Rubbish/recycling
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Topic: Rubbish/recycling
Posted By: pumpkino
Subject: Rubbish/recycling
Date Posted: 18 October 2012 at 10:00am
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I'd be interested to know how much rubbish people generate - only because I'm curious as to whether we generate more or less than average and whether I should try to reduce our waste - definitely not wanting to get into an environmental debate or cast aspersions on people (like me!) who don't do absolutely everything they could to be environmentally friendly. And it's not a competition either!! We put out two council rubbish bags per week. This does not include glass (which the council collects separately once a fortnight) and the general recycling (paper/cardboard/plastic). So our general rubbish is mostly food scraps, nappies/tissues etc and things that get tossed in when DH or I are too lazy to go to the recycling or the recycling is full. We don't compost or do anything else in terms of recycling. We are a family of two adults, one 2.5 year old and a 7 month old (both kids in disposable nappies). How does this compare with your household waste? ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: cheekymouse
Date Posted: 18 October 2012 at 10:30am
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i have 1 council rubbish bag a week. This is for Me and one 2 year old. (But DP stays in weekends aswell)THe 2 year old is in Disposables We have a recycling bin that goes out each week and so does cardboard paper etc. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 18 October 2012 at 1:09pm
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When i had 2 kids in disposables we used to have one whole bag of dirty nappies a week to put out. Thats when i made the switch to cloth. We are a family of 5, 2 adults and the kids are aged from 4 to 8. Our weekly rubbish bag is about half a big black rubbish sack. that doesnt include paper and stuff that goes in the recycle wheelie bin. We have a compost bin as well. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: Aroha11
Date Posted: 18 October 2012 at 2:39pm
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We have one (or less than one) small wheelie bin once a week (2 adults and one toddler (15 months)) he is in disposables. We do however do a lot of composting often one ice-cream container a day. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: sbeach
Date Posted: 18 October 2012 at 7:13pm
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Posted By: Hopes
Date Posted: 19 October 2012 at 6:21am
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We have two adults and two kids (cloth during the day, sposies at night for both) and we vary between one and two bags. Probably one bag 60% of the time? -------------   
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Posted By: Troods
Date Posted: 19 October 2012 at 12:23pm
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We are a family of 2 adults and 2 kids (4.5yo and 2.5yo). The 2.5yo is still in sposies most of the time but currently toilet training. We put out 1 council rubbish bag a week. Our recycling bin gets collected fortnightly (glass, plastics and paper/cardboard). We compost a lot of our foodwaste. This week however we put out 2 council rubbish bags only because the 2.5yo had a tummy bug so we went through a lot more sposies than normal, and I emptied out the freezer and cupboards of old food so we needed the second bag. ------------- 
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Posted By: EmDee
Date Posted: 19 October 2012 at 8:46pm
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We're a family of 6 (2 adults, 4 kids) and the younger 2 are in disposables most of the time. We recycle paper/cardboard and plastics/glass but don't compost and we usually have 2 rubbish bags each week. ------------- DS 8 DD 6 DS 4 DD 2 |
Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 19 October 2012 at 9:00pm
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We have one every 3 week or if I gather extra crap from around the section (blown in rubbish or non recyclables) it is every 2 weeks. We fill to chocker our recycling bin (it's those big bins) and I do burn a bit on our fire when it's going. I compost every day or if I can't compost it, ie chicken bones or potato peelings they go on the fire. We recycle glass as well. BUT we don't have any kids in disposables. When the baby was in them I was putting out a bag a week for the first 4 weeks. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: pumpkino
Date Posted: 20 October 2012 at 9:20am
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Yeah I would say almost half our rubbish is nappies. Hmmm, making me think about cloth again... Our council recently switched from collecting the recycling weekly to fortnightly which is REALLY annoying. When they did it weekly everything went in the same recycling bin. Now they alternate one week glass, the next week paper/cardboard, claiming it should make no difference - but we have hardly any glass and LOADS of paper/cardboard, so we inevitably fill the recyling bin after one week and ended up having to put the rest in the general rubbish which is frustrating. The rubbish contractors are so picky that even if you put a cardboard box filled with extra cardboard on top of the recycling bin, they won't take it - only what is IN the bin. GRRRRRR! ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: sem
Date Posted: 20 October 2012 at 9:25am
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We half fill a small wheelie bin each week and our recycling goes out approx once every 4-6 weeks. We are a family of 3, my 2 year old is in cloth and we use one disposable nappy a night. We compost a fair bit and I buy items with as little packaging as possible and do many things from scratch to avoid extra rubbish.
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Posted By: EmDee
Date Posted: 20 October 2012 at 11:00am
Thanks for starting this thread, I know it wasn't the aim, but I've been inspired to try and reduce our rubbish. I've sorted out my (small) cloth nappy stash and will be able to reduce the number of sposies by 2-3 per child per day. I'm also going to make sure we recycle everything we can and will find a place in the garden to start composting. Should be interesting to see how much we can reduce our rubbish by  ------------- DS 8 DD 6 DS 4 DD 2 |
Posted By: pumpkino
Date Posted: 20 October 2012 at 12:33pm
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Mummydee - me too! I think I knew we were generating more rubbish than we should but a little part of me was hoping I would learn we are average. These other ladies have put me to shame, lol (not suggesting that was their intention obviously, I just admire their ability to reduce waste and want to do the same if possible). ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 20 October 2012 at 6:58pm
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We dont compost, but put out a full recycling bin each week- its a small square one, and 3/4 full a black rubbish bag each week too. We arer a family of 2 adults and 2 kids- one was is full time disposables til 3 weeks ago and is now fully in undies day and night. We have used full time cloth nappies from about 4 weeks old to 18months with each kid and will be doing the same with the next baby too. |
Posted By: Hopes
Date Posted: 21 October 2012 at 6:35pm
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We compost - or rather, we dont' compost, DH composts, I just put it in a bucket. And we recycle what we can, and like I said earlier, use cloth. The amount of rubbish we produce still feels like heaps, I'd like to cut back too. -------------
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Posted By: sem
Date Posted: 21 October 2012 at 9:31pm
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We just installed a waste disposal unit today! I am strangely excited about this and am looking forward to seeing if and how this will cut down our rubbish. We do compost a lot but I don't put actual food scraps in it, they always go in the bin and make the rubbish smelly. No we will try and see if we can't get away with not using bin liners which would be great. It's one less thing to buy and one less plastic item for the landfill. I always try and reduce rubbish but sometimes it is just so hard! Rubbish and non recyclable items are just everywhere! ------------- Here we go again, another baby on it's way!
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 22 October 2012 at 11:04am
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I basically fill a supermarket bag each week with rubbish. I have a little bin in the cupboard and so I'm very mind full of what goes in it. I have another supermarket bag hanging above it for recycling. I would easily fill one of these a DAY!! it's not that we buy lots with packaging but some how we have lots of recyclables! Everything plastic or paper I look at and think can I recycle or not. Paper that I can't recyle I put in our fire & burn. Ie pizza boxes. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com">
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