Sitting on a train today , waiting for departure , gazing out the window , I was watching the Garbo guy emptying the bins .
Melbourne city station .
We got those plastic bag , ( problem one ) , side by side bins . One for rubbish , one for recycling .
The guy lifted one bag and put it into the other , tied the top and chucked it into his his big wheely bin .
Watched him move 30 metres and do the same with the next bins .
Recycling my ass .
Im all for recycling , but what we are actually doing is a load of crock .
China won't buy our rubbish anymore , no matter how much we pay them ,
Asia can't accept any more of our rubbish either .
And we still have two bins to make us feel all warm and fuzzy inside .
Dont get me started on eco this and that .
Eco board construction , yeah right .
And .... I've only had a couple beers .

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Imax1 said..
Sitting on a train today , waiting for departure , gazing out the window

upvote for riding the train
that's eco

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amirite said..

Imax1 said..
Sitting on a train today , waiting for departure , gazing out the window

upvote for riding the train
that's eco

First time in years .
Ps : I'm a big guy and I was scared . Most of the people onboard were , let's say , different to me .
Its ok , I survived .
Im thinking I should have gotten a flu shot .

They give out free flue shots in the bathroom at the station just stick your hand in the little yellow box with the flu shot logo on it


As for the scary train people. Trick i learnt in prison is crazy people will change targets if theres no reaction. A reaction is all they want. Also if theyre lips are moving theyre lieing.

Seeing as the earth has now been proven by seabreezers to be flat, why don't we just push all the rubbish off the edge.??

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causehecan said..
They give out free flue shots in the bathroom at the station just stick your hand in the little yellow box with the flu shot logo on it


As for the scary train people. Trick i learnt in prison is crazy people will change targets if theres no reaction. A reaction is all they want. Also if theyre lips are moving theyre lieing.

That's awesome , never knew what those boxes were .
Im going to poke away , whoophoo , free medicine .

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lotofwind said..
Seeing as the earth has now been proven by seabreezers to be flat, why don't we just push all the rubbish off the edge.??

The edge is Indonesia

It's funny , ( in a depressing sad way ) , when you have to pay someone to take our recyclables.

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Imax1 said..
It's funny , ( in a depressing sad way ) , when you have to pay someone to take our recyclables.

This not a provlem in russia, we keep jar forever. Is good jar

West oz two bins where we are and three are being rolled out in a couple months.. half the suburbs have three already....
Two different trucks come and pick up one bin each.... both trucks go to same tip and throw it all into the same hole...
Councils where three bin systems are have three trucks
all three trucks pick up three different bins from same house than go to same location and tip in same hole....

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Imax1 said..
It's funny , ( in a depressing sad way ) , when you have to pay someone to take our recyclables.

Yep, even Indonesia just returned four ship loads of rubbish back to Oz. Funny how when footage of the rubbish problem in Asia hits the SJW media outlets its a massive outcry. It is likely YOUR (not you personally Imax) rubbish.

Quit your complaining and build you own recycling plant. Learn to wipe your own ass instead of expecting some one else to do it for you.

WA have been digging massive big ugly holes in the landscape for years mining , so they aren't too worried about the environment, so why not just dump all the rubbish over there to fill the holes in.
I know rubbish smells and attracts flys, but they already have plague amounts of fly's anyway so no one would even notice.

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Crusoe said..
Quit your complaining and build you own recycling plant. Learn to wipe your own ass instead of expecting some one else to do it for you.

I hear your pain but that Vid is a load of crock .
There are soooo many huge cracks in it , where do I start ? That vid is a feel good vid , sadly nothing more .
Ill give a simple view .
Perfectly clean unused compatible plastic containers can be reused , mixed with virgin plastic . Kinda just .
The polluted plastic stuff we put in our recycle bins doesn't work . It takes way more dolphin killing energy to recycle this stuff than to make new plastic . It doesn't make sense on All levels.
I unfortunately know this .
Its like the recycle paper coffee cups thing some outlets are doing . Trust me if you want , ( dare ) .
Its going into a tip , or were paying someone to take it away .
It is Way better to plant new trees , ( not so bad ) ,to make new paper to make new cups , apposed to collecting , transporting , ,sorting , grading , cleaning , mulching , seperating , ( with lots of clean water ) , paint , glue , petroleum fake wax , to end up with a really crap grade of paper that has to be mixed with virgin paper to work.
As long as we think it's helping......
I am crying on the inside .

No worrys, didn't know all that. Im going back to incinerating my rubbish, probly better than all the fuels burnt to transport and recycle,sort,etc, pretty sad, but from your evidence its a better solution.

we call all learn a lot from Lismores revolve centre .You drive in with your mountain of crap from the weigh bridge to the aircraft hanger then wait there while 3 burly dudes rifle through all your crap that was destined for landfill - watch as they sort it all on pallets in their designated piles ready to be resold on tuesday morning where a stampeed of greedy bargain hunters practically kill each other to make their piles of crap to then rebuy and take back to their place.It is frig'n hillarious , awesome and totally opportunistic all in one.someone needs to film this behaviour because it is trully unique and a goldmine for some visionaries, pretty sure it still goes strong to this day

Is that near Nimbin and Byron ??

While I'm ranting .....
Ban the plastic straw they say.
It may be out there , but I don't recall seeing a plasic straw on the beach or sticking out of a turtles nose , ever .
So they ban the plastic straw in Cairns .
I like a double vodka and lemonade when on holiday , makes me feel good . I need two dissolving straws , and I drink quick . That's two milled , bleached , pulped , dyed and covered with perolium waxed half assed straws that use three times the energy to produce ........ ?
Dont get me started

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lotofwind said..
No worrys, didn't know all that. Im going back to incinerating my rubbish, probly better than all the fuels burnt to transport and recycle,sort,etc, pretty sad, but from your evidence its a better solution.

A few years ago when I sailed through the Kimberly's, we came across another single boat. The first boat we had seen in a few weeks. We were invite to a BBQ on the beach on the King George River later that afternoon.

So we rocked up at the pre determined time with some beers and a few steaks. We were immediately asked where was our rubbish. Apparently BBQ was code for a disposal and burn off.. Initially I was pretty mortified and to be honest pissed off. These other cruisers justified it by saying that their small amount of burnt rubbish (including plastic) while producing a small amount of toxic greenhouse gas, that their rubbish was now gone forever, whereas mine was going to be deposited into a bin at my next port and put into the ground for up to a few thousand years.

About two months later I by chance met an environmental scientist. I told him what was burnt in the Kimberly that day, and as you'd expect he wasn't to easy with the story. That was until I told of the justification.....

He had nothing.

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lotofwind said..
Is that near Nimbin and Byron ??

half way between

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Imax1 said..

I like a double vodka and lemonade when on holiday , makes me feel good . I need two dissolving straws , and I drink quick . That's two milled , bleached , pulped , dyed and covered with perolium waxed half assed straws that use three times the energy to produce ........ ?
Dont get me started

Is that where the hundreds of straws that were on your deck chair came from.

Asia doesn't want our rubbish because they know Australia doesn't exist. It is the Mexicans trolling them.
theculturetrip.com/pacific/australia/articles/some-people-think-australia-doesnt-exist-heres-why/

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lotofwind said..
No worrys, didn't know all that. Im going back to incinerating my rubbish, probly better than all the fuels burnt to transport and recycle,sort,etc, pretty sad, but from your evidence its a better solution.

I know it sounds strange, and wrong , but could work .
If you could absolutely incinerate your plastic , and other flammables , properly , with minimum soot, to generate power , it would have to be better than the energy sapping cloak that we are now doing.
Backyard incinerator mk 2.0 ?

Do you collect the Coles mini things ?
I only need one more for a full set, if you want to swap some?

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Imax1 said..
If you could absolutely incinerate your plastic , and other flammables , properly , with minimum soot, to generate power , it would have to be better than the energy sapping cloak that we are now doing.

Ask Singapore how they do it.....

the rubbish was contaminated

* is that an oxymoron

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lotofwind said..
Do you collect the Coles mini things ?
I only need one more for a full set, if you want to swap some?

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Shanty said..

Imax1 said..

I like a double vodka and lemonade when on holiday , makes me feel good . I need two dissolving straws , and I drink quick . That's two milled , bleached , pulped , dyed and covered with perolium waxed half assed straws that use three times the energy to produce ........ ?
Dont get me started

Is that where the hundreds of straws that were on your deck chair came from?

I weve baskets from my deck chair straws .

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Toph said..

Imax1 said..
If you could absolutely incinerate your plastic , and other flammables , properly , with minimum soot, to generate power , it would have to be better than the energy sapping cloak that we are now doing.

Ask Singapore how they do it.....

I would think a litre of foul slime bong water would be better to safely dispose than ten tonnes of crap floating in our oceans . And also making a lot of energy to propel our new electric everything's . And could possibly turn that slime into roads or park benches .
Singapore ain't that dumb.
What are we doing ?

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lotofwind said..
WA have been digging massive big ugly holes in the landscape for years mining , so they aren't too worried about the environment, so why not just dump all the rubbish over there to fill the holes in.
I know rubbish smells and attracts flys, but they already have plague amounts of fly's anyway so no one would even notice.

yet another statement that proves that you are a absolute tosser....

lol Because it was a very serious comment

you don't like WA much do you