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Recycling Bins, or the lack thereof

Thank you royjess.
Brilliant idea, just didn't catch a wave at the time.
Bring them in big style, drink your way to a new shed.
Shall we start a petition?
 
AT86 said:
‘We aim for “zero to landfill”, and this is a firm target that we believe we can meet. We have skips of all sizes, as well as wheelie bins and containers from 240 litre wheelie bins to 40-cubic-yard roll-on roll offs, so you’re covered for whatever kind of waste materials you need to dispose of.’
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LOL what a load of horse manure, that statement of theirs is as about as commital as an ice cream satellite orbiting the sun. Aim, believe, what kind of magic is this? It's a bit like me saying "I completely believe and aim for zero emissions from my car", it doesn't matter what I believe or aim for in the real terms my car will pollute the atmosphere no matter how I believe or hope it won't lol.
 
Indeed. There was a time when people though you couldn't get pregnant if you didn't want to.
 
I was in CBeebies land on Saturday, and used a mixed recycling bin there by Postman Pat... I distinctly recall it because it was so unusual.
 
I was at Chessington today and they have separate bins for general refuse and recycling. I watched a member of staff empty both bins into the same trolley, then walk over to the next set of bins and do the same thing again... so I guess the bins are just for show, and they get someone to sort over everything like Alton Towers do.
 
Theme parks will never be environmentally friendly if they continue to use disposable packaging for all the food. Here's my idea for a solution:

I know this will never happen, but I would love to see all food served on hard plastic trays with metal cutlery, with hard plastic cups for drinks. When you are finished eating, throw it in the bin as usual. Now here's the new part: take all the rubbish back to a facility in the park, pick out and dishwash all the cutlery and plates. Return them to the food outlets the next day. So it would reduce our impact on the environment and if done efficiently it could even save Alton Towers money on packaging.

:)
 
speedy said:
Theme parks will never be environmentally friendly if they continue to use disposable packaging for all the food. Here's my idea for a solution:

I know this will never happen, but I would love to see all food served on hard plastic trays with metal cutlery, with hard plastic cups for drinks. When you are finished eating, throw it in the bin as usual. Now here's the new part: take all the rubbish back to a facility in the park, pick out and dishwash all the cutlery and plates. Return them to the food outlets the next day. So it would reduce our impact on the environment and if done efficiently it could even save Alton Towers money on packaging.

:)
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Can you imagine how many man hours would be spent separating individual items of cutlery, loading/unloading dishwashers and redistributing washed items? Not to mention the vast number of expensive dishwashers you'd need to make an operation like that happen.

Like you say, it'll never happen.
 
WillPS said:
Can you imagine how many man hours would be spent separating individual items of cutlery, loading/unloading dishwashers and redistributing washed items? Not to mention the vast number of expensive dishwashers you'd need to make an operation like that happen.

Like you say, it'll never happen.
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I'm sure it's something that could be mechanised, and used in other theme parks too.

Of course it would cost more. But if Towers and theme parks in general are to reduce their environmental impact/plastic use they're going to have to do something.
 
Would the parks prefer to pass that work onto us, rather than implement it themselves? Maybe they could offer a small meal discounts for those who bring their own reusable plastic cutlery and cups. They could even sell AT branded versions in the shops.
 
So they have got separate bins for general waste and recycling, even though they post-sort all waste? This pic from outside RCR

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It's all a con.

Our council was one of those caught shipping recycling off to landfill a few years back, and if you believe the stuff in those bins is "sorted for recycling" later then I have some great qualify bottled air for you to buy. Even if something is marked as recyclable, like pizza boxes are, the item can't be recycled once the food leaks all its greece and crap all over it.
 
Exactly, the only solution IMO is to stop buying takeaway food. Take the extra 20 minutes to sit down to eat/drink using proper tableware.

Or take a packed lunch

Our council does have some information on where the rubbish goes. They managed something like 40% of waste sent for recycle last year but what that means is open to interpretation :)
 
Commercial waste companies are very good at bending the truth so that they can say waste is recycled If it isn't sorted at source, like councils ask us to do at home then it's just not financially viable. Even then it's a struggle.

Even putting separate bins out for the public to do the right thing is flawed as in truth not everybody gives a hoot or understand enough about plastic to put the right waste in the right bin

Until there are intelligent bottle return machines the whole thing is mostly pointless and the only way to fix the issue is to sell products in non harmful containers.
 
speedy said:
Our council does have some information on where the rubbish goes. They managed something like 40% of waste sent for recycle last year but what that means is open to interpretation :)
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In other words, they chucked 60% of it in a landfill?
 
DiogoJ42 said:
In other words, they chucked 60% of it in a landfill?
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Yes and then the other 40% was either actually recycled, or shipped somewhere else and put in landfill, if recent news is to be believed.
RoyJess said:
Get half price entry into Merlin Attractions by recycling your plastic bottles

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/lifestyle...ottles/ar-BBL1mtC?li=BBoPWjQ&ocid=mailsignout
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Either people will pick up dropped bottles to take them in, and hold onto theirs instead of throwing them out to claim half price entry

..or they'll buy a coke and drink it on the way to the theme park in order to gain half price entry.

Since Coca-Cola are sponsoring this initiative, they must predict more people will do the latter.
 
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