Do fortnightly collections boost recycling rates?

1006 published comments with 46 censored.

Do you approve of fortnightly bin collections?

Councils that have switched to fortnightly rubbish collections achieve higher recycling rates, a study has suggested.

It shows an average recycling rate of 30% for these councils, compared with 23% for those that still had weekly collections.

Fortnightly collections have been highly criticised as people have complained about bad smells, maggots and vermin.

Are fortnightly collections the best way to get people to recycle their waste? Are you willing to put up with bad smells for the sake of the environment? Send us your views.

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Written by Bartholomew Nonce-Amplebottom, Little Bumpstead, United Kingdom on Wed Apr 25 10:32:51 UTC 2007. 1 recommendations.

Come on Harry ! there's a few more spaces on the top board not taken by you and your personas.

In some ways, your wheelie bin and that top board are very similar... they both full of your rubbish

;-)

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Written by bob bobwell, Dubai on Wed Apr 25 11:21:12 UTC 2007. 2 recommendations.

"Should we be vegetarians for the sake of less smelly bins?"

Diane D, Oldham, United Kingdom


No. It's a well-known (albeit unpopular) fact that vegetarians smell. They are more flatulent (also adding to climate change problems) and have smellier breath than normal people.

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Written by Jeff Martin, Solihull, United Kingdom on Wed Apr 25 11:47:00 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

Labour - most useless government we have ever had and the dishonesty is appalling
Conservatives - pretty much as bad as labour, David Camerons hug a hoodie campaign forced me to hang my head in shame
Liberals - bunch of nobodies
UKIP - bunch of nobodies
BNP - Rascist thugs

Who else is there?
Help

[theleftiswrong]

...You could always stand yourself, perhaps even form your own party...

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Written by Robert Sharr, London, United Kingdom on Wed Apr 25 11:41:28 UTC 2007. 1 recommendations.

"How many of you will be voting in May (honestly) ? give these penny pinching mooooppets a whoopin', do a bit of research and find out which party on your council would bring fortnigthly collections in and vote for the ones that wouldn't...

Dave H

David my dear boy - heaven forefend you should think me a cynic but I beleive that, upon ocassion, politicians, even local politicians, have a tendency to say one thing and do another.

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Written by Quack The Quackers, Ducksville on Wed Apr 25 12:11:44 UTC 2007. 1 recommendations.

"Odd how it is PC to say this about recycling, but not for immigration.
You would think the logic is the same."
[harold-flashman]
Two points, harry - first, are you comparing immigrants to rubbish?!
Second, congratulations on making this debate about immigrants. Truly impressive... ;0)

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Written by Nathaniel Spoonbucket on Wed Apr 25 12:24:47 UTC 2007. 1 recommendations.

'Tis!
'Tis not!
'Tis so!
'Tis never!
'Tis! 'Tis! 'Tis!
You're a spaaz!
No, you're a spaaz!
No, you are!
Am not!
Are so!
Am never!
Are Too!

AM NOT, AM NOT, AM NOT, jinks, no returns! I win!

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Written by Tom Wright, London on Wed Apr 25 12:43:48 UTC 2007. 1 recommendations.

Pages and pages of pathetic attempts at reason or wit, racial hatred and self inflicted rage.
Truly, it is not a comfortable read."
Nathaniel Spoonbucket

Pot calls kettle black Spoonbucket, you're a serial poster of childish rubbish. Probably flattered by all the retorts. Makes you feel important, I bet.

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Written by Kyron Peters-Bean, Guinea-Bissau on Wed Apr 25 12:43:29 UTC 2007. 1 recommendations.

Oooooh...Im on line....testing testing.

Mr Spoonbucjet....I am a fan.

Your comments are really cool and witty...and that.

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Written by Andy Bird, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, United Kingdom on Wed Apr 25 12:03:32 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

This is an abominable situation propagated by the "it's not our fault" public sector who are always in denial when confronted by a problem they have caused.

The solution?
Less money spent on bureaucratic jobs
More money spent paying paddy to clear the waste

Easy peasy lemon squeazy. Next.

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Written by Evan Beswick, Edinburgh on Wed Apr 25 12:12:27 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

"So where will your rubbish go when there are no more landfill sites available? We live on an island. Space is limited. This is a very real problem.
Chris Renton,

Odd how it is PC to say this about recycling, but not for immigration.
[harold-flashman]"

That's because immigrants are human beings and not pieces of waste plastic. So, no, it's not odd at all that they ought to be treated rather differently. Unless you are also proposing that we incinerate or bury immigrants.

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Written by [harold-flashman] on Wed Apr 25 12:07:38 UTC 2007. 1 recommendations.

So where will your rubbish go when there are no more landfill sites available? We live on an island. Space is limited. This is a very real problem.
Chris Renton,

Odd how it is PC to say this about recycling, but not for immigration.

You would think the logic is the same.

As a side issue, if we need 100 extra houses a day for immigrants, does this mean more rubbish produced?

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Written by [tre-cool] on Wed Apr 25 12:34:34 UTC 2007. 1 recommendations.

AM NOT, AM NOT, AM NOT, jinks, no returns! I win!
Nathaniel Spoonbucket


Flashman, seriously, how old are you? Have we spent the last year dodging the snips and weird retorts of some skool-skiving twelve year old.
Nathaniel Spoonbucket

Don't talk to yourself... it's scary.
Nathaniel Spoonbucket
Can you get a burka in size 0?
Nathaniel Spoonbucket
Go and draw pictues of buffalo on the walls with your own poo.
Nathaniel Spoonbucket

How old are you?

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Written by [Bluebaldee], United Kingdom on Wed Apr 25 12:30:15 UTC 2007. 1 recommendations.

'I know an anti-censorship website where they publish ALL the removed comments from HYS!

All the bile and the insults.
All the endless sniping.
Pages and pages of pathetic attempts at reason or wit.
All the racial hatred and the self inflicted rage.
Truly, it is not a comfortable read.'

Nathaniel Spoonbucket

So what?

Do you have a point to make Mr Spoonbucket or are you just whistling in the wind?

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Written by Nathaniel Spoonbucket on Wed Apr 25 12:28:05 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

I know an anti-censorship website where they publish ALL the removed comments from HYS!

All the bile and the insults.
All the endless sniping.
Pages and pages of pathetic attempts at reason or wit.
All the racial hatred and the self inflicted rage.
Truly, it is not a comfortable read.

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Written by John Carter, Bristol, United Kingdom on Wed Apr 25 12:43:39 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

Im beginning to think I should have voted for the monster raving luny party after all, seems they're in power

kevin robins, feltham, United Kingdom

The official Monster Raving Loony party would be a lot better that this shower!

An Angry Civil Servant

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Written by The Devil's Advocate on Wed Apr 25 12:38:17 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

"Pages and pages of pathetic attempts at reason or wit, racial hatred and self inflicted rage.
Truly, it is not a comfortable read."
Nathaniel Spoonbucket

"So what? Do you have a point to make Mr Spoonbucket or are you just whistling in the wind?" Bluebaldee

The point of the post would seem to be that reading the worst of HYS is disturbing as it highlights HYS posters' least appealing qualities. ie lack of logic, warmth, knowledge or consistency.

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Written by Horatio Zachariah Merriwether, 22c Baker Street on Wed Apr 25 12:52:39 UTC 2007. 1 recommendations.

Pot calls kettle black Spoonbucket, you're a serial poster of childish rubbish. Probably flattered by all the retorts. Makes you feel important, I bet.

Tom Wright, London

You're right of course. Basically my lamentable immaturity has only one goal... the spiraling ascension of H.F's blood pressure.

I know it's pathetic, but you see... I can't help it... it's so terribly terribly easy that I can't resist it.

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Written by Kyron Peters-Bean, Guinea-Bissau on Wed Apr 25 12:51:49 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

Soory in all the excitement at meeting Mr Spoonbujett in line I forget what I needed to say....

The point was lost somewhere...maybe we should recycle ourselves and then come back as carrots...for nice bunnies only

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Written by Horatio Zachariah Merriwether, 22c Baker Street on Wed Apr 25 12:49:52 UTC 2007. 1 recommendations.

Pot calls kettle black Spoonbucket, you're a serial poster of childish rubbish. Probably flattered by all the retorts. Makes you feel important, I bet.

Tom Wright, London

You're right of course. Basically my lamentable immaturity has only one goal... the spiraling ascension of H.F's blood pressure.

I know it's pathetic, but you see... I can't help it... it's so terribly terribly easy that I can't resist it.

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Written by skillful mcgill, Slough on Wed Apr 25 13:21:48 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

""As someone who has worked in the paper industry for more than 16 years..."

That sounds like fun, where do I sign up?
;0)"

I would suggest that you find your nearest paper mill at paper.org.uk and write to the HR director.

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Written by Hector Stable, London on Wed Apr 25 13:11:57 UTC 2007. 1 recommendations.

"We moaned when our rubbish collection was reduced to 2 weeks, but we figured that if you can't beat 'em, join 'em - we now recycle pretty much everything and only have one or two bags of rubbish to put out. It's also encouraged us to be green in other ways (e.g. buying local produce, using energy saving light bulbs) so really everyone's a winner.

Kate Holiday"

Are you funking stupid?

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Written by Robert Sharr, London, United Kingdom on Wed Apr 25 13:56:18 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

"I always wonder why the Brits do not manage to do what other people in Western Europe have done for years. In Belgium and Germany 70% of the household waste is collected separately and recycled.....
Phil popov, Belgium"


Popov old boy, nice to see that something lasting has come out of you Belgian's affinity with the Germans (whose penchant for collecting and recycling became such of feature of 20th century European history.)

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Written by Kate Holiday on Wed Apr 25 15:01:49 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

"What this "recycle" twaddle actually means is, I have to dispose of my own rubbish, but will I see a reduction in council tax, will I balls!!

I think I'll take all the paper/carboard/spare tyres/green campaigners and burn them every week in the back yard and hopefully put as much CO2 into the atmosphere as possibly.

L Evans, Birmingham, United Kingdom"


That's got to be more effort than just putting recyclable stuff into a different bin?

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Written by L Evans, Birmingham, United Kingdom on Wed Apr 25 14:57:42 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

What this "recycle" twaddle actually means is, I have to dispose of my own rubbish, but will I see a reduction in council tax, will I balls!!

I think I'll take all the paper/carboard/spare tyres/green campaigners and burn them every week in the back yard and hopefully put as much CO2 into the atmosphere as possibly.

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Written by CivilWar I'mWithBorisJohnson on Wed Apr 25 14:55:05 UTC 2007. 1 recommendations.

I've said it before and I'll say it again;

Lazy fat kids, if put to proper use, could alleviate 30-40% of residential rubbish if you just let them eat it.

The rest we can dump in the sea.

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Written by [harold-flashman] on Wed Apr 25 14:05:32 UTC 2007. 1 recommendations.

I suppose it is like many other things which you have been wrong about Tre Cool, like the Police in the Avon.
BTW I am not Widuran.
leftwing lefty,

I am not Chicken Noodles or Buddist Monk.

You are not Widuran and yet you both persist in flogging the dead horse over the Avon police.
They did discriminate and even Philby is happy to admit they did. He just doesn’t care.
Take a lesson from your mentor.

Hope I do get to vote, but as a Presiding Officer, I will be very busy that day.

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Written by Terry Killeavy, Gotham, United Kingdom on Wed Apr 25 15:23:13 UTC 2007. 1 recommendations.

Clean your bin, and take your own rubbish to the tip or recycling centre.

Why do Morons see this as a life or death problem?

Spoon-feeding finished as an infant !!

Terry Killeavy, Gotham, United Kingdom


David Banks, Southampton, United Kingdom

David I doubt you have ever taken your elderly neighbours rubbish away.

They would not require weekly collections anyway.

Moron Moron Moron Moron Moron Moron Moron Moron

Yes David Banks - Moron

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Written by [1984ReturnsforReal], ENGLAND, United Kingdom on Wed Apr 25 15:19:15 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

We are all inmates in Blairs Britain
Steve Day

At least we are in an open prison!

For the time being away.....

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Written by [Bluebaldee], United Kingdom on Wed Apr 25 15:17:23 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

'Oh, there's nothing more entertaining than watching Middle England hyperventilating over domestic dramas. Can we have a HYS question about dog poo next? Or maybe something about people who let their cats scratch up their neighbours'daffodil bulbs. And as for leylandii......'

Mike Wagstaff, Rotherham, United Kingdom

Well Mike, if you're not interested in this HYS subject why waste your time commenting?

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Written by Steve Day on Wed Apr 25 15:16:03 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

We are all inmates in Blairs Britain

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Written by Mike Wagstaff, Rotherham, United Kingdom on Wed Apr 25 15:14:41 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

Oh, there's nothing more entertaining than watching Middle England hyperventilating over domestic dramas. Can we have a HYS question about dog poo next? Or maybe something about people who let their cats scratch up their neighbours'daffodil bulbs. And as for leylandii......

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Written by LiberalLeft AndProud, United Kingdom on Wed Apr 25 15:58:56 UTC 2007. 1 recommendations.

Yes Widuram, I own a very open prison - the Smyth-Davies' occupy the closest "cell" to mine, a little over 2.5 of the Queens Imperial Miles away if one travels by a British designed & built V8 4 x 4.

Confused indeed.

Righty Rightwing

You are confused, I am not Widuran or leftwing lefty. Also does distance change by the type of vehicle?

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Written by [caltech1] on Wed Apr 25 16:06:53 UTC 2007. 179 recommendations.

Methinks a spot of civl disobedience may be called for: On weeks that councils fail to collect refuse perhaps it should be dumped on the town hall steps - and refuse to pay any fines thus incurred (There's a shortage of prison spaces anyway).

Robert Sharr,

Theres never a shortage of prison spaces for anything to do with tax, Its just peadophiles and rapists that go free?

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Written by Jabba DeHutt on Wed Apr 25 16:01:33 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

Blimey, the mods have been busy today, i've had loads rejected. I try to be a good boy, but alas, once the seeds of wanting a good ruck set in, i cant stop myself, well its all a load of rubbish anyway. Does anyone know of a good unfettered HYS site i can really let rip.....

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Written by [ronnie_searle] on Wed Apr 25 16:01:14 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

You are confused, I am not Widuran or leftwing lefty. Also does distance change by the type of vehicle?

LiberalLeft AndProud,

Yup, when Road pricing comes in, 4x4's are going to be charged way more.

At least, they will if 'Grabber Brown,' has anything to do with it.'

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Written by [Joe-Bristol], Bristol, United Kingdom on Wed Apr 25 16:16:10 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

"I hate non-smokers who complain about smoking in pubs! Pubs were invented for adults so that they could drink, swear, gamble and smoke... "
[Captain Puff, North 'n' South]


You're correct.

4x4s were invented for off road use, but things change.....

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Written by [Martin1983], London, United Kingdom on Wed Apr 25 16:13:07 UTC 2007. 4 recommendations.

"Fortnightly collections have been highly criticised as people have complained about bad smells, maggots and vermin."

What does recycling have to do with the government or immigrants?

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Written by Robert Sharr, London, United Kingdom on Wed Apr 25 16:27:28 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

OK 4C - Well done on very busy days bickering.
The Memsahib and I are off to Bavaria (yes Philby the home of your favourite party) for a few days. Must admit, having miss-spent much of my youth singing the "Runway Song" on the North Bank the prospect of Munich Airport worries me a little - ho hum... will just have to hope what goes around does'nt always come around.


Have fun children - missing you all ready.

Robert Sharr, London, United Kingdom

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Written by [caltech1] on Wed Apr 25 14:04:53 UTC 2007. 185 recommendations.

You have a chance in a few weeks to vote in your favourite people locally I hope you use your vote wisely. BTW I am not Widuran.

leftwing lefty,

Tory
Labour
Lib Dem
UKIP
BNP X

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Written by [caltech1] on Wed Apr 25 16:09:21 UTC 2007. 221 recommendations.

Blimey, the mods have been busy today, i've had loads rejected. I try to be a good boy, but alas, once the seeds of wanting a good ruck set in, i cant stop myself, well its all a load of rubbish anyway. Does anyone know of a good unfettered HYS site i can really let rip.....

Jabba DeHutt

Me too, I would love to find a site where I could have a good moan without Philby complaining and getting me removed for his Asylum seeker hugging, anti smoking, politically correct believes?

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Written by Righty Rightwing on Wed Apr 25 14:35:08 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

I wonder if the neighbours call you "Smelly bin guy"?

LeftLiberal AndProud

Just one question Widuram, Lefty leftwing or who ever you have logged in as today -

What are "neighbours?"

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Written by [ascylto], Manchester, United Kingdom on Wed Apr 25 15:42:45 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

"... people have complained about bad smells, maggots and vermin."

Why does the BBC have to go on and on about New Labour?

Bets are being taken NOW on how long this remains on the board ... 09172 342 3452

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Written by David Banks, Southampton, United Kingdom on Wed Apr 25 14:00:16 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

Clean your bin, and take your own rubbish to the tip or recycling centre.

Why do Morons see this as a life or death problem?

Spoon-feeding finished as an infant !!

Terry Killeavy, Gotham, United Kingdom

Fine, I'll take my rubbish to the tip, and that of my two elderly neighbours. And you can pick up the council (rubbish collection) tax for all 3 houses. And the road tolls I will soon be paying for the privilege. "Moron".

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Written by [Buddistmonk], hull, United Kingdom on Wed Apr 25 16:35:14 UTC 2007. 1 recommendations.

Local Elections Next Month....
Lets give em it !

MARK READMAN,

They are all as bad as each other, whoever gets in, nothing will change, certainly not for the better, I am having a BNP protest vote, not because I agree with their policies, but at least the are not in the pocket of the CBI, yet?

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Written by [cybertrunkmonkey] on Wed Apr 25 16:34:57 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

4x4s were invented for off road use, but things change..... [Joe-Bristol]

WRONG!
In 4WD driving force is directed towards 4 tyres. In 4WD the traction of all 4 tyres supports the engine's torque - at each powered tyre has to deal only with 25% of the torque created by engine, transmission, transfer case, and axle.

Jensen FF, Sierra 4x4, Volkswagen Camper 4x4, Audi, Subaru Estate etc etc

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Written by leftwing lefty, United Kingdom on Wed Apr 25 13:53:15 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

[harold-flashman]

Hello Chicken Noodles and Buddhist Monk.I am afraid your non recycling friend was found guilty of the crime and unfortunately paid the price. I have read elsewhere on HYS that this isn't the first time he did this.I suppose it is like many other things which you have been wrong about Tre Cool, like the Police in the Avon.You have a chance in a few weeks to vote in your favourite people locally I hope you use your vote wisely. BTW I am not Widuran.

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