How hard is it to understand general waste and recycling?

I don't have bins because my dog gets into them so I use the bags for life for recycling and smaller bin liners for general waste.

Every single time my mum comes to put rubbish away she will throw general into recycling and I have to keep telling her.

Now when I was a work we had 3 bins general recycling and food waste.
Yet some person would still get them mixed up.

We even had a presentation to make it clear!

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exchrist · 36-40

I do think food waste should be its own container composting would be far easier.
Unfortunately in general there is only garbage and then recycling containers
I know the garbage company goes through all of it to pull out anything of value and food stuffs are often redirected to be composted. I don’t know the effectiveness of their current operation plan

Mellowgirl · 31-35, F

@exchrist so where I live we have a food waste bin outside. But generally I don't waste food. The odd occasion something's spoilt I take it straight to the food waste bin coz it usually one item.

As for recycling. I let it fill up in the reusable bag then take it at once. I make sure jars that had sauce has been washed out too.

General waste is in a smaller bag to take out more frequently to stop the dog attacking the bag.

Fieldmaster · 46-50, M

Not at all.

I am very particular about trash, recycle, compost/bio degradle.

Mellowgirl · 31-35, F

@Fieldmaster it's really confusing to me that this is so hard.

CrazyMusicLover · 31-35

I understand putting what is supposed to be in the recycling bin into the general one but not really the other way around.

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CrazyMusicLover · 31-35

@Mellowgirl Because you're in a civilized country where you know that dustmen take it seriously and you won't see them simply spilling everything together. 😅
We have some system here but it's pretty chaotic and then if you by any chance see that, you just wonder why did you bother. 😆

Mellowgirl · 31-35, F

@CrazyMusicLover 😞

CrazyMusicLover · 31-35

@Mellowgirl Do you put plastics and metals together? Here in some places they go together, in other they have separate bins. If you have plastic and paper glued together, do you separate them?

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