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Posted by: gel Jan 5 2017, 11:10 AM

Sorting Waste:

Driving through Chieveley earlier I was surprised to see the recycling men emptying waste paper bins
into the green wheelie bins.

Didn't see whether the bottles/ can basket was suffering same fete!

Posted by: Turin Machine Jan 5 2017, 11:44 AM

Ithink what they do is empty the boxes into an empty green bin which they fill as they go up the street. Easier than emptying boxes into the cart.

Posted by: JeffG Jan 5 2017, 12:19 PM

TM has it right. Don't be put off. (Unless you saw this happen to all the bins (which I doubt)!)

Posted by: gel Jan 5 2017, 12:45 PM

But we normally have one truck that just collects/empties green wheelie bin, and a 2nd side loading machine that just deals with the waste bins + bag for plastic /cans.
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Posted by: dannyboy Jan 5 2017, 06:34 PM

They use one empty green wheelie bin to consolidate all the other recyclable waste, from the smaller bags / boxes, so that it is faster to load. The side loader wasn't used today. At least, not on our road.

Posted by: JeffG Jan 5 2017, 07:50 PM

It wouldn't make sense to carry individual boxes to the lorry and back, especially since it makes limited stops covering a fair number of houses.

This time of year the green bins mainly only contain bags of food waste - not much growing in the garden (thank goodness!).

Posted by: On the edge Jan 8 2017, 08:35 AM

Perception is everything!

Posted by: JeffG Jan 8 2017, 11:37 AM

So is common sense

Posted by: On the edge Jan 8 2017, 02:20 PM

Quite; so many forget that when they are in the public eye...