The bar I work in doesn't recycle nobody cares. It's really getting me down. Help!

I work in a huge club/bar. You can imagine how many glass bottles a bar goes through in a night - A LOT. Not only glass but also plastic bottles and cardboard, plus all the paper from the office. This is a huge amount of recyclable stuff we're talking here. As well as the obvious environmental impact, as of today, all businesses and organisations MUST recycle plastic, card, glass etc. or face a fine. This is in Scotland anyway, not sure if England has similar new recycling laws.

They just throw everything in the bin. Everything. Bags and bags and bags full of glass. It gets me so angry and frustrated because NOBODY CARES. I have to do something. Who should I go to? The manager? What if he doesn't care either? Can I report my work to the council or something? I don't even mind losing my job over it because I feel really strongly about it. Anyone got any ideas on how to approach this?

I thought there would have been laws on this too. Approach your manager - is he a presence in the bar? Does he know what gets chucked in the bin?

After living in Germany, this kinda thing pees me off too

Depending where you live it may actually costs money for bars to recycle if the local council doesn't have some sort of scheme. I work in my uni bar and we have to recycle or we get fined by the uni estates people, but our bar doesn't need to pay for the recycling the university estates pays for that. (this is in england btw)

I used to work in a bar in glasgow and it did recycle glass because glasgow city council provided them with glass collecting which is payed for through council tax.

No point in recycling.

Yeah, he is fully aware of what gets chucked in the bin. I'm trying to find out who is held responsible for the recycling; if it's the business owner (our club is part of a larger group) or the actual manager of the venue. Can't seem to find this information anywhere.. =/ Is Germany good at recycling?

Yeah, he is fully aware of what gets chucked in the bin. I'm trying to find out who is held responsible for the recycling; if it's the business owner (our club is part of a larger group) or the actual manager of the venue. Can't seem to find this information anywhere.. =/ Is Germany good at recycling?



Thanks, I hadn't thought of that. This bar is actually in Glasgow so I'm hoping the council will provide them with bins. Not sure if they already have, and they just don't use them, or they've never asked for some.



Why is that?

Why should i recycle. I pay council tax to deal with my waste. Its the councils problem, not mine.

That's the most stupid thing I've ever heard. We're killing our planet and it's not like we have another one to move to when we screw this one up. That's everyone's problem. We have limited space - we can't just spend billions making items, using them once and then burying them in the ground. It's not sustainable, it doesn't make economical sense, and we don't have the natural resources to keep making new plastic bottles etc. forever. If you live on this planet then you have to take responsibility for your actions and see the bigger picture. Everybody has to work together to make schemes like kerbside recycling work. Just like everybody has to do their bit to not waste energy. How selfish are you?? You're basically just saying, "it doesn't affect me personally so I don't care".

Te pollution from the uk compared to the rest of world is nothing, there is no point recycling, the council can find my glass bottles if they care that much.

Because the UK is a small country compared to America which has massive highways and very long roads.
Most EU countries are very eco-friendly and recycle much more than us.
You just sound very ignorant and stuck up.

Exactly, so we can do whatever we want. You can rummage though your trash like an animal, i shall continue it throw evrrything into the bin.

The idea is to sort your trash beforehand, rather than throw it all into a pile like an animal.

If you lack discipline with the small things, you cannot exercise discipline with important things

Councils job, not mine.

That's the most stupid thing I've ever heard. We're killing our planet and it's not like we have another one to move to when we screw this one up. That's everyone's problem. We have limited space - we can't just spend billions making items, using them once and then burying them in the ground. It's not sustainable, it doesn't make economical sense, and we don't have the natural resources to keep making new plastic bottles etc. forever. If you live on this planet then you have to take responsibility for your actions and see the bigger picture. Everybody has to work together to make schemes like kerbside recycling work. Just like everybody has to do their bit to not waste energy. How selfish are you?? You're basically just saying, "it doesn't affect me personally so I don't care".

That's the most stupid thing I've ever heard. We're killing our planet and it's not like we have another one to move to when we screw this one up. That's everyone's problem. We have limited space - we can't just spend billions making items, using them once and then burying them in the ground. It's not sustainable, it doesn't make economical sense, and we don't have the natural resources to keep making new plastic bottles etc. forever. If you live on this planet then you have to take responsibility for your actions and see the bigger picture. Everybody has to work together to make schemes like kerbside recycling work. Just like everybody has to do their bit to not waste energy. How selfish are you?? You're basically just saying, "it doesn't affect me personally so I don't care".

Recycling costs money. Would you be happy for your employer to take the fees out of your wages (or terminate your employment entirely?)

Thought not. These things need paying for. Ecohippies are resented because they increase costs for everybody else.