[LINK] Surveillance in extremis

[Adam Todd]

At 01:57 PM 29/08/2006, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
>Deus Ex Machina wrote:
>>Adam Todd [link at todd.inoz.com] wrote:
>>
>>>At 10:26 AM 29/08/2006, Karl Auer wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 09:56 +1000, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>If people think this is trivial...we are paying 4x$291 for the removal
>>>>>of 1 partly filled 240l garbage bin each week and a 1x120l blue and
>>>>>yellow recycle bin on alternate weeks.
>>>>
>>>>Can you opt out of the system entirely? It might be cheaper to have NO
>>>>collection service, and cart the waste to the nearest tip yourself.
>>>
>>>Taking waste to the tip doesn't work.  You are not permitted to bring 
>>>food waste and packaging to the tip.
>>
>>you are at out tip. shop around.
>
>better still compost it!


The only stuff that goes in our council waste bin is plastic 
wrappings.  Food is composted (or given to the pets if it's any good! Saves 
buying pet food) and paper and cardboard are used either as part of the 
composting process or for fuel for the fireplace or as mulch for the garden 
or as stuffing for packing of shipments and parcels :)  Oh and 
nappies.  (Paper biodegradable type, we don't buy the plastic ones.)

Metals are collected and stacked neatly for the vultures to collect every 
council clean up time.  At least I might add 50 cents to their trade.

Bottles and cans are put in the recycling bin collected fortnightly.  And 
any spare paper or cardboard we have in oversupply is also put in, but 
that's rare.

That's really it.  We're pretty light on for environmental use.  Even out 
water is low consumption for a 6 person family with a pool.  Electricity I 
keep slowly converting to solar.  Nearly everything technology wise is 
either 12 volts or battery operated (with the charges run off solar power)

We can't do much more really.