Recyclemania

Recyclemania

You know what? I am becoming a little jaded
My enthusiasm for recycling has gradualy faded
I am doing my best, Just likel the rest
All my rubbish is sorted and graded.

I have boxes for paper, wrappers and mags
But not yellow pages which must go in bags
Plastic bottles, washed, cardboard boxes, squashed
Textiles tied up labelled “Rags”.

Boxes for cans, boxes for plastic
Boxes for knickers but remove the elastic
Boxes for foil cleaned of all oil
The whole thing is simply fantastic.

No paint, no solvents or batteries
No dismembered bodies or products from catteries
No aerosol cans or parts from old vans
No medical specimens of anatomies.

Boxes for bottles without corks and content
No grannies ashes however well meant
No builder’s rubble or you’ll be in trouble
In fact nothing to do with cement.

Special boxes for food waste composting
Lined with Bio-degradable bags, whatever they’re costing
You can buy compost back it comes in a sack
To be honest it simply disgusting.

So one day when the bin man came round
He told me a fact quite profound
“When we take it from here, and I’m being sincere
It ‘s all tipped in a hole in the ground”.