As Barking & Dagenham Council changes its arrangements for recycling (for houses) again, there is again talk of what to do with all the orange bags that many people have accumulated large quantities of.
A young woman who was visiting properties on behalf of the counci about the new (brown) recycling bins said that the orange bags could continue to be used for recycling. Barking & Dagenham Council said (on Facebook) that unused orange bags may be handed in at any of the borough's public libraries.
Showing posts with label orange bags. Show all posts
Showing posts with label orange bags. Show all posts
Friday, 12 October 2012
Sunday, 4 October 2009
Public spirited
The railings in the area around Upney Station have recently been replaced and very smart the new ones look, too.
However, at the steps to/from Lambourne Road, the council didn't take the opportunity to clear the large amount of litter in the green space next to the steps. The workers pushed the litter away to a line a couple of feet from the steps and there it stayed.
This morning, I saw one public spirited man with an orange bag (recycling) picking up some of the litter - presumably the recyclable bits. Good on him! If only there were more like that - or even better fewer oiks chucking their empty cans, bottles, etc on the floor wherever they feel like it.
However, at the steps to/from Lambourne Road, the council didn't take the opportunity to clear the large amount of litter in the green space next to the steps. The workers pushed the litter away to a line a couple of feet from the steps and there it stayed.
This morning, I saw one public spirited man with an orange bag (recycling) picking up some of the litter - presumably the recyclable bits. Good on him! If only there were more like that - or even better fewer oiks chucking their empty cans, bottles, etc on the floor wherever they feel like it.
Friday, 2 January 2009
Recycling
Prompted by a questionnaire from GLA Member John Biggs, I've been checking up the latest recycling position in B and D. The council's website was out-of-date and therefore in some aspects wrong when I looked on Christmas Eve.
Yellow Pages
if you haven't got yourself off the distribution list for a printed YP (see http://stibasa.blogspot.com/2008/05/paper-yellow-pages-no-more.html) then you should recycle your copy. You can now put YP in the orange bags (the bags say "directories") or you can take them to Jenkins Lane / Frizlands Lane. The council website incorrectly said that YP cannot be recycled.
Fruit juice cartons (Tetra paks) and similar
John Biggs assistant told (wrongly) me that these cannot be put into B and D's recycling schemes. There is a eurobin for them in Axe St and also one in the Tesco car park not far from the Town Quay.
Plastic
John Biggs' questionnaire said that all plastic can be recycled. I'm told that's not true even in theory. It certainly isn't in practice in B and D. In an e-mail his assistant wrote:
"the orange bag collection can take hard plastics (eg plastic bottles), but not soft plastics (eg wrappings, yoghurt pots)". I'm not sure how you tell hard from soft plastic if yoghurt pots come under soft - also I'm not sure if plastic can be recycled through other routes; one of the bins near where I live is labelled 'cans and plastic' (or similar).
Carrier bags
Tesco's have a hopper for these at their Highbridge Road branch. The council's website doesn't mention this - perhaps because they only mention recycling that they provide. Bit silly.
Orange bags
The council's website has a page headed: Recycling, Orange bags, what can be recycled. This is misleading as it means "what can be put in the orange bags." They need to sort this page out. If we want to know whow we can recycle things that can't go in the orange bag, the same page should tell us how / where.
Yellow Pages
if you haven't got yourself off the distribution list for a printed YP (see http://stibasa.blogspot.com/2008/05/paper-yellow-pages-no-more.html) then you should recycle your copy. You can now put YP in the orange bags (the bags say "directories") or you can take them to Jenkins Lane / Frizlands Lane. The council website incorrectly said that YP cannot be recycled.
Fruit juice cartons (Tetra paks) and similar
John Biggs assistant told (wrongly) me that these cannot be put into B and D's recycling schemes. There is a eurobin for them in Axe St and also one in the Tesco car park not far from the Town Quay.
Plastic
John Biggs' questionnaire said that all plastic can be recycled. I'm told that's not true even in theory. It certainly isn't in practice in B and D. In an e-mail his assistant wrote:
"the orange bag collection can take hard plastics (eg plastic bottles), but not soft plastics (eg wrappings, yoghurt pots)". I'm not sure how you tell hard from soft plastic if yoghurt pots come under soft - also I'm not sure if plastic can be recycled through other routes; one of the bins near where I live is labelled 'cans and plastic' (or similar).
Carrier bags
Tesco's have a hopper for these at their Highbridge Road branch. The council's website doesn't mention this - perhaps because they only mention recycling that they provide. Bit silly.
Orange bags
The council's website has a page headed: Recycling, Orange bags, what can be recycled. This is misleading as it means "what can be put in the orange bags." They need to sort this page out. If we want to know whow we can recycle things that can't go in the orange bag, the same page should tell us how / where.
Sunday, 10 August 2008
Orange bags
What can go into B&D council's orange re-cycling bags? It can be a bit confusing.
1) Here's what it says on the bags (same on old and new, stronger, type):
Cans/Tins (Food, pet food, drinks)
Foil
Plastic bottles (drink, milk, detergent, shampoo) *
Plastic bags
Newspapers
Magazines
Junkmail
Flyers
Brochures
Directories
Cardboard packaging (cereal, detergent and other similar). Flattened.
* bag says remove the lids and flatten the bottles. It doesn't say not to put the lids in the bag loose.
It also says no glass.
2) Here's what it says on the council's website:
http://www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk/8-leisure-envir/refuse/recycling-orange.html
"You can recycle all types of paper, food and drinks cans and plastic bottles in the Orange sacks."
Can we put in the orange bags what also goes in the bring site containers? Not glass obviously, but what about fruit juice (and similar) cartons? The council website hasn't been updated for this new recyclable even for the bring sites and the orange bag information on the website is limited (as can be seen above). As Shanks takes most, if not all of the stuff away, I don't think it mkes any difference.
1) Here's what it says on the bags (same on old and new, stronger, type):
Cans/Tins (Food, pet food, drinks)
Foil
Plastic bottles (drink, milk, detergent, shampoo) *
Plastic bags
Newspapers
Magazines
Junkmail
Flyers
Brochures
Directories
Cardboard packaging (cereal, detergent and other similar). Flattened.
* bag says remove the lids and flatten the bottles. It doesn't say not to put the lids in the bag loose.
It also says no glass.
2) Here's what it says on the council's website:
http://www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk/8-leisure-envir/refuse/recycling-orange.html
"You can recycle all types of paper, food and drinks cans and plastic bottles in the Orange sacks."
Can we put in the orange bags what also goes in the bring site containers? Not glass obviously, but what about fruit juice (and similar) cartons? The council website hasn't been updated for this new recyclable even for the bring sites and the orange bag information on the website is limited (as can be seen above). As Shanks takes most, if not all of the stuff away, I don't think it mkes any difference.
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