Hi Project,
Many thanks for your feedback.
Best regards,
Rob.

Hi Henry,
Many thanks for your comment. I agree that sometimes people need to use the services of waste disposal companies when they have special types of waste, such as chemicals or other dangerous waste, or they have large quantities of waste.

Have a great day.
Rob

Henry
Auckland
https://www.skipbinhireaucklandpros.kiwi/services/

Hi Dmitry,
Many thanks for your comment. Your kind words are greatly appreciated. It is interesting to hear about how other countries handle recycling. While Australia does have a system for household rubbish, I think there are many areas where we can improve. For example, roadside rubbish is still a problem here and I believe there are many countries which do a much better job in that respect, for example Japan which I visited in 2006. I would also like to see a bottle/can collection system, where you can earn money by returning empty bottles and cans. One of our states, South Australia, has such a system and I think it helps keep South Australian towns, cities and roads cleaner than in other states.
Thanks again for your comment.
Have a great day.
Rob

My name is Dmitry, I’m writting you from Russia. Thanks for your free podcasts, I listen to them with a great pleasure.
Unfortunately, There is a big problem with rubbish in Russia. People don’t worry about our nature and we don’t have such a good system of recycling as yours. I hope in the nearest years this problem will be solved in our country.
Please, don’t stop making your interest podcasts! You help many people all over the world to learn English in a simple form and to learn more about your wonderful country!
All the best,
Dmitry.

Hi Louie,

Many thanks for your comment and your interest. Thanks for clarifying the point about light globes. Your job sounds like an interesting and worthwhile one. It’s important that we dispose of our rubbish correctly.

Have a great day.
Rob

Stumbled upon your page when searching for pictures of old bins in Manningham. I believe they have now caught up with the Australian Standards of donning red, yellow & green lids? Your podcast is a fantastic resource of knowledge and learning for migrants like myself.

Concerning light globes in household bins – older light globes (incandescent), mostly glass and a bit of metal, may be put into your bin; but most homes now have fluorescent light bulbs that contain mercury vapour, and should be taken to special collection points so we don’t contaminate our land and water. Your council depot would take care of it:
https://www.manningham.vic.gov.au/chemical-and-hazardous-waste

I work as a waste educator for culturally diverse Sydney.

Hi Ignacio,

Your recycling system sounds very good. It’s great that you can leave large objects such as furniture out once a week. In our system, you can only do that twice a year. It means that you need to save all that old furniture for one of the two pick ups each year. I like your system better in that regard.
Good luck to Teresa for her geography exam.
Many thanks for your comment. I think it’s fantastic that you and Manuel can listen to the podcast together.
Have a great day,
Rob

Manuel my 14 year old, who is still with a cold, and me have been listening this podcast very pleasufully.
In Spain we have a bin for biodegradable stuff, another one for plastic bottles or cans, another one for paper and the last one for glass. The first one is collected every day except Sundays. The others regularly but I don’t know how often.
We don’t have bins in each house. We use plastic bags to carry the stuff to the public bins.
Besides, in public places such as schools or goverment buildings there are bins for batteries. And once a week, big objects such as furniture can be left next to the bins and are collected.
In Spain a prívate firm pays to the government to collect the recyclable stuff because they make a profit with it. I ‘ve always asked how much they win, but it isn’t very transparent.

Thank you for your free lessons for me and my kids. Teresa, 12, is studying because she has an exam of european geography tomorrow, so she will join us other day.