I was so pleased to read your comments yesterday - I do feel quite relieved that it's not just me who is finding this winter so darn trying. I'm always a bit worried that these things are just winding me up disproportionately and I'm constantly trying to keep myself in check re: unnecessary moaning and whinging as I have a bit of a fear of turning into the dreaded 'miserable middle-aged woman.'
I've had to work with a few of these types in the past and, oh dearie me, they can be a trial to be with - the constant 'oh woe is me' whinging, the 'don't mind me I'm just the office martyr' moaning and the 'you wait 'til you're my age and then you'll know what I'm talking about' comments!! It always drove me mad and I'm trying really really hard not to turn into one myself. Seeing as I'll be celebrating the big half-a-century birthday in June I'm keeping an even stricter eye on myself now - please do let me know if you spot any obvious whinging, moaning, generally feeling sorry for myself or other such age-related flim flam on this 'ere blog, and I'll give myself a very strict talking to forthwith, if not sooner!!
Swiftly moving on, I discovered that Basildon Council have got a rather snazzy little video on YouTube which explains exactly what happens to all the recycling they collect - paper, plastics, tins, newspapers, cardboard etc. I found the video rather interesting and I'm sure this is what happens to most council's recycling collections too. At least I hope it is, there are still those horror stories (mainly peddled by the Daily Mail) that all mixed recycling just gets shipped to landfill in India or China. I hope Basildon Councils shiny, happy video is more like what actually occurs. It's here if you'd like to check it out yourself.
((hugs)) I think sometimes we just need a good boo hoo! lol
Love the video! Well done Basildon!!
Posted by: Frugal Trenches | 02/02/2010 at 09:32 PM
Very nice video. I'm not sure that rubbish gets tipped into landfill in India or China though, they sort it out. The container ships have to make the journey back to those countries usually with empty containers, because we don't export hardly anything to them. So they might as well send rubbish back there. Also the bottom has dropped out of the market at the moment for recycled materials, they just can't get the prices that they used to, and it is stockpiled in costly warehouses. Basildon might be making an effort but I suspect a lot aren't.
Posted by: Ilona | 02/02/2010 at 09:43 PM
That's great that they are doing such a great job of recycling. There have been several stories like that over here, of recycling companies just dumping it all in the landfill, which is just awful.
Posted by: Jennifer | 02/03/2010 at 02:53 AM