We did a working bee on Saturday – was so good to get rid of all the rubbish around the house. Most of the “rubbish” was green waste and not rubbish at all. My parents have a green waste bin and so we’ve decided to get one too. It costs about the same as going to the tip 6 times a year which we do when the rubbish builds up so the convenience will be totally worth it.

Update 1: I’ve just found out that our green waste goes to a composter who turns it into compost so it doesn’t get turned into energy but at least it isn’t just dumped either. The green bin arrived yesterday and already I’ve half filled it with leaves. The bin has encouraged me to do more cleaning around the house as before I had nowhere to put the garden waste but now that I can get rid of it easily I’m more inclined to do some sweeping and gardening. May have a lovely new garden sooner than I thought.
