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I just ordered a recycling bin from local waste management (no, we haven't been recycling) - I was offered one of the 30-something gallon bins on

Posted by kelly (aka kelly) Aug 19 '09, 07:14

wheels, but I asked for one of the smaller ones instead.

Recycling is every 2 weeks...do you think one of the small-ish 18-gallon tubs will be big enough for the amount of recyclables in a 2-person household?

I generally throw everything away so I don't really know how much we will be recycling!

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we have a big one, (70g?) and we fill it in 2 weeks easy, but mom drinks a couple 2ltr soda jugs a week, newspaper, cardboard, junkmail -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 19, 09:08
I'd go with one large over 2 small. Especially if you get a daily paper or generate a lot of empty aluminum cans. -- nm - TWuG Aug 19, 07:58
Get the big one, the small one won't be enough if it's every two weeks. - Cuzzin Todd Aug 19, 07:57
I can fill two of the smaller blue boxes every two weeks but have only one garbage bag in that time frame (and we dont have green waste in my area) - Walt_Disney Aug 19, 07:42
For 2 weeks? I'd get the big one on wheels. -- nm - Jim Aug 19, 07:29 2
- Heh, I got the big one -- nm - The Todd Aug 19, 07:58
- yep. -- nm - Remlik Aug 19, 07:32
How many bags of garbage do you fill a week? Once you start recycling you'll realize a *huge* portion of that is recyclable. -- nm - Andie Aug 19, 07:22 5
- 3 to 4, and yeah, I'd think a lot of it can be recycled, now that I look at the list... -- nm - kelly Aug 19, 07:23 4
  - here we only have garbage pick up every two weeks to force people to recycle. *MOST* of it can be. -- nm - Andie Aug 19, 07:24 3
    - We had trash pickup twice a week, but they're now cutting back to once a week because the recycling had been such a success. - kelly Aug 19, 07:26
    - I knew this :) However, our condo recycling pickup apparently does their own sorting, separate from blue box, and their sign doesn't ban pizza boxes -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 07:25 1
      - this should go below pizza boxes from loosi. Grr. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 07:26
Will can just eat the overflow. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 07:21 12
- why are you recycling that banana peel?! That pizza box has some sauce on it!! -- nm - Beaker Aug 19, 07:22 11
  - did you know you can't recycle pizza boxes? -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 07:23 10
    - depends on your city. we can. -- nm - Andie Aug 19, 07:26 9
      - we can't. Maybe it's because it's hot and humid here. They want to minimize food in the recycling. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 07:26 8
        
        I think generally it's not really the food remnants that's the problem, it's the oil that's soaked into the box. -- nm - Ender Aug 19, 07:34
        
        ours say 'pizza boxes must be empty'. -- nm - Andie Aug 19, 07:29 6
        
        with our pizzas, at least, the box is usually soaked with grease. :) -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 07:30 5
        
        (which attracts rodents and bugs) -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 07:31
        
        Your american pizza sounds disgusting! - Beryllium Aug 19, 07:30 3
        
        yeah, all the ones I've seen. Just googled. here is why grease is bad for recycling. -- (link) - loosilu Aug 19, 07:33
        
        of course they are. -- nm - Andie Aug 19, 07:32 1
        
        heheh, it's been a while since I had pizza ... - Beryllium Aug 19, 07:34
is this for plastics, tin cans and such or for "green waste" like banana peels and such -- nm - Beaker Aug 19, 07:16 7
- Paper, cans, boxes, etc. Not "green waste". -- nm - kelly Aug 19, 07:17 6
  - once you get going you will be amazed how much paper you throw away every day -- nm - Beaker Aug 19, 07:19 4
    - we recycle separately here (paper cardboard one week, cans and plastics the next), at least 1 large blue bag each every two weeks -- nm - Beaker Aug 19, 07:20
    - This is one reason I do not get newspapers. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 07:20 2
      - us either :) But with boxes for packaging, flyers, catalogues, junk mail, etc etc it adds up fast -- nm - Beaker Aug 19, 07:21 1
        
        advertising circulars are the bulk of my recycling. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 07:22
  - I think it really depends on your household habits. Maybe you could put that stuff in bags for a week and see how much you generate. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 07:18
depends how much you drink from bottles/cans, I think. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 07:16 6
- (personally I fill one of those 30L bins in two weeks) -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 07:16 5
  - oh, you're working in gallons. OK, I think our tubs are 18 gallons. I fill one of those in two weeks (with just bottles and cans). Paper is another - loosilu Aug 19, 07:19 4
    - This is all going in one tub - it can all be mixed together - I just called and had it switched to the 35-gallon wheeled bin. -- nm - kelly Aug 19, 07:23 3
      - sounds like a good plan. better to have leftover space in it than not enough. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 07:24
      - wheeled makes it alot easier too. -- nm - Beaker Aug 19, 07:24 1
        
        Being on an end unit makes it even better!! - kelly Aug 19, 07:27

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