A Load Of Rubbish
Not my words, but those on the side of this truck.
A Load Of Rubbish
We really ought to think laterally more, when it comes to advertising businesses.
Afterv all, this sign caught my attention.
Where Shopping Trolleys Go To Rehab
The BBC this morning is running an article on BBC Breakfast this morning, about how shopping trolleys are rebuilt. I think this was the company here.
It’s certainly better than dumping them in the canal or the Paddington Basin.
Open House – SELCHP
SELCHP or the South East London Combined Heat and Power energy recovery facility, is a refuse incinerator, that generates up to 35 MW of electricity. I went for a look round during the Open House weekend.
It’s a long time since, I’ve been given free rein in an industrial plant. The last one that generated power was probably Cliff Quay or Sizewell A. Or it certainly was in the UK, although I have visited two others in the US; AEP Cook and Beaver Valley.
The site was impressive and I think they do a good job, getting rid of London’s rubbish. For those who object to incinerators on principle, it can’t be that bad, as they have now got resident peregrine falcons to keep down the number of pigeons. All I can find is this in a forum.
There’s also a bird of prey of some sort that nests at SELCHP, the incinerator opposite Millwall football ground. They provide it with special nesting boxes. Apparently, the high, bare walls look like the cliffs that are its natural habitat!
But the building probably looks no different to peregrines as does Tate Modern.
Paying For Plastic Bags
There is talk this morning, that we’ll all have to pay five pence for a plastic bag.
I’m not against the charge, but a total ban, as some are proposing, would create problems for me.
I usually shop once every day and never take a bag with me, as that is just something else to forget, when I go out. As too, I have a gammy hand, I find carrying an empty bag difficult and have dropped a couple on occasion.
But the biggest impact on me would be on my kitchen rubbish system. Here’s my waste basket.
My Kitchen Bin
It’s actually a large plant-pot from IKEA. As you can see in the next picture, it’s the ideal size for the standard Waitrose plastic bag.
My Fuller Kitchen Bin
The trouble with bought bags is that they are far too big or too small for my bin.
I have designed my own bin and sometime, I’ll get round to making it.
No Shortage Of Litter Bins
There doesn’t appear to be to much of a shortage of litter bins.
No Shortage Of Litter Bins
This was one of many at North Greenwich
Free Newspapers From Councils
Eric Pickles wants to ban these. Read about it here.
I get one from Hackney and it goes straight in the recycling.
If I want to find out what is going on, I use the Internet or read the local neighbourhood news, I get by e-mail.
I haven’t yet, but I might read a proper local newspaper, as I always did on Saturday in Suffolk. but that was only for the football and the small ads.
An Insult On My Front Wall
I can drink beer, but it has to be gluten-free.
An Insult On My Front Wall
This one certainly isn’t, and it’s n0t even the type of beer I drunk, becfore being diagnosed as a coeliac.
Strangely, the can was three-quarters full, so I poured the contents down the drain and put the can in my recycling.
Wot No Bins
I bought a drink in Marks and Spencer at Brixton and it wasn’t until I got back to Waterloo on a train from Clapham Junction did I find anywhere tro put it, as South West Trains, don’t seem tom believe in rubbish bins either on the stations or the trains.
In the end, I put it in a cart, which was being used by a cleaner.
I hope that when they finish Waterloo, they at least put in somewhere to discard your rubbish.
Three Months Junk Mail
This box contains three months junk mail.
Three Months Junk Mail
It went in the recycling this morning. But why should Hackney Council and my Council Tax pay to dispose of assorted rubbish from fast food shops, catalogue retailers and other junk mailers?
Should We Charge Free Newspapers For the Mess they Create?
As I travel the country, I notice piles of free newspapers everywhere. Everyone just seems to discard them in the street or on the train.
So should they be taxed, to pay for their disposal. I think they could be a worse menace than plastic bags. At least they can be reused!
The Anonymous Widower 