The rules about recycling annoy me. I get to wash all glass, cans and the small selection of plastic that is accepted. Any cardboard must be flattened and cut to a certain size. 100 miles south of me in ROI, Elly can bung all into the one large bin unsorted and they take a wider variety of plastics. It is all tipped into a bin lorry, while ours are sorted at the kerbside.

The green house made of bottles sounds familiar, but you may have mentioned it to me in a conversation. Now stay well.

I often find this business of recycling a bit annoying. We still have our milk delivered in glass bottles that are returned and reused just like in the “olden days” when Beer and po and just about anything was sold in re-usable bottles. A deposit was paid and the penny returned when the bottle was returned empty. I have heard it said that this is still more energy efficient than recycling the glass….problem? We have to use those damn plastic bottles and why? because the centre’s of production are centralised instead of being local…that goes for everything from beer to baby lotion, from cream soda to cream shampoo!

Don’t even get me started on the Great Mineral Water Scam. In the U.K. (on average) 1 litre of bottled water costs 1000times as much to produce and transport as it costs to deliver 1 litre of clean, filtered water through our taps. And the poor people of Pakistan and else where do not even have water on tap. We in the west should be b***** ashamed of our greed!

Oops! I’m ranting again. I should have put this on my blog…sorry GM.

paulo1 - The wall is well within my boundary and none of the surrounding area is suitable for playing on. There is a park, playing fields and a leisure centre within easy reach.

Conrad - The first photo came in am email a very long time ago, I knew it might come in handy some day!

Baino - Sharing a drink is so much nicer than drinking alone. I am not teetotal but certainly drink less these days, so you are sure to win on quantities of empties!