Recycling centres

Admin Joined : 28 Apr 2007 Posts : 272

I had to get rid of an old Tv and some cardboard boxes at the skips in Bellman's road in Penicuik today. I wasn't sure what the opening times were, so I looked up midlothian's website http://www.midlothian.gov.uk//Article.aspx?TopicId=0&ArticleId=18288
I was pleasantly surprised to find that they have changed the opening hours which used to be less convenient Smile

However, I was disappointed that apart from someone with tree cuttings, most of the waste that people were bringing seemed to be going into the one skip Rolling Eyes

Joined : 29 Aug 2007 Posts : 57

On Monday I had a number of cardboard boxes to get rid of, took them to Bellmans Road and got told just to stick them in the big compactor skip thing - along with everything else, the only thing that they where remotely interested in adding to a recycling skip was a metal radiator. I can't help but think that unless it can go in the blue & red boxes they really aren't interested.. Which makes you wonder why we bother..

Admin Joined : 28 Apr 2007 Posts : 272

They should be setting an example and at least have a separate small enclosed skip just for paper and cardboard. I don't know if the reason is that some people might misuse it by putting in the wrong kind of waste. I know that some of the boxes I had were filled with polystyrene but I was going to remove it before disposing of them. However, surely there must be some kind of solution, even if it means having it available only when someone is there to monitor it.
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Admin Joined : 28 Apr 2007 Posts : 272

I was just wondering if anyone had any more information on what this will mean for recycling in Midlothian http://www.midlothianadvertiser.co.uk/news/Recycling-project-hits-the-scrapheap.4240395.jp
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Andy

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