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Domestic Waste Management
A study into domestic waste management and ways in which we can make it a whole lot better!
We are all aware of our duty to recycle and manage our waste as efficiently and effectively as possible, however it does make life a real pain and the vast majority of the population don’t even bother- I mean why should they?!
Considering the 6 main types of waste; general waste, organic waste, bottles, cans, newspapers and cardboard my task is to come up with a product to aid waste management in the home, particularly looking at the stage from ‘kitchen bin to refuse truck’. The outcome must encourage and support recycling and be part of a coherent system.
I know this is an extremely tough nut to crack but, I am an Erskiner after all and we love nothing more than a good challenge!
I would be really interested to hear any thoughts or ideas that you may have on this very topical subject.
Posted on 31/10/07 in 3
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Sophie this may already exist but I find it a nuisance washing out the little worktop ‘bin’ that I use to collect veg peelings etc. (and it uses water and washing up liquid which is not too green).
What about compostible bin boxes or bin bags which can sit on the worktop for a few days then the whole thing goes in the garden compost?
Veg waste tends to be damp but not wet so it would need to be tolerant of a bit of moisture and not fall apart on the kitchen work top. It would need a lid to stop flies/smells. I am thinking egg box type material which apparently composts pretty well. and it can be generated from recycled paper.
I suppose for flat dwellers, the improved service would be to provide compost waste collection because currently they don’t seem well served. My niece had a flat in Bradford and although they were brand new they have NO recycling at all so its up to the flat dwellers to sort and store stuff to take to the council recycling dump. Given how small flats are this is not a great incentive!
31/10 at 23:47 from Sophie Haynes
I do not agree with the boxes for the kitchen waste to the compost heap ... I use a tin with a lid which I am currently lining with bio degradeable poly bags the whole lot goes on the compost and I agree it is easier than washing out, but are they more eco friendly than washing out the tin?
I use supermarket bags for lining foul kitchen waste bin but I think supermarket bags should be either stronger and reused or paper like in America
I call at the s/m when passing not when I have a car full of bags and I cannot remember to take them with me ...
other than that the contents of my hoover goes on the compost heap, paper is shredded and after the hens have pooed on it also heads there ......
I HATE all the plastic wrapping that we are faced with what is wrong with a decent brown paper and can those huge straw mounds that you see in the edges of the corn fields not be converted into a paper product for wrapping/ bags etc?
01/11 at 02:46 from helen
I forgot to say, along with my many other jack of all trade talents - that I was once a leading guru on what makes people behave sustainably / unsustainably
See page 23…
http://www.yorkshireuniversities.ac.uk/docs/RegionalReviewpdfs/rr15_2.pdf
01/11 at 03:22 from Alistair
