do you judge other people's recycling boxes...?

[BarrelOfOtters]

Walking to work this morning, it's recycling day, one box was full, I mean full, of Smirnoff red bottles. Another of McEwans extra. Another had a lot of soft drink bottles and coke cans.

You can't help but wonder...

At least they're putting them in their own recycling - which is a start.

This thread is peak MN.

I can imagine a MNer deliberately getting a job at the tip for the sole purpose of livestreaming regular updates from it of who is throwing away what and inviting subscribers to judge away to their hearts' content!

Judge, no. But take note of, yes.

I used to be one of those people with a big full recycling bin full of shame. Towards the end before I gave up drinking, I had to switch to boxes of wine, because I could break them down flat, otherwise, all the bottles wouldn't have fit.

I can definitely spot who drinks like I used to from the recycling bins, yes. There is no judgement. But there is an awareness. And also a gratitude that I'm not in that place anymore.

My tins of kombucha do still occasionally blow around and cause havoc though. 😂But I'm not ashamed of it anymore.

No. Fortunately all our cardboard, bottles, cans go in a big blue bin with a lid so no one can see.

Oh dear, this thread has made me really self conscious. We only put our glass recycling out when the box is full, which takes about 6-8 weeks. I suppose if someone was having a look they'd think we'd drunk that much in a fortnight.

Thing is after seeing a woman emptying out her full trolley of empty spirit and wine bottles into to a bin at a bus stop, I would be worried about you if I ws your neighbour rather than judging you.

I should add at the same bus stop I've seen an elderly man a few times empty a very full bags for life of empty spirit and wine bottles.

You mean the 'fun' of struggling with alcohol addiction? Can't imagine there's much fun in that, myself...

No.
Unless I knew them and they'd asked me for money to pay their bills and this was me discovering their "bills" were actually a party they hadn't invited me to.
Then I'd be judging hard.

Other than that I don't give a shit what other people have in their recycling.

Yes.
I judge people who don't rinse properly.
And I judge people who shove all their recycling in one box rather than separating.
And I judge people who put random stuff in the recycling <side eye to number 82 with their polystyrene mountain in the paper recycling box>

Our local park collects drinking cans to be recycled for the local dog's home. It's not exactly judging but I do notice how many drinks cans people are putting in the recycling that could go to charity. I'm not sure what to do about it though.

My friend judges people's recycling boxes hard. She calls one of our neighbours Mr Bentos because of how many pie boxes he recycles.
With that in mind, this week I'll put a Versace shoe box on the top of my recycling 😅

I save up my glass recycling bin for a few collections just to give nosy parkers something to gossip about.

I judge the neighbour who puts all their excess non recyclables in everyone else's recycling bins.

No, it would never even occur to me to look at other people’s refuse.

Fits wrang wi hae’ing coke cans in yer recycling bin min? Ca see ony issues wi
at.

Or are they the owners bottles and they just put that sign there so the dustman wouldn't think they're an alcoholic 😊

We only put our glass recycling box out every few weeks when it's over full. If you saw it, you would think we had a drink problem.

We have a parcel box but larger parcels get left in our recycling bin. I must admit, I have always wondered if the postie /courier notices what is already in there!

It's worse when the machine is out of order and you've to carry the recycling around while you pick up the few bits you went in for

I judge them for the lack of newspapers. That is a habit that is dying out.

I wish we had a box or bag! We have a gigantic bin that takes months to fill and it's a pain to wheel out the side gate so I just leave it until it's full now.

I judge the people downstairs who put out their "empty" pickle jars but with all the vinegar still in them, and mustard seeds and dill floating about in it. And the mayonnaise jars that still have an inch of mayo at the bottom. I'm the one who has to sort the recycling before putting it out and I just bin that stuff now. But I couldn't care less about all the beer bottles and cans because at least those are always fully emptied.

Plastic bags are recycled in some recycling centres. Have you checked online at the latest guidance for your local council? Ours definitely do.

Maybe they get newspapers online, rather than paper? I know we do.

We have a Christmas social evening at my church with about 70 people. It's BYOB and a really nice night with food and entertainment. No-one gets drunk but there are a lot of empties for recycling at the end of the night!!!

We ask people to take their empties home to recycle rather than have it all piled up outside right next to the path🤣🤣🤣

Many people don't trust the news anymore, let alone being willing to pay for it.