While it is difficult to reduce waste, we all have to do it. We have to move on from thinking we're great because we're recycling. Recycling is the least worst option, but is not a good thing. We need to reduce, reduce, reduce - buy stuff with less packaging, buy less plastic crap, manage our food stocks to avoid waste.difficult to do if you're a family - our green bin is full every time it goes out, black bin probably 2/3s full so not much scope for reducing the frequency.
It's inherently inefficient to have multiple bin providers all servicing the same areas though- even if a provider only has one customer on a road, they have to sent their truck up there every week (and some weeks that one customer might not even have put their bin out).
We need to reduce, reduce, reduce - buy stuff with less packaging, buy less plastic crap, manage our food stocks to avoid waste.
Buy it and remove packaging whilst in the supermarket (after paying of course) and let it be the Supermarket's problem - they'll hopefully soon get the message. This is easier to do in Aldi/Lidl.I agree but it's something the govt needs to take action on, individual measures here are just scratching the surface. e.g. in France they've banned the sales of most plastic-wrapped fruit and vegetables. I try to buy unwrapped veg when I can but often it's either not available, or it's manky compared to the wrapped versions.