What the heck is the massive blue bin for.

[the-e-dealer]

Didn't need it in the pilot food waste program how many more bins might we expect

[RosieH]

Recycling. Replaces blue boxes.

[the-e-dealer]

what a waste

[Laddy Muck]

I love my blue bin. No more sorting out: just throw all recyclables in. Couldn't be easier. Mine's full already.

[red devil]

Just put your not so massive blue boxes into the massive blue bin...hey presto, a recycling Russian doll

[dbboy]

careful red devil, you're likely to get a visit from the recycling police for that idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[katie1997]

Laddy Muck Wrote:

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> I love my blue bin. No more sorting out: just

> throw all recyclables in. Couldn't be easier.

> Mine's full already.

Dear oh dear Laddy Muck! The objective isn't to get it as full as possible just so they can be recycled...tsk tsk, you're meant to be consuming less in the first place ;-)

The blue wheelie bin monstrosities don't appear to have replaced the blue recycling boxes either, they are in addition to them. According to the leaflet, the onus is on me to let them know if I don't need the blue box anymore or would like a different size bin. WTF.

Arrived home late this evening to find a brown kitchen caddy on my doorstep so that's now a grand total of 5 different receptacles for recyling. Why didn't they let us use the old green wheelie bins for the same items that you can now put in the blue bin?

I like the idea of unsorting, something they were doing in Essex a long time ago. Catch up Southwark but don't use a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

[Laddy Muck]

katie1997 Wrote:

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> Dear oh dear Laddy Muck! The objective isn't to

> get it as full as possible just so they can be

> recycled...tsk tsk, you're meant to be consuming

> less in the first place ;-)

Doing my bit to assist Southwark Council in achieving their EU recycling quota, dear Katiewotsit. They are going to be so pleased when they collect.

*devours further boxes of fair traded chocolates, bottles of organic cider, and cans of sustainably fished salmon*

[DulwichFox]

Blue Bin is for cans, bottles. plastic containers. To be collected Fortnightly.

I do not have that much waste so kept Blue Box and Blue Bin was not left.

Bit more space in my minute front garden.

Mick

[peterstorm1985]

Blue bin is for recycling. Blue box is now a handy storage container in my loft. Thanks Southwark, that just saved me a a few quid.

[NannyAdelle]

I'm in favour of the blue bin. Means I no longer need the blue bag and box. And don't have to sort through can just put it all in one place. I don't mind it being In the frontgarden either not like I sit out there or use the space other than when I walk through it to get to my gate.

And I think the boxes often looked messy with stuff overflowing in people's front gardens. All round thumbs up from me

Go Southwark recycling!!! (also like the food waste/caddy idea) less in landfill site it's got to be a good thing hasn't it?

[northlondoner]

peterstorm1985 Wrote:

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> Blue bin is for recycling. Blue box is now a handy

> storage container in my loft. Thanks Southwark,

> that just saved me a a few quid.

Yes I'm going to use that small brown plastic container they left in the front garden as a sort of bucket.

[maxxi]

Saw a lot of these bins in the front gdns along Crystal Palace rd... VERY ugly colour.

[Lukedaisy]

Not quite as ugly as some of the residents i might add

[Undisputedtruth]

You can also recycle Tetrapaks in the blue bin. So well done Southwark Council even though Lewisham were able to recycle Tetrapaks for a number of years.

[Marmora Man]

However - beware. After filling everyone's garden with a minimum of 4 bins, and in some properties more than 12, Southwark council have just sent a letter warning householders of prosecution in the event that any bins are left on the "public highway". Helpful - given they haven't taken away redundant ue boxes.

[computedshorty]

Just heard that some Councils are returning to Weekly collections.

The large Wheelie bins have to be loaded at the back hoist, the smaller containers have to be tipped into the side hoist, this means that which ever internal part of the truck gets filled first, even if the main one is only half full the collection must stop here to go to the Tip.

I have no problem with my bins I put them out of sight in the garage I do find it very awkward pulling the bins to the road.

[The Minkey]

They came round my way delivering the blue bins this morning, lucky I was in as was able to tell them I didn't want one. A single box is usually enough for two weeks worth of recycling for me but I have a second to take any overflow. They stack easily and take up less space than a large blue bin.

[minder]

Minkey you are lucky that the council took away your 1 box every 2 weeks if it had everything in.

Up until now we've had to have one blue box for glass, one blue box for plastic, one blue bag for paper and one bag for tins. If we mixed it they would knock on our door or have a moan.

I was dreading having the blue bin but now it's good because I can just chuck everything in there (including juice cartons, aerosols. It's freed up a lot of space in my normal green bin which is even emptier because the food waste has to go in the small brown caddy bin.

We are a family of 5 (3 adults and two teenagers) and I work from home so all the recycling bins are well used.

In fact, I think I might need to keep the blue boxes as an overflow from the blue bin, as the blue bin is half full after just a week. This is just after reading that the blue bin is collected fortnightly.

[Pickle]

Are you in ED Minder? We've not had to separate our plastic/cans/glass for a couple of years!

[Siduhe]

Pickle, I'm in ED and couldn't mix up recycling until the new system came in. Southwark introduced comingled recycling gradually and there were some parts of ED that still hadn't got it.

[computedshorty]

How many Wheelie bins on order for THE SHARD, and where will they keep them?

Suggestion build a Pier on the Thames where a waiting Barge will wait for their bins.

Otherwise the bins will be suspended outside on each level for the residents to fill. It might not smell if emptied every two weeks as the wind would take the smell away.

[DulwichFox]

BINS..BINS..BINS..BINS..BINS..BINS.. What next..

What about a little bin to put all your unwanted Gold in..

Foxy Fox.

[minder]

Hi Pickle - I'm not too far away in North Dulwich.

Only a month ago one of the collection men knocked because I'd put some plastic milk cartons on top of the paper bag.

I had to explain that my plastic box was overflowing and it was a one-off, but he wasn't very happy!

[Pickle]

What a nuisance! We've been part of the pilot scheme so none of the changes are new for us, but I thought the need to sort stuff had been a change for everyone. You should definitely rejoice at the ability to lob the whole lot in one big bin :)