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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Throwing rubbish such as plastic bottles in the bin has never really bothered me (ignorance, no doubt), but after watching blue planet 2 I think I’ll be changing my attitude quite drastically |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"It really isnt rocket science to do.
Germany have got it nailed in forms of recycling.
A shame the UK can't follow suit..."
It is, but it’s not just the UK unfortunately. Too many countries are at it |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"It really isnt rocket science to do.
Germany have got it nailed in forms of recycling.
A shame the UK can't follow suit..."
You're right, but I think the biggest problem in this country is the politicians always use the stick instead of the carrot when trying to get us to do something different.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I’m really up on recycling but when my man first moved in with me it took him ages to grasp it as he had lived in a flat and not done any at all. I just see it as it’s a little something we can do to try and improve things in the future |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I’m really up on recycling but when my man first moved in with me it took him ages to grasp it as he had lived in a flat and not done any at all. I just see it as it’s a little something we can do to try and improve things in the future "
Geeky was the same where she’s from isn’t wasn’t enforced whereas here if you put non recycling in the recycling then you get a yellow card second yellow then you get a red then no pick ups until you correctly do it so you’re then responsible for clearing your rubbish we’re also only allowed 3 purple bags of non recyclable every 2 weeks
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I'm obsessive at recycling. G isn't as much so sometimes i take stuff out the ordinary bin to recycle it lol. We have 2 big green recycling bins which we fill every 2 weeks. Our black (ordinary rubbish) bin has hardly anything in it. We also have a brown bin for garden and food waste.
It's important to look after our world. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"It really isnt rocket science to do.
Germany have got it nailed in forms of recycling.
A shame the UK can't follow suit...
What do Germany do ?"
Germans give a tiny household waste bin emptied fortnightly, as well as giving a small amount back per item recycled like we used to do in this country with glass bottles. Not to mention rediculously huge fines for littering |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My council only collects certain things for recycling so it's a nightmare. The item maybe recyclable but if my council thinks not they won't empty the bin instead leave a tag saying wrong items in bin it's crazyv |
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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago
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The thought that annoys me about recycling is that we sell a lot of our waste on when we could be doing more at home. We have no idea or real governance over what companies or their destined countries then do with it. It could be burned, buried, dumped or if they are ethical, re-used. I remember a programme that may have been the Blue Planet, clearly tracking the bar codes of UK recyclable products - they were found on beaches, waterways, landfill and the like. The most annoying thing in the world. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The thought that annoys me about recycling is that we sell a lot of our waste on when we could be doing more at home. We have no idea or real governance over what companies or their destined countries then do with it. It could be burned, buried, dumped or if they are ethical, re-used. I remember a programme that may have been the Blue Planet, clearly tracking the bar codes of UK recyclable products - they were found on beaches, waterways, landfill and the like. The most annoying thing in the world. "
Very, very sad.  
Maybe Stephen Hawking is right.
WE have contributed to make planet Earth uninhabitable already. Only a question of time, we've got less than a hundred years left here.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/science/ct-stephen-hawking-escape-earth-20170505-story.html |
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Putting plastic in the correct recycling bag at home makes it easier for the people who split the black bags.
They don't just throw black bags on a tip or Bury them.
The plastic then gets shredded into pellets and sent off to people who make plastic products.
Similar with tyres. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"It really isnt rocket science to do.
Germany have got it nailed in forms of recycling.
A shame the UK can't follow suit...
It is, but it’s not just the UK unfortunately. Too many countries are at it"
NZ were doing this 25 years ago, - whataboutisms aren't an excuse.
It's sad how people have been so poorly educated in so many so called 'modern' countries |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"It’s awful just watching blue planet, heartbreaking.
Geeky x
A million pieces of plastic in a square mile of the ocean. Really tragic. "
does that include microplastics? |
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"It’s awful just watching blue planet, heartbreaking.
Geeky x
A million pieces of plastic in a square mile of the ocean. Really tragic.
does that include microplastics? "
Yes . Microplastics are when the plastic already in the ocean gets broken down by the sea water and broken down into small particles . The small creatures then inadvertently eat it . Then the fish eat those creatures and so on and so on until every living thing in the sea has a percentage of plastic in their system . Then we eat it . In effect , if you threw an empty plastic water bottle in the sea 2 years ago you could then have fish and chips today and be consuming part of that very same bottle and poisoning yourself !! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"It’s awful just watching blue planet, heartbreaking.
Geeky x
A million pieces of plastic in a square mile of the ocean. Really tragic.
does that include microplastics? Yes . Microplastics are when the plastic already in the ocean gets broken down by the sea water and broken down into small particles . The small creatures then inadvertently eat it . Then the fish eat those creatures and so on and so on until every living thing in the sea has a percentage of plastic in their system . Then we eat it . In effect , if you threw an empty plastic water bottle in the sea 2 years ago you could then have fish and chips today and be consuming part of that very same bottle and poisoning yourself !!"
No I was referring to the microplaatics that are in shampoos, conditioners, cosmetics etc...
The stuff we feed the rivers & oceans with every time we have a shower or wash |
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"It’s awful just watching blue planet, heartbreaking.
Geeky x
A million pieces of plastic in a square mile of the ocean. Really tragic.
does that include microplastics? Yes . Microplastics are when the plastic already in the ocean gets broken down by the sea water and broken down into small particles . The small creatures then inadvertently eat it . Then the fish eat those creatures and so on and so on until every living thing in the sea has a percentage of plastic in their system . Then we eat it . In effect , if you threw an empty plastic water bottle in the sea 2 years ago you could then have fish and chips today and be consuming part of that very same bottle and poisoning yourself !!
No I was referring to the microplaatics that are in shampoos, conditioners, cosmetics etc...
The stuff we feed the rivers & oceans with every time we have a shower or wash"
Oh ok I see. As far as I'm aware they are being banned post haste as is microbeads which are a similar thing . But that's only here , not sure about other countries ? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Our council won't take plastic for recycling as there is no money in doing it.
If it doesn't make money, the powers that be just aren't that bothered....and that is where the human race fails...there are more important things than monetary wealth! |
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"Our council won't take plastic for recycling as there is no money in doing it.
If it doesn't make money, the powers that be just aren't that bothered....and that is where the human race fails...there are more important things than monetary wealth!"
That's about right . That's shocking that your council won't collect plastics . That's also part of the problem . This issue should be brought to the public's attention . Maybe start a petition or email a newspaper . One person can make a difference . |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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While we do as much as we can do, should we not be looking at manufacturers and ask them to look at thier product too, for instance coffee cups a la McDonald’s or costa aren’t recyclable, does your food need plastic packaging? If everyone turned round and said they aren’t buying something because of the packaging they would soon change it |
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What does annoy me is that threads like this one which is a well intentioned important issue is struggling to get comments whilst Donald Fuckin Trump threads get maxed out in no time . Rant over lol . |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"It’s awful just watching blue planet, heartbreaking.
Geeky x
A million pieces of plastic in a square mile of the ocean. Really tragic.
does that include microplastics? Yes . Microplastics are when the plastic already in the ocean gets broken down by the sea water and broken down into small particles . The small creatures then inadvertently eat it . Then the fish eat those creatures and so on and so on until every living thing in the sea has a percentage of plastic in their system . Then we eat it . In effect , if you threw an empty plastic water bottle in the sea 2 years ago you could then have fish and chips today and be consuming part of that very same bottle and poisoning yourself !!
No I was referring to the microplaatics that are in shampoos, conditioners, cosmetics etc...
The stuff we feed the rivers & oceans with every time we have a shower or wash Oh ok I see. As far as I'm aware they are being banned post haste as is microbeads which are a similar thing . But that's only here , not sure about other countries ?"
What really gets me is that this is a relatively new technology, so the plastic problem in the oceans was already known, - yet these companies & scientists who developed it new exactly where it would end up.
Deliberately poisoning the oceans & the food chain has to be considered as one of the very worst crimes possible, surely! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I have been recycling for years. We have a big recycling bin that is emptied every two weeks and mine is always full. "
Recycling by filling your bins is not a good answer, not buying so much plastic and not having it to put in the bins is better.... |
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"I have been recycling for years. We have a big recycling bin that is emptied every two weeks and mine is always full.
Recycling by filling your bins is not a good answer, not buying so much plastic and not having it to put in the bins is better...."
A noble sentiment . I wish this too . But unfortunately nearly everything we buy has plastic of some form with it or on it . It's impossible to avoid . It's the manufacturers that need to sort it . |
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"It really isnt rocket science to do.
Germany have got it nailed in forms of recycling.
A shame the UK can't follow suit..."
Germany haven't got it nailed at all! Look online for some of the English versions of their broadsheet newspapers and see what really happens to the plastic that they so carefully separate at home to recycle.
Yes, they incinerate it and turn it into energy! They have such a shortage of stuff to incinerate, they buy out plastic, so don't worry. We are getting rid of our plastic and they are having to live next to the incinerators, and not us. Everytime we want to build one here, there is an outcry!
And we are not allowed coal-fired power stations, but the Germans have lots of them.
Germany. Such a great example to use. Not! |
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"It really isnt rocket science to do.
Germany have got it nailed in forms of recycling.
A shame the UK can't follow suit...
Germany haven't got it nailed at all! Look online for some of the English versions of their broadsheet newspapers and see what really happens to the plastic that they so carefully separate at home to recycle.
Yes, they incinerate it and turn it into energy! They have such a shortage of stuff to incinerate, they buy out plastic, so don't worry. We are getting rid of our plastic and they are having to live next to the incinerators, and not us. Everytime we want to build one here, there is an outcry!
And we are not allowed coal-fired power stations, but the Germans have lots of them.
Germany. Such a great example to use. Not!"
most of Germanys electrical power comes from renewable solar and wind |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"most of Germanys electrical power comes from renewable solar and wind "
When you say most... 12.4% of their total energy comes from renewable sources, including biomass and wood fuelled. Which is a bit short of most... |
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By *htcMan
over a year ago
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but generally the worst country's are Asia and Americas, Caribbean and Africa, India, china, most of these places are the pure source of the waste left in the seas. half of them haven't even heard of recycling, as they believe cheaper to make new than recycle, rubbish just chuck anywhere.
without them doing nothing about it, then even we did recycle 100% it wouldn't even notice in the world.
and for german recycling, doesnt mean anything they havent cut there carbon emissions like they said they would, they have barely cut them since we all agreed to, we have vastly cut ours |
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"but generally the worst country's are Asia and Americas, Caribbean and Africa, India, china, most of these places are the pure source of the waste left in the seas. half of them haven't even heard of recycling, as they believe cheaper to make new than recycle, rubbish just chuck anywhere.
without them doing nothing about it, then even we did recycle 100% it wouldn't even notice in the world.
and for german recycling, doesnt mean anything they havent cut there carbon emissions like they said they would, they have barely cut them since we all agreed to, we have vastly cut ours"
Exactly. What we do, or don't do is negligible.
Many third world countries use the oceans as a dumping ground for all their rubbish. That's where the problem lies. |
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People keep contaminating the loads anyway. Can't recycle a pizza box or a paper coffee cup.
The rule is, if you are not happy to pour your recycle bin out on your floor, then it will contaminate a load.
When they recycle paper they want it to be like stacks of clean newspaper and cardboard.
When they recycle plastic it should be washed, cleaned and dried.
Putting it in the right bin is only half the job. It will be re-used it needs to be clean. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"but generally the worst country's are Asia and Americas, Caribbean and Africa, India, china, most of these places are the pure source of the waste left in the seas. half of them haven't even heard of recycling, as they believe cheaper to make new than recycle, rubbish just chuck anywhere.
without them doing nothing about it, then even we did recycle 100% it wouldn't even notice in the world.
and for german recycling, doesnt mean anything they havent cut there carbon emissions like they said they would, they have barely cut them since we all agreed to, we have vastly cut ours
Exactly. What we do, or don't do is negligible.
Many third world countries use the oceans as a dumping ground for all their rubbish. That's where the problem lies."
Sigh!
Haters are gonna hate.... |
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"but generally the worst country's are Asia and Americas, Caribbean and Africa, India, china, most of these places are the pure source of the waste left in the seas. half of them haven't even heard of recycling, as they believe cheaper to make new than recycle, rubbish just chuck anywhere.
without them doing nothing about it, then even we did recycle 100% it wouldn't even notice in the world.
and for german recycling, doesnt mean anything they havent cut there carbon emissions like they said they would, they have barely cut them since we all agreed to, we have vastly cut ours
Exactly. What we do, or don't do is negligible.
Many third world countries use the oceans as a dumping ground for all their rubbish. That's where the problem lies."
^ Spot on !! |
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