We only filled one bin bag in the last two weeks

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Aibu to be a little bit impressed with ourselves as a family of four (including a baby) plus one cat?

We have a separate bin for recyclable waste and all appropriate food goes in the composter for dh's allotment but it was still a surprise when we noticed there was only one bin bag for the binmen to collect. It's kind of inspired me to see if we can do more and make mine and dh's games of bin jenga even more exciting

And yes I know this isn't the most thrilling topic of conversation but three month olds aren't great at conversation, as gorgeous as she is.

We only fill one bag every 2 or 2 and a half weeks. That's two adults and a hefty teenager.

Join me in feeling smug.

I have been filling many bags recently. We are moving house soon so I feel it's all right :)

Where do you put your nappies?

We fill one bin bag a month.
Two adults, one teenager.

Same here probably.

ahbollocks reusable nappies and wipes are my friend

I clearly need to up my game! I'm going to have to keep track of what is going into the bin bags in future and see if there's anything else we can cut out.

We use reusable nappies ahbollocks.

I suppose it depends on the size of your bin bag! You can get ones now that line the black wheely bin so must be a fair size.

Oh wow! I'd never manage this. Nappies and litter trays ... They fill the bin pretty quick.

Wow that's brilliant. There's 5 of us and we fill a bin bag at least every 2 days as well as filling the recycling bin!

yeah my two cats could fill a bin bag between them in two weeks with litter alone

We have a nappy bag collection so nappies and wipes are seperate from normal waste. Thinks eh then recycle them
We have red bags for all paper and card
Purple bags for all metal, plastic and glass
Food waste bins and garden rubbish bags
Not a lot really goes in the normal bin just stuff like cellophane bags, food bags, odd bits of rubbish etc so only 1 bag a fortnight (although it is pretty squshed down by then) for 5 of us.

It was just a normal sized bin bag, wouldn't be as impressed if it was a wheelie bin size one. The cat does her business outside so we don't have litter trays to empty which helps obviously. (We did have a litter tray when we got the cat but she never used it - and don't worry she uses next door's garden and their cat uses ours so peace and unity is preserved on that front )

Well I fill a huge wheelie bin every week and couldn't give a fuck

Same as Kew. We fill a wheelie a week and couldn't give a fuck

I haven't managed to get the hang of recycling very well - 2 wheelie bins full every two weeks. I'll master it one day.

Do you cook from scratch as well OP...

Recycling bin always used but fill two wheelie bins( and then more usually)
And we Get them emptied fortnightly.
Used to be weekly until council decided to encourage more recycling.
Luckily, our neighbours without dc seem to always have room in their bins for our extra rubbish.
I do not know where it comes from.

Wow how you do that....2 adults and with seems to be two bin bags a week.....grrrrr. Dont believe in food waste recycling as its very dangerous food hygiene wise, but recycle cardboard glass etc...

We fill our wheelie bin within a week, two adults and four dcs, one still in nappies. We could do with a bigger bin tbh but getting one is like winning the lottery.

We don't have food recycling but we recycle all plastic/paper/glass/tins.

Cook from scratch? God no! There's a reason I was so impressed with our lack of non recyclable waste over the last couple of weeks you know

We haven't got recycling facilities for cooked food waste, but there's little of that anyway due to dh finishing off everyone elses dinner.

That's awesome, I swing between wanting to achieve this and having DS jump on top of the bin bags in his wellies to get more in!

Our council collects our non recycling bin every 3 weeks (!!!) but doesn't allow us to put any plastic other than plastic bottles in the recylcing, so my bin is full of punnets, youghurt pots, food trays etc and overflowing by collection day...and if the lid can't close they won't take it!

Well then. No stealth in these boasts.

Our recycling bin is always full

We used about 5 bin bags a week but they're only a quarter full as old cat food stinks and I just change the bag - damn cat only licks gravy

That is impressive, I have filled 2 bags today . I am having a big pre moving house clear out though.

We seem to generate a lot of rubbish, despite recycling everything possible. We live in the city centre so have a tiny 'slimline' black bin too, so we're often making trips to the tip. I don't know how to reduce it! Pretty sure DD's nappies half fill our bin in a week!