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[sheila99]

I tend to agree. She sounds so reasonable in her Facebook post but she was so wound up during her recent speech it made me wonder who was pulling her strings. I agree with her message but I find her irritating too.
And no-one dares mention the elephant in room - there are just too many people and if we're going to save the planet it will have to change (though probably not til it's too late).

[Sparrow]

Her demeanour during that last speech troubled me - my immediate reaction was she's being used or abused.

Bit of both I think.

[Tinkerbell]

I find it very difficult to watch her speak, I have a nearly 16 year old daughter who has had some mental health issues and when I read that this young lady has had too it has made me very concerned.

[CLKD]

We are far too far down the line to do much Wolrd wide so ew need our Councils to help more with recycling.  When I see that 1 of the largest recycling companies: BIFFA : have been fined £Ks due to shipping used sanitary wear etc. to China which was turned back 

Well it ain't free to ship it.  It ain't green to return it  lots of it should be burnt but the 'not in my back yard' mentality remains.  We have anorebic digesters local due to farm diversification; as well as a huge recycling site but our Council - who shared that particular site - have had to stop as they are Bankrupt 

So our rubbish all be carted much further.

[CLKD]

Waste management giant Biffa has been fined £350,000 for trying to send household rubbish to China as paper fit for recycling.
The bales being shipped from Felixstowe port in Suffolk contained nappies, wet wipes and condoms, inspectors found.
Biffa Waste Services was convicted in June of two counts of breaching waste transportation laws in 2015 following a trial at Wood Green Crown Court.
It must pay costs of £240,000 and a £9,912 confiscation order.
After the hearing, the company said it would seek to appeal against the verdict.

[Sparrow]

Our council has just extended its recycling collections.  We have a garden bin (£50 a year charge, previously free), box for paper and cardboard, bin for plastic, metal and glass, a food waste bin and a general non recyclable bin. In addition, on alternate weeks, they will collect one small bag of clothes and one of batteries and small electricals.

Complicated but comprehensive.

[CLKD]

We have a green bin for garden rubbish: weeds, cuttings and on the same day is collected a blue bin for recycling [coke bottles, laundry boxes/bottles, beer bottles/tops, small cardboard bits, newspapers, non-glitter C.mas cards, envelopes with plastic windows. silver foil]

Black bin on the other weeks for un-recyclable stuff

Batteries can be hung in a plastic  bag weekly but I take mine to shops that sell batteries.  Our village shop tried to stop accepting them but found that they were breaking the Law - if 1 sells batteries, one has to collect them. 

Grey small bin for food waste every week which I think is burnt for power
All free

Council charges £10.00 pick up for 3 small electrical items.  Council tip 4 miles away.

1 can pay £35.00 per year for extra green bin and certainly a couple of times a year we require one.  Even though we don't have a lawn.

Where Mum lives it's a brown bin for garden rubbish which I think she pays for
Green for recycling - free but they don't take everything that we can put in so we bring it home
Black for household stuff - free and they can put rags in it - we can't, I take our rags to charity because they can get them weighed in for money

[Lanzalover]

We have grey bin for newspapers bottles (of which have plenty) glass and recyclable plastics etc
Green bin for normal household waste
And a brown bin for garden waste ( but we do have pay this I have no idea how much it's costs as DH pays for it )

Feel very sad for climate change girl feel she is being used (shame on those involved)

Lanzalover x

[Yorkshire Girl]

We have the best council in England for recycling! I barely throw anything away.
We have a green bin for everyday rubbish
Blue bin for recycling - paper, card, plastic, tetrapak, tin foil
Brown bin for garden waste & food waste
Then I take carrier bags to Tesco to be recycled - I check all bags like loo roll packaging, bread bags etc as these can usually be recycled
All old clothes go to Yorkshire Air ambulance or if they can be worn again to charity shops
Batteries to supermarket recycling bin

[Sparrow]

I see that the increasing use of soya is being linked to deforestation.  It raises the question as to whether the push to eat less meat will really help the ecosystem at all.  Food production is an extremely complex subject, in relation to the environment and food shortages.

Time for a rethink maybe??

[sheila99]

Definitely. No global warming when the plains of America were swarming with buffalo, that only started when we burned fossil fuels. Imo meat eating was a convenient scapegoat so we didn't have to reduce air travel, cars, gas heating etc etc. How did they get people to believe that locally produced grass fed meat was worse for the environment than imported soya and avocado's? Walk across a grazed field and you find different plants, bugs and small mammals. Walk across a field of corn or veg that's been sprayed 3 times and there's little biodiversity.
 Though if the beef you eat was grown on cleared amazon rain forest absolutely it's bad.

[CLKD]

We need to get back to seasonal eating! and buying from farm shops even if it's more expensive.  There is a new deli/butchers in Buckingham that we happened upon today  all newly stripped out and 3 small cottages taken over to form one large shop.  Brightly lit.  Next time we drive that way we will take a list!  They also do freshly cooked breakfast ;-)

What's with important lamb - probably - imported even  - from New Zealand  and beef from Argentina ......... I would miss bananas though 

[CLKD]

Also - how did protestors get into main streets of London with a fire engine intent on causing damage to a historic building.  That'll get people on side then.  Not.  Shows that our security isn't all it's thought to be!!!

[Pennyfarthing]

I try my best to recycle and not use plastics but when you look at the amount of plastic waste in countries like India it seems we are fighting a losing battle.  Pictures of rivers like the Ganges are absolutely full of miles and miles of floating plastic waste and I could never visit there for that reason.  It makes me feel absolutely sick.  I organised a local Litter group for about 5 years and we went out once a fortnight on Sunday mornings and collected litter in the roads and lanes so it's something I feel strongly about.

[Sparrow]

A lot of litter comes from vehicles.  I think people think they can get away with it and it's just disgusting. As for children, they are treated like little prince's and princesses these days. If you dare to chastise them for dropping litter, you just get a load of foul language.