Virtue signalling: clutching at straws

[VPS]

Or get more of the large clear produce plastic bags to put the rubbish in. We get just under 1 days use out of the bigger bags.

That’s a lot of rubbish to produce every day. I hope you’re recycling or don’t you believe I that

 

[docjames]

That’s a lot of rubbish to produce every day. I hope you’re recycling or don’t you believe I that

JohnK has a toddler whom i’m guessing is probably still in nappies so a bag a day isn’t surprising.


There’s a whole thread in itself on cloth vs disposable nappies (which I dont want to start!).

 

[blackcat20]

We barely throw out a bag of rubbish a fortnight. Everything that can be recycled or composted is and there’s not much left after that. Bags are reused for cat litter and cleaning up after the dogs, so no single use here.

 

[jb747]

I get my empty plastic bags from Woolies/Coles vegetable departments. Not as big as the old bags, but a few generally suffice to hold the stuff at checkout.

 

[JohnK]

That’s a lot of rubbish to produce every day. I hope you’re recycling or don’t you believe I that

We recycle everything that is recyclable. As mentioned with a 2 year old it is not that difficult to fill up a small bag.

 

[marki]

We barely throw out a bag of rubbish a fortnight. Everything that can be recycled or composted is and there’s not much left after that. Bags are reused for cat litter and cleaning up after the dogs, so no single use here.

unfortunately not much is re-cycled in the way of say plastic bottles or even paper in Oz, I personally love composting however in a high-rise no can do.

 

[Vic]

No. Not true at all for all people, maybe just you, or a few.

Gee, it's all me. How special do I feel. Have you ever stopped to consider that you might be in minority?

 

[Vic]

We recycle everything that is recyclable. As mentioned with a 2 year old it is not that difficult to fill up a small bag.

Clearly you don't. we barely put out 3 bags of actual rubbish per week, that's for 5 people, adults and almost adults. Most goes into recycling bin, or MOST IMPORTANTLY the compose. Food scraps do not belong in landfill.

 

[mannej]

Clearly you don't. we barely put out 3 bags of actual rubbish per week, that's for 5 people, adults and almost adults. Most goes into recycling bin, or MOST IMPORTANTLY the compose. Food scraps do not belong in landfill.

You may find that not all domestic waste bin rubbish goes to landfill. I know the Council I am in will process what they can to turn it into a soil improver, before sending what they can't process to landfill.

 

[drron]

Clearly you don't. we barely put out 3 bags of actual rubbish per week, that's for 5 people, adults and almost adults. Most goes into recycling bin, or MOST IMPORTANTLY the compose. Food scraps do not belong in landfill.

Composting doesn't make a lot of sense when you live in an apartment.

 

[Vic]

Lots of excusing for why people don't have to work to minimise their impact on the environment.

You may find that not all domestic waste bin rubbish goes to landfill. I know the Council I am in will process what they can to turn it into a soil improver, before sending what they can't process to landfill.

Youre lucky to have a council that will sort your general waste.

 

[stm1sydney]

Lots of excusing for why people don't have to work to minimise their impact on the environment.

Lots of judging of other people and their views on the practicality (or indeed the actual environmental benefits) of recycling.

 

[VPS]

Composting doesn't make a lot of sense when you live in an apartment.

I have friends in apartments and their body corporate have organised green waste bins (that are collected regularly to reduce smells). It can be done

 

[theblank]

Gee, it's all me. How special do I feel. Have you ever stopped to consider that you might be in minority?

Thats funny Thanks for noticing! It seems however you did not consider that you might be in minority, when you spoke for everyone.
Perhaps conduct a survey?

 

[JohnK]

Clearly you don't. we barely put out 3 bags of actual rubbish per week, that's for 5 people, adults and almost adults. Most goes into recycling bin, or MOST IMPORTANTLY the compose. Food scraps do not belong in landfill.

We live in an apartment building. We recycle as much as we can.

P.S. You should see the stuff that goes in the normal rubbish bin. Most don't care to separate. You see the same in the office.

 

[marki]

We live in an apartment building. We recycle as much as we can.

P.S. You should see the stuff that goes in the normal rubbish bin. Most don't care to separate. You see the same in the office.

I think it is because the China route has stopped and there is actually no re-cycling going on the other countries like Thailand, Vietnam and Philippines are but require higher standards which means that we will need to pay for re-cycling.

 

[dajop]

P.S. You should see the stuff that goes in the normal rubbish bin. Most don't care to separate. You see the same in the office.

Putting recyclables in normal waste is not the biggest problem. .... it’s putting normal waste in the recycling bin rendering it contaminated and potentially difficult to segregate. You should see the stuff that goes into the recycling bins!

(Maybe this is a problem in the part of the world I live in moreso than in Australia,).

 

[Silvia]

Putting recyclables in normal waste is not the biggest problem. .... it’s putting normal waste in the recycling bin rendering it contaminated and potentially difficult to segregate. You should see the stuff that goes into the recycling bins!

(Maybe this is a problem in the part of the world I live in moreso than in Australia,).

I totally agree with you. People putting their recycling in plastic bags, plus all the stuff that shouldn’t go in recycling bin. It would be good for people to get more consciousness and education about proper separation.

This week both of our rubbish and recycling bins in our building were full. People just not bothering in separating or just putting their food delivery bags straight to the rubbish without trying to minimise the bulk of it, same with cardboxes

 

[snabbu]

I get my empty plastic bags from Woolies/Coles vegetable departments. Not as big as the old bags, but a few generally suffice to hold the stuff at checkout.

My partner tells me she has been around and tested all these types of bags from each retailer (WW, Harris Farm, Aldi, etc) and worked out that the ones from WW are (only slightly) the biggest and just fit our bin, so now that we have been through our stockpile of the now outlawed single use bags I'm instructed to start grabbing "a few extra" from WW each visit.

 

[marki]

Germans are very re-cycle friendly I have noticed in most building there are bottles glass colour and white. Paper and plastics.