I live on a small Island which has some of the best stats for recycling. I am not sure how much the commercial world is responsible, but the council like to take a big bow in their efforts.

I have always recycled my bottles at least since sharing houses and becoming aware of the ‘bins’. That was a trip to the supermarket carpark with anyone who was willing to fill their car up with beer sodden plastic bags of beer cans bottles and numerous vodka bottles. Pop  your plastic bags in the neighbouring recycling bin for bags and your concsiounce was clear, along with your flat mates.

It is even easier now. We have blue bins/tubs for bottles and glass, red ones for card and various other textiles and recently have been given a brown bin (with handy lock and smaller bin with lock) and biodegradable special plastic bags – with the council badge printed on it

Some of you might have the same set up. Our usual weekly black wheely bins are only emptied fortnightly as opposed to weekly and have a green wheelie bin for garden waste collections either side.

It would make more sence to me to give us compost bins, but you have to request one of those..might even have to pay, not too sure I will investigate.

But my brown bin wasnt emptied along with my usual recycling tubs so now I have oodles of council bags with food waste in. I have put them in my green bin for now as I only fill that when the grass is on super grow mode and I have decided to cut the neighbours grass.

But I am shocked how difficult people have taken this chore to be. I can see how little people put out in comparrison to me – they must be putting most of their rubbish in the black bins (or mine haha).

Even when you are forced to take small steps to help people in general are reluctant. Is it because they are told or forced into doing it? Or do old habits die hard?

I hope people do take these small steps. Even if it may not be the best solution, and not always that economical, it is better to try than to continue over filling our wasteland.

If the councils were to allocate a new waste land site to the areas that did the least recycling, I wonder if that would make people act? I know it is a tad embarressing, for all the neighbours to see, especially if you have had friends over and got through some tinnies. But hey – I am not ashamed to say at least I am trying!

Come on council get my new waste bin emptied, and keep up the hard work!

You bin men are heroes! Thank You for taking my rubbish away and keeping my car smelling sweet!