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Christmas Tree and Recycling

The idea of spending £12,000 "encouraging" people to recycle seems ludicrous to me, if people refuse to recycle then the council should refuse to collect their rubbish. It's a no brainer!

Roy Baker ● 4435d10 Comments

Tony, bubble'n squeak is a must, its as essential as a fried slice imo.

Gerry Tan ● 4433d

Gerry the cold turkey sandwiches I can take. But the bubble and squeak I think is an atrocity no amount of HP sauce can enhance it’s taste.

Tony Maxey ● 4433d

Tony, bubble and squeak and cold turkey and stuffing sandwiches(with lots of that jellified sauce) are my favourite left-overs at Christmas time. Can't wait.

Gerry Tan ● 4433d

It is unusual to not eat leftovers - as life as far as many of us are concerned would be pretty miserable without cold lamb and mint jelly, bubble and squeak, fried potatoes, cold sausages and bread sauce, cold turkey and redcurrant jelly or stuffing sandwiches etc.All of the above I cannot stand worse of all is the strange custom of bubble and squeak and cold sausages thinking of the cold fat involved in these makes my stomach turn.My wife is Japanese so most of our meals leave little waste for instance tonight we will have noodles. We also eat a lot of fish and make our own tofu very few of our vegetables are peeled just very well washed.Maybe I should be Scottish

Tony Maxey ● 4433d

I agree with what you say about people never having been hungry.  Food isn't valued by many the way that it should be.It is unusual to not eat leftovers - as life as far as many of us are concerned would be pretty miserable without cold lamb and mint jelly, bubble and squeak, fried potatoes, cold sausages and bread sauce, cold turkey and redcurrant jelly or stuffing sandwiches etc.The food waste bin is also for vegetable peelings, tea bags, coffee grounds, fruit peelings, fish and meat bones - all the bits that you don't actually eat - as well as any scrapings off your plate (of which we rarely have any).Some small changes in the way that some food is stored can help make it last longer.  Bread is one of the foods that is most often thrown out. Nowadays I always keep it in the fridge despite some recommendations in the past that it goes stale there quicker.  It goes mouldy quicker in the bread bin!  I don't mind stale - it can be toasted.  I do mind mouldy.There is lots of info including storage and help with portion sizes here:  www.lovefoodhatewaste.comI think the canny Scots are better than the English:http://www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/You don't have to agree with it all.  I don't!It might just help you to find a solution for storing something that you have trouble with...  or a new recipe.

Philippa Bond ● 4433d

Its still a good life Tony and others. I too have been homeless and hungry and I was a refugee during the WW2 in the 1940s!  This is now a great life and I'm glad its easier - I'm thankful for what I have.

Gerry Tan ● 4434d

If people refuse to recycle then the council should refuse to collect their rubbish. It's a no brainer!Oh yes a great idea. A good way to increase fly tipping and enlarge the fox population do you think they will bring the rubbish back into their homes and sort through it like good little vegemites. By not collecting rubbish that has not been recycled does that mean they get a reduction in their council tax? The last I understood we live in a civilised country where people get their rubbish removed as part of their payment to the local council be it recycled or not. It’s about educating people on recycling but you’re not going to educate everyone to do the same thing. A bit like cycling on the footpath.As for food wastage. I will never eat left over’s I will not eat what I had the day before there is very little food waste in our household maybe it because I have been homeless and living on instant mash sandwiches that I now appreciate food the problem with people nowadays they have never been hungry.And it’s still a rubbish tree.

Tony Maxey ● 4434d

Technically correct.  However I think you will find that the Council still has some responsibilities for the collection.

Philippa Bond ● 4434d

The council don't collect the rubbish, it was put out to tender.

Christine Daniels ● 4434d

Some people unfortunately think that collecting their waste is the only thing that the Council is responsible for.Separating their waste into what can be recycled and what can't would give the Council more money to spend on things that they can't do - like help for those who are less able.

Philippa Bond ● 4435d