recycling

[bellybabe]

[GG]

I liked reading your message, Paula. I too am concerned by the difficulties when trying to recycle. I have various separate plastic bags near my bucket in my kitchen all full of different items for recycling. When I run out of space and have some time to spare I take them to my nearest recycle points. This includes taking severl plastic bottles, all washed, de-capped, sticker-less, crushed and ready to go... only to find the recycle bins full, overflowing and surrounded by other bottles. At times it does appear to be quite difficult to recycle.

I contacted LEEP (www.leep.org.uk or LeepRecycling@leep.org.uk). LEEP Recycling operates a range of recycling sites in Edinburgh and East Lothian. 'Too Good To Waste' is a comprehensive guide to recycling and reuse in Scotland that can be obtained free of charge by e-mail request. Perhaps you have heard of it. A new edition was launched on March 17th 2003 at The City Chambers, Edinburgh.

I find the LEEP guide very helpful but continue to search out recycle bins that my items can fit into!

[Poppy]

An update!

According to the abovementioned LEEP website we can now recycle plastic, cardboard, milk cartons, egg cartons, etc at the Pitz/Leisure Centre carpark - more info >>>

[Epykat]

I recently became the proud owner of a LEEP recycled plastic compost bin for a fiver Now busy shouting at the kids to stop eating the fruit and veg so that I can recycle it in the bin

[Gemini]

We have just been informed that each resident in the street will be issued with a 'brown garden waste bin' we already have our wheelie bins and many of us have composting bins. We have our blue bags for papers and the like - we should not complain I know, but, how many bins can we cope with? gardens to the front of cottages are not very big. We think that perhaps a few of larger containers for garden refuge, strategically postioned along the street would be much more sensible - and more cost effective. But hey what do we know - we only live here.

BTW 2 to 3 weeks ago, I made the usual trip to seafield amenity site, about 4 large bags of various cardboard/plastic etc, only to be told the recycling area was being relocated ( so even before they had the new recycling area organised - they had just closed off the existing recycling area) I was told to dump the stuff (apart from glass) into the ordinary containers that go to landfill



There does appear to be a serious lack of recycling areas in Portobello, as mentioned there is one at the Pitz - but basic - paper/glass

[Lizzie]

[Poppy]

[Maria]