Recycling

I see your point squaredog but after a while things start to smell and go mouldy. As I keep these things indoors until I have a full bin and it could take best part of a week to fill I'd rather waste some water and keep things sweet.

We seem to be very lucky here in MK - we have food recycling, glass recycling, tins/paper etc. recycling, garden waste recycling and the ordinary black bag for what's left and it's collected every week.

I give everything a swish in the water once I've finished the washing up.

I never wash anything out, on the premise that it's counter-productive wasting water to save a can............

I use a set of plastic drawers similar to this. www.tesco.com/direct/wham-3-drawer-tower/512-2339.prd?pageLevel=&skuId=208-6717
I use one level for plastic containers etc, one for flat items like papers and poly bags, and the third for land fill rubbish, which I line with a biodegradable sack. In my tiny kitchen it does mean that I have to move it each time I open the freezer, but otherwise the system works well.

I have a bag hanging on the inside of the door in the hallway and things get washed out and put in there until someone is going downstairs past the bin,rules of the house are never go downstairs empty handed if you can help it,our recycling is also collected once a fortnight.

I have a double large pedal bin in the utility room, one side for recycling and the other for rubbish. Only have newspapers at weekend and they go straight out into bin when done with.

Living in a terraced property with no front garden I don't have a wheely bin. I still have to use a box which I keep inside so I don't have to bring a wet box through the house. As it is only collected once a fortnight I have to wash the recycling so it doesn't smell! My offspring think I'm nuts.

I have a food bin under the sink and a plastic box which I do empty most days to the garage where I keep the council boxes and bags it must be difficult if you don't have outside space especially in the Summer.

We have pink plastic bags for that sort of stuff and I keep the current one in the open space under the stairs. It's not ideal but it stops the need to keep going outside and after a couple of years we don't notice it now.

I use a plastic laundry basket ( with handles, from Lakeland) in the utility room . It usually needs emptying three or four times a week.

I can't decide whether to feel virtuous that we always fill our recycling bin or wasteful that we have so much stuff to recycle!