Ok, I'll start by saying this is obviously a minor issue in the grand scheme of my life. Nonetheless, it does irk me. Hence my posting here, to find out whether I'm in fact unreasonable or whether my DP is.
We have a standard recycling bin in our kitchen, next to the main waste bin. It's basically just a plastic grey bin, the same as any other kitchen bin, but we don't put a bin liner inside it because it's for recycling, ie cardboard cereal boxes, empty tins and the like. We then empty it into our blue recycling bin outside when it's full, and repeat.
Anyway, DP consistently puts packaging in that hasn't been rinsed. I'm not talking cereal packets or pizza boxes, obviously. I mean like a yogurt pot with yogurt still around the insides of the pot. Or a tin of tinned tomatoes, with the juices still inside. As a result the "juices" from unrinsed items send up congealed at the bottom of the bin, meaning when it gets emptied into the outside bin it usually needs a good clean out with bleach.
My argument is it takes literally 30 seconds to rinse something before it goes in the bin. Yet he continues to do this. I could put a bin liner in it I suppose, which prevents juices running all over the bottom of it. But I don't think I should need to, since it's designed for non food waste items.
Who is unreasonable?