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Residents of a village that has not had a bin collection since before Christmas have said the situation is "appalling". Brown bins containing glass, plastic and garden waste have not been emptied ...
Although recycling is required right across the UK, recycling rules differ depending on the local council. Some local councils have implemented a one-box system for separating household waste, whereas others have provided many more boxes, and this recyclable waste is often collected at different times from standard landfill waste collections.
The two-bin system consists of a recycling bin (usually 240 litre) for co-mingled recyclables, and a general waste bin which is often smaller (e.g. 140 litre, 120 litre or 80 litre). The three-bin system consists of the above two bins plus a green waste bin (usually 240 litre). Not all councils have a green waste bin collection service.
The blue box recycling system (BBRS) was initially a waste management system used by Canadian municipalities to collect source separated household waste materials for the purpose of recycling. The first full-scale community wide BBRS was implemented in 1983 by the waste management contractor Ontario Total Recycling Systems Ltd. (a subsidiary of ...
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The curbside collection systems for recyclates employed vary across the Netherlands: [4] [5] Biodegradable waste, "GFT" ("Groente-, Fruit-, en Tuinafval") – Green bin, or combined bin with residual waste (black/green bins), or underground waste containers. Collected in almost all municipalities except some quarters of major cities
USPS "Slim Jim" recycling bin for unwanted mail. The program uses 23-US-gallon (87 L)-capacity plastic bins, which USPS refers to as "Slim Jims". [8] The bins have lockable lids and have a narrow insertion slot to maintain customer privacy and limit the potential of discarded mail being stolen for the harvesting of personal information.