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The bicolour flag on the Athenaeum has been replaced - at last - with a new tricolour. Why it is deemed necessary to fly the national flag 24/7 on public buildings until they become embarrassing rags is beyond me.
In other news, it appears that the Local Bar on Castle Hill has, thankfully, followed its predecessors into oblivion and won't be reopening any time soon.
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Unlikely as many of the bottles get broken as they are chucked into the bottle bank and I doubt there's any manual sorting. I dabbled in glass recycling 20+years ago and even then cross contamination was a big no, no.
If anyone can throw light on this I'm happy to be corrected.
I know we don't always agree on things here (!) but I think you're right on this one. I believe it's possible all right to sort glass if colours have been mixed up, but the process is a lot more tedious and more expensive, and therefore probably uneconomical. But also like you, am happy to be corrected if anybody knows better.
As an aside - my wife had the last drop from a bottle of Bombay Gin last night. The bottle is now out in the shed with a load of others, awaiting our next trip to a bottle bank.
Bombay Gin comes in a sort of blue-coloured bottle. Anybody know should that go with the clear, brown, or green glass?
Or maybe I should just throw it in over a ditch somewhere instead?
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Uncle Pierre wrote: »I know we don't always agree on things here (!) but I think you're right on this one. I believe it's possible all right to sort glass if colours have been mixed up, but the process is a lot more tedious and more expensive, and therefore probably uneconomical. But also like you, am happy to be corrected if anybody knows better.
As an aside - my wife had the last drop from a bottle of Bombay Gin last night. The bottle is now out in the shed with a load of others, awaiting our next trip to a bottle bank.
Bombay Gin comes in a sort of blue-coloured bottle. Anybody know should that go with the clear, brown, or green glass?
Or maybe I should just throw it in over a ditch somewhere instead?
I've definitely seen bottle bins of late (not necessarily in Enniscorthy or Wexford) where the green glass bins have been expanded to green and blue glass, so I'd go with green. However, maybe check local signage, as there may be more details in smaller print?
Also, http://www.glassco.ie/how-to-recycle-your-glass.php explicitly says:- take your bottles and jars to your local bottle bank or bring centre and deposit your bottles and jars into the colour coded bins i.e. clear, green and brown. If you have blue bottles put them in with the green glass. Sorting your bottles by colour is important as mixed glass has to be sorted afterwards which costs money and uses a lot of energy.0 -
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Uncle Pierre wrote: »I know we don't always agree on things here (!) but I think you're right on this one. I believe it's possible all right to sort glass if colours have been mixed up, but the process is a lot more tedious and more expensive, and therefore probably uneconomical. But also like you, am happy to be corrected if anybody knows better.
As an aside - my wife had the last drop from a bottle of Bombay Gin last night. The bottle is now out in the shed with a load of others, awaiting our next trip to a bottle bank.
Bombay Gin comes in a sort of blue-coloured bottle. Anybody know should that go with the clear, brown, or green glass?
Or maybe I should just throw it in over a ditch somewhere instead?
I thought everyone had a glass bin by now. I have one this year's.0 -
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Down The Banks today...
The grass to the left of the path was killed earlier this year and the soil turned... and that's where it ended, all tall weed now.
And the "Enniscorthy Slum Drinking Association" sponsored seating, the picture doesn't actually illustrate how filthy and disgusting this is. If it was town officials who put this there, I'm not quiet sure what they were thinking.
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I referred to the quaint 'seat(s)' earlier in the year - one went into the river at an early stage.
It's a lovely stretch of woodland full of wildlife that needs to be carefully looked after i.e no concrete/tarmac, signage, lighting or waste bins - in other words keep it natural unlike the Promenade. I haven't been down there for a while but your pictures are very disheartening.
I meant to ask - that area at the entrance that was weedkilled and ploughed - what was it used for in the past? It's crying out for rewilding and planting as it currently serves no purpose - as for the 'Brooklyn' bench....0 -
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I think I first highlighted the state of the seating at the Viewing Point on the St.John's Road about ten years ago - not much has changed. Another area with too much grass but at least it's been cut recently. The information board is in a filthy condition - a bit of soap and water would clean it up but the council will probably need to bring in consultants first.
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Meanwhile musical chairs continues downtown with J'Adore Ladies shoe boutique moving from Wafer Street to the old Gary/Sam McCauley premises on Rafter Street and our poll topping Shinner TD has a brand new plush offices on Slaney Place. All's well in Enniscorthy.
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Meanwhile musical chairs continues downtown with J'Adore Ladies shoe boutique moving from Wafer Street to the old Gary/Sam McCauley premises on Rafter Street and our poll topping Shinner TD has a brand new plush offices on Slaney Street. All's well in Enniscorthy.
That doesn't look like Slaney Street. What was there previously?0
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