They took ours away as well due to mosquito breeding. But it was probably a good thing anyway as I live in an HDB Flat where social conciousness is something they have to look up in the dictionary. Anything and everything was being thrown into all the bins without regard to what was the colour of the bins or the labels on the outsides.micknlea wrote:Then just recently we have been reminded (by a small note in letterbox) to keep them under cover and out of the rain so that no mosquitoes breed in them and that if we don't do this the bins will be taken away (fair enough).
I read your post re. the plastic bags and I have to tell you that while in Canada, I've never ever seen any paper bags either (while grocery shopping) and this is a country that's supposedly big on recycling. Any trip to the grocery store always results in lots of bags as the cashier sorts out soft groceries (fruits and veggies), meat (in another bag) and cans and hard items (different bag again). I easily bring home about 9 to 10 bags depending on the amount of shopping I've done but I recycle them again by using them in waste receptacles around the house. I find this pretty handy and also a lot easier to carry in groceries by the handles on the plastic bags versus paper bags.micknlea wrote: The council supply three bins. We had one wee, small wheelie bin for domestic refuse, which was only collected once a week. Another great big wheelie purely for garden refuse, collected once a fortnight and taken to the garden recycling centre (mulch etc), and then we had yet another big wheelie bin solely for recycling of plastic, glass and newspaper etc on the alternate fortnight.
I realise this is simply impractical here, and changing peoples attitudes takes a long time, just like the plastic bag bit, but I hate not doing it now and just want to do my little bit.
Sorry have to disagree with most. Only Food Basics comes to mind and the other Costco (which is only open to members and more like a warehouse format) and the other major supermarket chains that I can think of only use plastic.missbossy wrote:Yes but most grocery stores in Canada encourage you to recycle by chargin a few cents for the bags they supply. If you bring your own bags you avoid this charge. I noticed many people showing up with plastic bags from earlier shopping sessions and re-using them. It's something anyone could do here... but imagine the face of the cashier at Cold Storage if you tried to get her to use your old bags!
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