I think they invented it. By they, I mean L.A. and Detroit, the latter being where I personally saw the first instances of pathological driver anger starting in the early 1990s.Do you have 'road rage' in the US.?
I seem to remember that, too. Especially what I would call a small, white Ford pickup with a large rear storage compartment. Those were popular around Belfast and completely blocked off narrow streets. Given the insane pace of traffic in downtown London and the necessity for complete visibility at all times to keep things running smoothly, I think they're right to put punitive size restrictions on vehicles.I expect all the members who have white vans are now going to jump up and down on me!
We've got that in Ontario, although it's never enforced. It falls under the umbrella of safe operation of a vehicle. Very irritating... why do they all come out whenever I'm five minutes late trying to get somewhere?At least now in the UK they have banned the use of mobile phones in cars whilst driving.
Orwell's 1984 is becoming less science-fiction and more a factual tour guide to Britain everyday.We have more security and surveillance camera's than any other country.
Hero999 said:We have green bins in our area for garden waste.
I think this is all pretty silly though, providing your garden is big enough you really shoud have a compost heap.
Composting does give off a lot of heat, I've heard that it's even possible to cook food in a hay oven!
ericgibbs said:There is talk the household rubbish bins are not going to be collected every week, but every two weeks.
Nigel Goodwin said:We already have this! - we've had black wheelie bins for years now, and were emptied weekly, but they now empty these once a fortnight. At the same time they gave us green wheelie bins as well, these are for garden rubbish and cardboard, and are collected the opposite weeks to the black bins.
As well as those we have blue boxes for glass and tins, and plastic bags for newspapers - both of these are collected by a recycling company.
ericgibbs said:As I said, there is no coordinated scheme for the country, just piece meal!
Your garden waste is carbon neutral as all the CO2 will be re-absorbed when your plants grow again. Putting it in the green bin is not carbon neutral as fossil fuels are required to transport it to the composting plant.ericgibbs said:It seems ironic I can pollute the air with smoke and drop fire ash all over my neighbours property, release lots of CO2,
but I cant put it in my bin, because its not 'eco green' ???
philba said:Do you Brits have mulching mowers? Mine grinds the clippings quite fine and then deposits them back into the lawn. No thatch to worry about and no clippings. Even if you don't have a mulching mower, composting it yourself is great because a layer of well processed compost in the garden is a great way to keep the weeds down and contribute to the soil health.
By the way, compost isn't totally Cneutral as it does give off some methane but it's way ahead of hauling it to a central composting facility.
ericgibbs said:hi phil,
I do/always have composted all my 'soft' organics, grass, leafs and kitchen [uncooked veg waste], its the prunings from the trees and shrubs I have to haul to the composting centre.
Also there are certain types of weeds which are difficult to kill off in the composting heap.
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