Do You Practice Waste Segregation?
By YoghurtGal
@flapiz (22403)
United Kingdom
September 16, 2022 7:23am CST
Here in the Guernsey we do, and it's pretty simple too. There is a separate cardboard and paper bin, plastics and tin, the food waste, and the general rubbish/ refuse rubbish. The refuse rubbish requires a sticker in order to get collected which is for sale for 2.50£. So the lesser refuse rubbish you have, the better.
Simple right? And it really irks me cause I am living with other people here at my boyfriend's accommodation and when they don't segregate well I end up cleaning after there mess and fishing their rubbish out. If not, we are risking penalty.
This morning I had a proper melt down after fishing out someone's food rubbish from the plastic rubbish. Last week I also had to clean up after someone's food rubbish which already had maggots on them. My boyfriend had to send a text blast to his housemates. I am a bit embarrassed but come on adults should know how to dispose their rubbish well. There is no excuse at all.
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@Butterfingers (66585)
• India
16 Sep 22
They should be responsible and your boyfriend should warn them about it and you don't need to do someone's work
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@Beestring (13325)
• Hong Kong
16 Sep 22
Yes, we have separate bins for cardboard/paper, plastics and tin.
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@Orson_Kart (6114)
• United Kingdom
20 Sep 22
I think the UK is a bit halfhearted in its attempt to recycle things. There are many things the councils won’t take that are recyclable because they don’t have the facilities. I do my bit but it’s not enough. I am not sure what the answer is as the whole point of capitalism is to buy stuff you don’t need. If we stopped buying ‘stuff’ the economy would collapse.
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@flapiz (22403)
• United Kingdom
20 Sep 22
Well that is so true though. In some countries you can even recycle in the shop itself and they give you money for it. Which makes you want to recycle more. Whilst in the UK you get nothing from recycling and they don't even impose fines so well.
It's about time they invest in technology to massively recycle other plastics too like the flimsy ones. Some countries already do this. I'm sure a first world country like UK can too. As you are right, the economy will definitely collapse if we stopped shopping so much.
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@flapiz (22403)
• United Kingdom
21 Sep 22
@Orson_Kart and we also have to wash them out and that is already additional water to waste. It is kind of a nightmare really. I wonder if it is actually doing more bad than good.
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@Orson_Kart (6114)
• United Kingdom
21 Sep 22
@flapiz They recycle the flimsy ones in Tesco. Crisp packets, fresh food wrappings and sweet papers, but not all. It’s a right faff sorting it all out.
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@LadyDuck (458233)
• Switzerland
16 Sep 22
We have the same system here, we risk penalty if we do not respect. We buy "official bags" for the refuse rubbish, the cost is 80 cent for the small bag 1.20 the medium and 2 the big bag.
Oh my goodness, cleaning up other people rubbish is absolutely disgusting, they should do a lot better than what they are doing.
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@flapiz (22403)
• United Kingdom
16 Sep 22
We are in the same household and I am scared to have to pay a fine for things other done wrong.
@Fleura (29128)
• United Kingdom
16 Sep 22
It is disgusting when people leave food residue on things. We separate all recycleable things (plastic, cans, glass, paper etc) and it should all be clean and dry. But all our effort is wasted if someone chucks a half-used can of beans or something in there, or even just throws away a milk carton without rinsing it out. Recently when staying with friends I had to gently explain that all cartons and bottles needed to be rinsed. Some people are horrible, they even throw used nappies into the recycling bins! I'm sorry you had to deal with maggots, that's really disgusting. I hope you gave those responsible a piece of your mind!
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@flapiz (22403)
• United Kingdom
16 Sep 22
I really wanted to teach them face to face about recycling but it is also a but annoying that I am not really a tenant here so somehow I am settling for the passive aggressive approach. It is so annoying when people mix the food and the recycling. Can't they see there aren't any food on there? The food waste is quite contaminating and also really disgusting to fish off.
I am same as you I also clean and dry the cans and plastics.
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@Fleura (29128)
• United Kingdom
16 Sep 22
@flapiz I know exactly what you mean, you are afraid they will resent your interference and think 'Who does she think she is, she isn't even a paying tenant, telling us what to do!'
But basically if they put contaminated items in the recycling, they may as well not bother at all because it can't be recycled. Perhaps if you tell them they are wasting their time half doing the job, they might see sense!
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
16 Sep 22
If we separated anything here the trash people would still throw it into the trash truck with everything else.
Wow! I would think adults could manage without someone going behind them and doing it correctly.
@Marilynda1225 (79765)
• United States
16 Sep 22
I agree with you that it doesn't take a genius to figure out which bin to put the rubbish in. Hope the housemates listen to your boyfriend and pay attention
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@Nakitakona (56302)
• Philippines
4 Oct 22
At home, nope. But in school, it's being practiced by the students.
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@Nakitakona (56302)
• Philippines
9 Oct 22
@flapiz Yes, they start doing it in school.
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@solidcodes (1690)
• Philippines
16 Sep 22
I would like to segregate but,
there is none in our area.
There is some places that have waste segregation.
but none in my area.
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