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  • polly filla
    Jul 16 8:35 AM 2007
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    here in Barcelona, rubbish collections happen twice a day, at least. there are seperate bins for seperate waste products on every other street corner. simple.

    I can't believe the state of the British system of once every two weeks!!! what?! even in big cites? no way.

  • Subliminal Spam
    July 18, 2007
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    I care less about how often rubbish is collected and more about the fact that I have to get woken up while they do it!

    That happened this morning and I'm still grumpy about it.

    • polly filla
      July 18, 2007
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      uh, I hate that. I hate it even more when I'm lying in bed with insomnia, and I hear the bin men. I think '5am!!! Already!'

      I care about rubbish though. when I go back to the uk, I'll miss the rubbish system. If I have an old chair, for example, or a piece of wood, I can just leave it almost outside my front door and it'll be gone withing a few hours. I fear I'll be wallowing within a week of going back

  • k8fairy
    July 18, 2007
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    I care about what happens with the rubbish when it goes, my country has very poor recycling by good standards, I mean I live in a city and we are only given a small green bin to fill up with recycling stuff, plus they don't take many types of plastic. And I live in an apartment block and they wont set up composting even though I asked them to, and there is no city system for picking up compost or companies that will do. I can't think of anything else to do with my food scrapes so they just have to in the garbage, it is horrible, I feel so guilty doing it but there seems to be no other options.
    Do you guys have any ideas?

    • Trellis
      July 18, 2007
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      Cook smaller portions so you won't have to throw out so much food into the garbage.

      • k8fairy
        July 19, 2007
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        Its not food that I am throwing out, sorry I wasn't clear, but foodscrapes, like the ends of carrots or the rotting bits of potatoes you need to cut out before you cook it.

        • polly filla
          July 19, 2007
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          get a little pig!

          • k8fairy
            July 19, 2007
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            Oh man that would be so cool! I hate apartment buildings, next year I will get a house where I can have pets. It'll be awesome!

            • polly filla
              July 19, 2007
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              I have a little dog, and she eats leftovers like plain pasta. I'd love a little pig as well and a goat---they've got great vibes, but they need proper land to live on

              I feel sorry for my dog sometimes, stuck in the city

        • Trellis
          July 19, 2007
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          Do you not have a garbage disposal system in the sink?

          • polly filla
            July 19, 2007
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            my kitchen's not as high tech as all that

            • Trellis
              July 19, 2007
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              My bad.

              I forget that I am blessed to live where kitchen garbage disposals are considered standard and not high tech.

              • polly filla
                July 24, 2007
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                'blessed'

                I wonder. Is it a blessing or just a waste?

  • Trellis
    July 18, 2007
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    Twice a day seems mighty excessive. Or else people have very small trash cans.

    • polly filla
      July 19, 2007
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      I'm in the middle of Barcelona, there are bakers and magazine offices below me so twice a day is needed for all the businesses. once a day would do me

    • polly filla
      July 19, 2007
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      it's very hot here. nobody wants smelly rubbish in their houses, because of ants, and

      COCKROACHES!

  • Cryptic-Haze
    July 19, 2007
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    We have garbage collection one week, recycling the next. The compost goes out with the garbage in large green containers. If you live in an apartment, then everything basically gets garbaged and composting doesn't happen.


  • Calanthe
    July 23, 2007
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    I'm in a British city. Our waste is collected every week. If it was colleceted more often, people would just throw away more.

    • polly filla
      July 24, 2007
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      I don't know...the kitchen bins in hot countries tend to be smaller as there's more bugs in the heat.

      I just don't like the idea of my waste hanging about for a week
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