BBC News - Who, what, why: What do you put in nine bins?

A council has faced criticism for asking householders to sort their refuse into nine different bins. What goes into them?

To supporters, it is an effective way to boost recycling. To critics, it is, well, a load of old rubbish.

A UK-wide survey of waste collections found that Newcastle-under-Lyme provided its residents the largest number, offering them no fewer than nine containers.

The authority uses separate bins for:

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Full article at bbc.co.uk

If they've got a system whereby this is actually working, stuff actually being recycled and composted and what-not, yay! The Greens from over at MyZeroWaste can vouch for how quickly these habits become ingrained, and for how nice it is to have almost no landfill waste.

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