce

[dannyboy]

Cat litter and nappies?

Yep. You use re-usable nappies. You hold the separate 'gusset' down the pan & flush. They come out almost clean. Drop the rest in the nappy bucket & wash, but be careful with the powder you use.

Train your cat to go outside. If it won't you fish out the turds & flush them down the pan.

[Andy Capp]

Yep. You use re-usable nappies. You hold the separate 'gusset' down the pan & flush. They come out almost clean. Drop the rest in the nappy bucket & wash, but be careful with the powder you use.

I don't have any kids!

Train your cat to go outside.

Neighbours love that.

If it won't you fish out the turds & flush them down the pan.

I'm glad this is something I don't need to worry about as well!

[Biker1]

OK, make the black bin collection bi-weekly, but PLEASE give us a suitable, bigger replacement for that useless green sack that we have to try and cram all our plastic and metal waste into.

[dannyboy]

OK, make the black bin collection bi-weekly, but PLEASE give us a suitable, bigger replacement for that useless green sack that we have to try and cram all our plastic and metal waste into.

You can try the following -

milk from the supermarkets comes in HDPE bottles - which has a low melting point. So, if you pour boiling water, strainght from the kettle into an empty bottle & swish the water around the HDPE will become soft. If you then quickly empty the hot water out ( but be careful! ), squash the bottle and plunge it under the cold tap, the plastic will 'set' in the squashed shape & take up far, far less space.

Taking aluminium to Tesco at Pinchington lane gets you 1 clubcard point for each can popped into their recycling 'machine'.

[Andy Capp]

I just stand on all the tins and plastic milk bottles. Does the job.

[dannyboy]

I just stand on all the tins and plastic milk bottles. Does the job.

milk bottles will slowly 'open' back out & take up more space. By applying heat, you reset the shape of the plastic.

[Biker1]

I just stand on all the tins and plastic milk bottles. Does the job.

So do I but I still find the green bag is not big enough what with all the plastic packaging you get from the supermarket.

[Andy Capp]

milk bottles will slowly 'open' back out & take up more space. By applying heat, you reset the shape of the plastic.

Boiling water to be used how you describe wouldn't be my recommendation, especially with the spanners you get on here!

[JeffG]

Also, how much damage are you doing to the environment by using electricity to boil water to re-shape plastic milk containers? Kind of defeats the object

[dannyboy]

Also, how much damage are you doing to the environment by using electricity to boil water to re-shape plastic milk containers? Kind of defeats the object

It takes about a quarter of a cupful to soften the plastic. About the amount left in a kettle after making a cuppa.

[dannyboy]

So do I but I still find the green bag is not big enough what with all the plastic packaging you get from the supermarket.

You can't just put all the plastic you get from the supermarket in the green bag. Only certain types.

[dannyboy]

Boiling water to be used how you describe wouldn't be my recommendation, especially with the spanners you get on here!

The thought had occured to me..........

[JeffG]

OK, make the black bin collection bi-weekly, but PLEASE give us a suitable, bigger replacement for that useless green sack that we have to try and cram all our plastic and metal waste into.

Non-sequitur alert! The green sack collection has always been fortnightly

[Biker1]

Non-sequitur alert! The green sack collection has always been fortnightly

Who said it wasn't?

[JeffG]

You seemed to be conflating it with the changes to the black bin collection. Hence the non-sequitur. I'll go back to sleep now.