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Just one tiny bin for food waste and a box for Glass....rest goes in bags

In West Norfolk, we have a black wheelie bin for non-recyclable waste - we tend to initially put rubbish into bin liners in old style bin, then put them into wheelie bin for collection day, as it keeps the bin cleaner.
We have a single green wheelie bin for recyclables, but glass is not included- a real pain, as we have to take it to recycling centres ourselves.
There is also a bin for waste food, with accompanying kitchen caddy, which I hate, won't keep it anywhere near my kitchen and refuse to put raw meat and fish trimmings in it. Yuk!

eee what a carry on, i wish i had a big kitchen so i could have a bin for each, all day iv been in n out putting stuff in the recycle bin lol,

my recycle tchnitian has decided to play out so hes no help, i will be docking his wages

my friends just been n put her tissue int he garden waste bin, :-0

i think i ned a glass of wine

I have to keep my bins in roadfacing garage as steep steps up to the kitchen. I use a wheelie sholley as a walking frame,, so load recyclables straight into that in the house, and add bagged landfill waste each time I go out. We have a garden waste bin we have to pay for collected fortnightly – we don't get any bags to line any bins

we dont get bin liners either, and were not allowed to bag up our recycled waste, altho some bags are recyclable :-S

we dont hav to pay for garden waste thankfully, but than i never have any as i rarely garden haha

Round our way everyone was sorting glass from tins etc. Dustmen came along and put everything, yes everything into dustcart. What's the point in separating it. We don't bother now except for the garden stuff.

We have a grey wheelie bin for glass, collected monthly, a blue one for paper, cardboard, cans, plastic containers, collected fortnightly and a green one for everything else, (mostly garden waste) also collected fortnightly.

We also have a small container for food waste with a little kitchen caddy, which stands on the work top, lined with compostable liners, provided free by the council. This is collected weekly.

I have a large binbag under the kitchen table for the blue bin stuff and take it out when it gets full.

Although most people recycle, it isn't compulsory and some households still dump everything in the green bin - and then complain when it gets too full.

Luckily we have plenty of space as we have 3 wheelie bins plus a box! You can ask for a smaller size if required. Black bin for household waste, green for garden waste (but not peelings etc. which go on one of our garden compost heaps), blue for cardboard and plastic. Box for paper, glass, cans and textiles. All collected fortnightly. I write the dates on a kitchen chalkboard!

We only have two bins, rubbish & recycle. I think it's weird that we don't have a "green" bin, because we live in what's known as the "Green" shire of NSW.

We have bin police! They randomly select houses, & check your bins. If you have something in the wrong bin you get a caution, if you keep putting things in the wrong bins they stick a sign on your bins, and they don't get collected!

We don't have a compost bin now. It gets hot & humid here & the compost bin would stink to high heaven :-(