All their Greta-yammering, blots out the real issues we should be focusing on.
Mind you, There are some we can do nothing about.
For example, the myth of sorting one's rubbish (so that the council does not confiscate the bin if filled inorrectly - LOL-Z, complete with managerial carrots (free recycling bin), and sticks (we'll confiscate them if you are bad). But such convoluted climate change tactics does absolutely nothing for the environment , and it causes some grief (my daughter had her recycling bin 'stolen' by the council, because some homeless person stuffed some moldy bedding onto her carefully sorted glass bottles, at the last minute. She put the bin out half an hour before the truk came, and then took kids to school - gets dirty message - YOU BROKE THE RULES, you are not allowed a bin.
A few years back, I found out the council was shipping all the rubbish, including the recyclables, which were actually not recyclable (they jumped the gun on that one, only a smallish percentage of plastic IS recyclable), so it was shipped to China - where it was burned. it eventually became a scandal - with pictures of naughty China with massive trash-piles burning, when it was found that multiple NZ Councils used this LOL
'outsourcing' method of maintianing a 'clean Green' image,
But since then, I have not seen any local new dumpsites open, so I guess the council are still LOL 'outsourcing' their trash problem. Anyhoo. When I discovered they were shipping ALL the trash to China, inlcuding the 'badly sorted' plastic, I stopped recycling. I collect glass jars for my bottle-mad neighbor, that's it. Go and stuff yer hed. I ain't carfully reading illegible little logos on plastic bottles - I avoid them anyway - prefer glass (and I re-use those). Never put a recycling bin out.
Although I am considering a wee pepe-protest, I am saving a recycling bin, full of the vilest trash imaginable. Stinky, sharp tins, glass bottles, soggy cat-piss cardboard - the lot. I am mellowing it, wating for the exact time to put it out for recycling. That way, they'll take the offending item right away from me. So I guess that will help. What do you think? MAkes a little work for the dust-men - and a whole flurry of 'you are bad' messages. Worth it?
yeah, just tired of the hypocrisy, climate change hysteria and absolutely no regard for the damage that trash does to our ecosystems.
All their Greta-yammering, blots out the real issues we should be focusing on.
Mind you, There are some we can do nothing about.
For example, the myth of sorting one's rubbish (so that the council does not confiscate the bin if filled inorrectly - LOL-Z, complete with managerial carrots (free recycling bin), and sticks (we'll confiscate them if you are bad). But such convoluted climate change tactics does absolutely nothing for the environment , and it causes some grief (my daughter had her recycling bin 'stolen' by the council, because some homeless person stuffed some moldy bedding onto her carefully sorted glass bottles, at the last minute. She put the bin out half an hour before the truk came, and then took kids to school - gets dirty message - YOU BROKE THE RULES, you are not allowed a bin.
A few years back, I found out the council was shipping all the rubbish, including the recyclables, which were actually not recyclable (they jumped the gun on that one, only a smallish percentage of plastic IS recyclable), so it was shipped to China - where it was burned. it eventually became a scandal - with pictures of naughty China with massive trash-piles burning, when it was found that multiple NZ Councils used this LOL 'outsourcing' method of maintianing a 'clean Green' image,
But since then, I have not seen any local new dumpsites open, so I guess the council are still LOL 'outsourcing' their trash problem. Anyhoo. When I discovered they were shipping ALL the trash to China, inlcuding the 'badly sorted' plastic, I stopped recycling. I collect glass jars for my bottle-mad neighbor, that's it. Go and stuff yer hed. I ain't carfully reading illegible little logos on plastic bottles - I avoid them anyway - prefer glass (and I re-use those). Never put a recycling bin out.
Although I am considering a wee pepe-protest, I am saving a recycling bin, full of the vilest trash imaginable. Stinky, sharp tins, glass bottles, soggy cat-piss cardboard - the lot. I am mellowing it, wating for the exact time to put it out for recycling. That way, they'll take the offending item right away from me. So I guess that will help. What do you think? MAkes a little work for the dust-men - and a whole flurry of 'you are bad' messages. Worth it?
To get your “recycling” bin taken away and told “you are bad”. Ah hell yeah. 😁