I hate washing up hence I have a dishwasher! But all recycling has to be cleaned, we have alternate weeks collection (ie tins/cans one week, card/paper/plastic the next) so other than they wont take it unless its clean, I dont want to store manky cans and plastic bottles for 2 weeks! It just seems to be multiplying and I always seem to be washing or rinsing cans or plastic bottles! I totally know IABU but it drives me bonkers!
I agree about the petfood tins. Yuk. I don't rinse with hot water though, but it still feels like a palava and waste of water. Does anyone else peel the paper off?
I peel the paper off tins and put them, and plastic pots, in the dishwasher. We tend to just take all our recycling to the tip every few months (you can't put glass or lots of other things in the blue bin) and it makes it less stinky while it's collecting.
Its not hard no but when I dont actually need to wash anything else its a royal pain.....our collectors are very finickity, they leave you a nasty stick on note for any variety of reasons not to take it! TBH sometimes I just wonder why I bother
We had a guy from the council (well probably a student working for a survey company) to see if we rcycled and if there was any problems. i bought up the subject of all the water wasted washing the items and he assured me it was worth the effort.
I confess - I don't always do it! If its possible to get the job done with a quick rinse under the cold tap then fine but I refuse to make efforts to get my recyclable waste all sparkling. Seriously, I am paying the council to dispose of this stuff!
I had my blue bin the other day so i have all this to come. My first day was spent fishing things out that i had put in by accident. Oh well it is for a good cause i suppose.
YABU. Our short sightedness about the future of this planet is astounding. I don't do enough - composting is next on my list but I do recycle everything I can. Je-mart -'I'm paying the council...' that's a really good reason for not taking responsibility yourself Imagine how much more it would cost if the council had to employ armies of people to wash up your recycling for you.
Floating - 'a good cause' it's not a frickin charity donation, this is for our children's future! Honestly I'm not an ardent greenie but this apathy and pathetic attitude moaning about a bit of washing up is just making me
We wash up everything before putting it in the blue bin, but I was recycling waaaay back when it was a hippy thing to do and you had to cycle for miles to find a bottle bank. And everyone else thought you were a nutter for bothering.
Imagine the stench *vomiting emoticon* And rats the size of labradors, flies in Biblical numbers. The workers would need hazard pay. You could write a bestseller horror about what would arisee from the toxic sludge. I think I'll keep on washing up catfood tins, even though I'm veggie.
Hey give me chance to get used to the recycling i have only had for a few days and need to get to grips with it sorry i chose the wrong words!
Oh and i am recycling my old clothes as well, paper, cans bottles etc there is just so much to remember and where everything goes. But i am getting the kids involved.
