Recycling bins
Recycling bins
Hoping for some advice please. A recent guest commented in his review that it would be a good idea to have separate recycling bins inside the house (the local council issue recycling bins for outside), does anyone else have separate bins for inside as well? I don't want the kitchen to be overtaken by bins
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That's sheer laziness on their part. They are lucky to have recycling bins outside. Our guests have to go some distance to find the recycling bins in the commune.
La Maison du Curé
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We have a dual bin ( land fill and recycling excluding glass) but guests have asked for a glass bin as well. The box for glass is 2m from the door!
We get some guests form countries that clearly have even more different bins for recycling of food waste and other things separately. I know some parts of the UK do that but our authority doesn't for commercial waste.
We get some guests form countries that clearly have even more different bins for recycling of food waste and other things separately. I know some parts of the UK do that but our authority doesn't for commercial waste.
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At home we have 3 bins in the kitchen - landfill, recycling & food waste (a small worktop caddy). At our Devon cottage we have the same. I suspect that if we didn't everything would go in together and there wouldn't be much recycling.
We use smallish bins so they don't take up too much space and have to be emptied regularly.
We use smallish bins so they don't take up too much space and have to be emptied regularly.
Jo
Joint owner of Baker's Cottage in Chester & Chandler's Cottage in Sidmouth
Joint owner of Baker's Cottage in Chester & Chandler's Cottage in Sidmouth
We try to be very eco, so we have 5 bins in the kitchen(!)
One is a triple bin, for glass/plastic and tins/paper and card, then there's a standard bin for general waste and we have a composting food bin under the sink. The triple bin is very neat - it's very similar to this:
https://www.kitchenmarket.co.uk/steelde ... gL7m_D_BwE
I'd say around 50% of guests sort their rubbish, another 40% do it rather haphazardly, and 10% just chuck everything in the nearest bin. And some of the food waste we see is absolutely appalling (sometimes the dog does rather well out of it . . . . . )
One is a triple bin, for glass/plastic and tins/paper and card, then there's a standard bin for general waste and we have a composting food bin under the sink. The triple bin is very neat - it's very similar to this:
https://www.kitchenmarket.co.uk/steelde ... gL7m_D_BwE
I'd say around 50% of guests sort their rubbish, another 40% do it rather haphazardly, and 10% just chuck everything in the nearest bin. And some of the food waste we see is absolutely appalling (sometimes the dog does rather well out of it . . . . . )
We have a 3 bin version of something like this https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0761R3T43/ ... il_3?psc=1 fitted into a 300mm wide kitchen cupboard, plus a general waste bin in the under sink cupboard.
We then have our own rubbish and recycling bins in an outdoor area for guests to transfer from the small bins.
The irony is that the only company available to us for waste collection (bearing in mind that all waste from holiday lets is classed as commercial) doesn’t separate, so I stick the recycling in the car along with ours and take it to the nearest council collection point - which is technically illegal...
We then have our own rubbish and recycling bins in an outdoor area for guests to transfer from the small bins.
The irony is that the only company available to us for waste collection (bearing in mind that all waste from holiday lets is classed as commercial) doesn’t separate, so I stick the recycling in the car along with ours and take it to the nearest council collection point - which is technically illegal...
Why is recycling in the UK so complex? Here we have communal bins for:
Glass
Plastics & tins
Paper & cardboard
Everything else
My parents in the UK have 3 outside bins, an assortment of different coloured bags and boxes and a complex collection rota.
The thought of having a slop bucket in the kitchen turns my stomach.
Glass
Plastics & tins
Paper & cardboard
Everything else
My parents in the UK have 3 outside bins, an assortment of different coloured bags and boxes and a complex collection rota.
The thought of having a slop bucket in the kitchen turns my stomach.
Some guests just need a sympathetic pat. On the head. With a hammer.
Marks wrote
Seriously, you are quite right, with only certain plastics recycled (causing great confusion) and every local authority having different contracts for what can be recycled.
I couldn’t agree more. That’s why we invested in a superior food recycler called a Labrador No need for any kitchen slop bucket.The thought of having a slop bucket in the kitchen turns my stomach
Seriously, you are quite right, with only certain plastics recycled (causing great confusion) and every local authority having different contracts for what can be recycled.
It depends where you live. All our recycling goes into one bin and the council sort, which is why they probably have one of the highest recycling rates in the country.Marks wrote:Why is recycling in the UK so complex? Here we have communal bins for:
Glass
Plastics & tins
Paper & cardboard
Everything else
My parents in the UK have 3 outside bins, an assortment of different coloured bags and boxes and a complex collection rota.
The thought of having a slop bucket in the kitchen turns my stomach.
We provide rubbish and recycling bins in the lets. Occasionally someone asks if they can use our compost bins, which is great.
Jonathan