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2026 and onwards to get a lot less confusing when it comes to recycling

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[–] florge@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How about we make recycling easier by mandating less use of plastics to begin with.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Watch the video, that exact topic is covered in the second half

[–] Technoworcester@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago
[–] i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago

Basically it's still up to the local councils to some extent, they just have to collect the same things as each other. What bins you get, how many, what combination of items goes in each, etc, are still location dependent.

Round here I think all it'll mean is glass will now be collected. They have to justify combining certain types of recycling so it may also mean separate bins for things that are already recycled.