tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083855923964640893.post5205112919870560420..comments2023-11-05T10:53:07.638+00:00Comments on Patently Rubbish: Confused...patentlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00602962323262055007noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083855923964640893.post-74160078095109071792010-08-25T20:18:35.914+01:002010-08-25T20:18:35.914+01:00I always wonder how environmentally friendly the g...I always wonder how environmentally friendly the glass collections are. A separate truck comes round to collect glass and presumably takes itfor recycling. I doubt, by the time that all this has been done, it is any more environmentally friendly than producing new glass.<br />As they are inert, what's wrong with landfill as, contrary to the propagandists, we are currently digging more out of the ground at quarries, brickfields, etc, than we are putting back.English Pensionerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15271488641341955140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083855923964640893.post-7719423608209651962010-08-23T14:57:14.222+01:002010-08-23T14:57:14.222+01:00Welcome, Gordon! I wonder - if we eliminated the ...Welcome, Gordon! I wonder - if we eliminated the bureaucracy around bin collections, could we afford to collect them properly?patentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602962323262055007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083855923964640893.post-27051508536227232312010-08-22T18:25:40.100+01:002010-08-22T18:25:40.100+01:00Umm... for every bit of "waste" there&#...Umm... for every bit of "waste" there's now an epic amount of additional <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3538/contents/made" rel="nofollow"> rubbish </a> Given their head I suspect that every wheelie bin will have a multipart carbon form and an associated Fixed Penalty ticket for incorrect declarations of the contents.<br /><br />The whole Eurofarce of landfill tax and municipal waste management has been called Kafka-esque - what next? Taser toting re-cycling wardens riding shotgun on garbage trucks? This is rubbish - poor pun entirely intended. <br /><br />What is thrice exasperating is that these pen pushing gits want to poke their noses in everywhere but will not, under any circumstances get their hands dirty - no siree. Pristine PPE and clipbboards, no practical knowledge and piss poor attitude. <br /><br />These public servants really need to revisit their <a href="http://www.civilservant.org.uk/constitution.shtml" rel="nofollow"> mission statement</a>Gordon the Fence Post Tortoisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04426735271858751220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083855923964640893.post-26562443387778737952010-08-22T14:11:55.734+01:002010-08-22T14:11:55.734+01:00Sad but probably true....Sad but probably true....patentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602962323262055007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083855923964640893.post-31318897163347553372010-08-22T06:38:29.482+01:002010-08-22T06:38:29.482+01:00"What I do not understand is, how did you get...<i>"What I do not understand is, how did you get that through on environmental grounds??"</i><br /><br />Easy! You get it through because the term 'environmental grounds' has been refefined to mean 'Any old flannel we can give the 'customer' to make our lives easier and theirs just that little bit harder'...JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com