Not sure I exactly get the picture, but would something like those plastic edge strips for holding sheets of paper together at the spine be any use?
something like
How about a waste disposal unit in the sink?
We use milk in waxed paper cartons at about the same rate as we have peelings and other scraps suitable for the compost heap. So an empty milk carton is kept next to the sink. When near full the carton top is folded over again and it is placed just outside the sliding glass doors of the family room, Next time someone steps outside they empty the one two or three (whatever) cartons into the composter and throw the now empty cartons into the burning barrel. Next time the barrel is lit the lightly waxed milk cartons provide a good non damp base for the fire. A bag is kept looped around back of a kitchen chair into which all paper and plastic wrappings go. Have just opened the mail for example and at least 30% of that is disposed of to be burned. (Also for security of personal information!) Also some incredibly and unnecessarily large amounts of plastic wrappings (one buys four AA batteries and the plastic-cardboard packaging takes a knife or scissors to open!). However there is not a lot of it. It's all combustible and is used to start the wood stove down in the basement workshop which burns scrap wood. Actual trash/garbage is about one bag every three to four weeks. We do not yet have any kerbside recycling! Which however might be very expensive to implement in this province, the size of England plus Wales with a population of only 500,000 and over 1000 miles from main North American population centres! Items that are recycled are steel and other metals. Some plastics and some paper that goes to wood/paper pulp mills (but demand for that is down).
It happens that Ian & Hilda Dedic formulated :
I don't know if this might help....
For caravan use, you can buy a gadget onto which you can hook onto it an ordinary carrier bag as given away by the likes of Tesco for your shopping. Basically reusing the bags for waste. They are made from two strips of plastic, hinged together at the ends, which spring closed when you let go, one strip fixes onto the back of a cupboard door.
yes that's the sort of thing I was thinking of any idea what it's called or where might stock it?
I'm going with the drawing board clip idea at the moment, we'll see if that pans out
dedics
Stuff the council. Compost what you can in your garden compost bins, and dump the rest to landfill.
Meaty scraps should only be placed in landfill, if the council is advocating placing them for mass composting then they need their heads examining.
I believe there is a high-temperature process that yields useful compost and can handle meat and bones. It can really only be accomplished industrially but if such a plant is where the council is sending their composting scraps then all will be fine.
Pete
"In Vessel Composting Facility
Composting is classified as a waste recovery operation. The waste management licence ensures that the composting of waste is carried out in a way which protects the environment and human health. Composting is carried out with the aim of producing a substance (soil improver/compost) which is no longer waste.
The In Vessel Composting Facility at High Heavens has been approved by Defra under the Animal By-Product Regulations 2005 (ABPR), allowing catering and household waste which contains meat to be composted."
Who says bureaucrats don't have sense of humour.....
Indeed, 'tis a fortuitous name for a rubbish dump. :-) But I *think* it is historic and nothing to do with current usage, sad to say. :-(
plastic strip or wood would be probably ok or metal at a pinch.
Ever seen those folding in-car sunscreen thingies that coil up in a bag, then spring out to four times the size when you let them go? Cut the screen cloth out and you have a springy plastic hoop which will fit the inside of the bin, holding itself up as well as the paper.
Try this one Ian
Brilliant!
I knew someone out there would have seen something!
That's exactly the sort of thing I was thinking of but couldn't remember where I had come across it before.
dedics
We mislaid ours, so bought a replacement last year from Towsure - but I looked on their website last night and could not see them. Try a caravan and camping dealer.
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