Do you live in an HDB flat? Do you know how many of your neighbours recycle? Previously, you could spot the recyclers in your estate by observing (or is it spying on!?) whether they would put out the official recycling bag every 2 weeks for the waste collector to pick up. I think this gave a little neighbourly pressure, and perhaps a bit of competition, especially when kids were concerned! From 1 June, however, my estate won't have the fortnightly doorstep collection. In fact, we will now be required to deposit our recyclables at a recycling bin just below our block. Now that we won't get an official bag to put our recyclables, will my neighbours remember to recycle at all? Will it become a hassle for them to take their recyclables downstairs? Hubby has decided to use our own plastic bag to hold the recyclables before taking them downstairs. I mean, it doesn't make sense to carry down individual items, right? Maybe we should just get an old cardboard box from the supermarket.
Do you think this change means fewer people will recycle? How are you collecting your recyclables now that we don't have the recycling bag?
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If people have to get rid of it them self I don't think they will recycle very much quiet frankly there lazy. But we are lucky we have collections still so we just put it all by the back gate in the right boxes.
ReplyDeleteThat's what I'm worried about - people will get lazy....
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