Which I am.
Recycling food packaging
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Which I am.
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I said that because the rates given were from Scottish Water and, in Scotland domestic water isn't metered. So, the rates shown would have been for commercial supplies.
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For the largest part of my life I've lived in houses with no central heating. It was a coal or smokeless fire and an immersion heater that was rarely ever used because of the cost. If I wanted a bit of hot water quickly it was the kettle - for example in the mornings I would boil a full kettle for a cup of tea and a shave. Gas central heating is a luxury I've had for the last 15 years or so, and now it looks like I'll have to give that up - because of the cost of covid crisis. It won't be the end of the world as I have lived most of my life without it.
My gas has worked at at exactly £5.46 per week, for the past 9 weeks except for the one week at the end of July, where it hit £4.59.
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How much of that was for the gas?
My July gas bill was £15.45
Of which Standing charge 31 days at 26.99p a day £8.37
So gas usage about £7
If I saved 5% by washing up in cold water, I wouldn't notice
Have you got a combi?
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Around £3.70. Don't forget, gas meter reading are quite low resolution, which explains why the values were the same for several weeks.
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You can get precise readings ; gas blokes have to check an applilance's consumption over 2 minutes. Difficult ones have buttons....
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Have you got some evidence that this is so please?
From everything I have known councils insist that ietms are cleaned "before" putting into the recycling.
Here is Rossendale councils info on what goes in what bin, just after the first set of bullet points it tells you items must be cleaned.
AFter a quick google it seems that several other councils also tell you to do this although several do not mention it.
AFAIK plastics are not generally recycled in the UK, we ship it all off to other countries, doing that to items covered in food waste promotes the growth of maggots etc. not good so they want items cleaned.
What does your council say?
Care to rephrase that?
Was there not an advert on TV that advised; "wash it and squash it"?
I have never bothered to check, I just employ common sense. Common sense dictates that before materials are able to be repurposed, that they have considerable processing to go through of cleaning, melting down etc.. The contents of my green recycling bin is loaded into the back of the same lorry, which yesterday was loaded with the contents of my black bin. So the point of wasting my water and time on making them clean before they go in the green bin is what?
A large proportion of the contents of my green bin also goes for local incineration, to generate heat, for power generation.
the big problem is a lot off "recyclable" stuff is not recyclable unless the moon is in the right quarter compared to the sun in other words unachievable without vast expense or a new technology not yet developed to make it recyclable
something like 60% is not recycled on average over all
a lot off actual "recycling" is not its just burnt so not reused
something like 60% is not recycled on average over all
a lot off actual "recycling" is not its just burnt so not reused
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