It's very trendy these days to be "into recycling".
I saw a woman in the recycling centre in Rathmines recycling up to 100 plastic plant pots. Despite how taken aback I was, I didn't admonish her, though I got the vibe that she was proud of her deed.
Recycling is better than waste, but it's the last of the three r's.
Don't forget about reducing and reusing.
Bit of a rant there, but sorry, can't answer your question. Good luck.
It's a bit like all the people who drive their cars to the (often nearby) recycling centre thus contributing to carbon emissions on their way to do their good deed.
Simply not true - glass is one of the most worthwhile items to recycle. Regarding the collecting empties issue, there is something in that - but given that very few, proportionally, of the glass receptacles constituting waste are actually of Irish origin or have a suitable collection network, it's just not practical [who's going to take all those wine bottles back to Australia, the beer bottles back to Germany, the Dolmio jars back to ItalyI've also read that recycling glass uses four times as much energy as producing a new bottle and that the old system of milkman (milkperson now?) collecting empties was far more beneficial.
I wasn't reading it as your suggesting glass is exported for recycling - but I know for a fact that it is exported, because the sole glass recycling company closed some years ago.I never suggested that glass is one of the types of goods that are exported for recycling, just that it supposed to be not as beneficial as recycling plastics or other non degradeable materials that we don't seem to do anything with currently.
I've also read that recycling glass uses four times as much energy as producing a new bottle and that the old system of milkman (milkperson now?) collecting empties was far more beneficial.
Some of it seems like placebo recycling to me, thinking of all those millions of plastic wheelie bins being churned out and all the old disused bins discarded somewhere. Using less is always the best policy in my opinion.
The "recyclers" who annoy me most are the ones who drive to the recycling centre / bottle bank, with a dozen or so bottles, and who leave the engine running while they "nip out" to recycle. Grrrr!
I wouldn't worry about it. Some vehicles use far more fuel getting started than they do idling for some seconds.
The Wheelie bins i have looked at in Viking who will do them for €99.99 for 240 ltr but will need 3 in total and that is expensive then.
Any other suggestions?
Cheers
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