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How green is your garage Posted by Peter Warman on July 25, 2007, 7:42 pm Peter Warman - Administrator Two words that get you groaning every time you here some "Green Person" mention on the TV are "CARBON FOOTPRINT" But like all businesses we should really do our bit. I dispose of all my waste as i should but one thing i throw away is Paper and Cardboard, shed loads from filter, brake packaging and junk mail / catalogues etc. But as i have to pay for the disposal of everything else, i object to having to PAY to get my local council to collect waste paper, when the houses down the road get it collected free Over the course of a year i could fill a large skip, but all goes to land fill So should we ask our Local Motor Factors to have a collection service?.......they supply around 75% The other day i ordered 10 x 501 side bulbs, they all came up rattling in individual boxes (ludicrous), previously another supplier sent 10 in a tiny polythene bad (sensible) How do you handle you waste paper / cardboard Peter  Post a Response ( * ) Required

Re: How green is your garage Posted by Dave Hill on July 25, 2007, 8:41 pm, in reply to "How green is your garage" Dave Hill Hi Peter I don't worry too much about these carbon footprints. The forest fires seen every year across the world, must surely contribute more than anything mankind can throw at the planet. There will be catalysts on lawn mowers & solar powered barbecues if the scare scaremongers get their way. Having said that, We produce absolutely loads of paper based waste that could easily be recycled if a procedure was put in place. Shame we cant compress it into dense bricks & burn it through the winter. Of course that would just upset everyone, so we may aswell carry on burying this energy source in our landfill sites. Cheers for now Dave (Hill)  Post a Response ( * ) Required

Re: How green is your garage Posted by Paul Whatmough on July 25, 2007, 9:26 pm, in reply to "Re: How green is your garage" Paul Whatmough Peter, Local councils like to wave the green flag, but when it comes to trade waste they see it has a revenue stream. If businesses are prepared to sort and bundle their waste. They should be allowed to take it to the local recycling center and dispose of it without charge or for a nominal fee. At my local center you are watched and sometimes asked if its trade waste. Then made to feel like a criminal for disposing of trade waste. So much for carbon footprint and recycling. Paul.. (Secret recycler)  Post a Response ( * ) Required

Re: How green is your garage Posted by Graham Bullock on July 25, 2007, 9:55 pm, in reply to "Re: How green is your garage" Graham Bullock I'm a secret re-cycler as well. I managed to get a recycle bin and fill it with just paper and cardboard, every fortnight the local council have taken it without question - as they should. If they were really concerned about the environment they would do this for all businesses, but as Paul said its just a form of revenue. I agree with "the polluter must pay" but I don't see why the "re-cycler" should. If charities can make money from paper collections then why can't the local council? Graham  Post a Response ( * ) Required

Re: How green is your garage Posted by mark murphy on July 25, 2007, 10:20 pm, in reply to "Re: How green is your garage" Mark Murphy we have a 660 liter wheely bin for paper cardboard etc. collected once a fortnight at a tenner a pickup sure beats the 50 quid we pay every other week for non recycle bin  Post a Response ( * ) Required

Re: How green is your garage Posted by Sean Connelly on July 26, 2007, 8:25 am, in reply to "Re: How green is your garage" Sean Connelly Mark, Is this a local council collection or a private contractor? We would really like to recycle all our cardboard and paper, but feel we shouldn't have to pay a premium for it. £10 a fortnight sounds reasonable. Cheers Sean  Post a Response ( * ) Required

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