Wee-Bey Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 7 minutes ago, Scary Bear said: What happens with this bottle return scheme now? I'm assuming it's been permanently ditched because it's a terrible idea. At least until Westminster rolls their scheme out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 10 hours ago, Eednud said: It is in Qatar. Sheikh Tamim in 2020 Emir of Qatar Reign 25 June 2013 – present Predecessor Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Deputy Emir Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani Prime Minister Abdullah bin NasserKhalid bin Khalifa bin Abdul AzizMohammed bin Abdulrahman Born 3 June 1980 (age 43)Doha, Qatar Spouse Jawaher bint Hamad Al Thani (m. 2005) Al-Anoud bint Mana Al Hajri (m. 2009) Noora bint Hathal Al Dosari (m. 2014) IssueDetail Sheikha Al Mayassa Sheikh Hamad Sheikha Aisha Sheikha Naylah Sheikh Jassim Sheikh Abdullah Sheikha Rodha Sheikh Joaan Sheikh Alqaqaa Sheikh Mohammed Sheikha Moza Sheikh Fahad Sheikha Hind That's it being used properly ie "daughter of" in Arabic. Unsure how an everyday Arabic word became a slang / derogatory word in English, anyone able to enlighten us ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 (edited) 27 minutes ago, Billy Jean King said: That's it being used properly ie "daughter of" in Arabic. Unsure how an everyday Arabic word became a slang / derogatory word in English, anyone able to enlighten us ? After me starting this whole culdesac I actually went away to check with mr Google. My findings were sufficiently interesting to have forgotten most of it but it seems it was the Brits in Egypt (I think) that heard the Arabic term ‘bint’ referring to her indoors and repatriated it here. Edited June 27, 2023 by alta-pete 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 (edited) 41 minutes ago, alta-pete said: After me starting this whole culdesac I actually went away to check with mr Google. My findings were sufficiently interesting to have forgotten most of it but it seems it was the Brits in Egypt (I think) that heard the Arabic term ‘bint’ referring to her indoors and repatriated it here. I wonder if any Egyptian or Arabic men have adopted 'her indoors'? Edited June 27, 2023 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 2 hours ago, Scary Bear said: What happens with this bottle return scheme now? I didn’t really get it. I recycle already by taking bottles to a bottle bank and I recycle cans in the green bin. Was this just going to give me a token amount back for being a good c**t? Or were they going to up the price, to allow for refunds? This government are still about until 2026, is that right? Recycling is a joke at the moment, the mixed bin collections are usually so contaminated that there's no value in separating so it ends up on a beach in West Africa or a bonfire in Asia. Most glass probably goes in landfill. It was a brave if ill thought plan to improve things, including litter. Progress will only happen now when a Westminster Government wants to go at least as far as a Welsh or Scottish Government. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 16 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Recycling is a joke at the moment, the mixed bin collections are usually so contaminated that there's no value in separating so it ends up on a beach in West Africa or a bonfire in Asia. Most glass probably goes in landfill. It was a brave if ill thought plan to improve things, including litter. Progress will only happen now when a Westminster Government wants to go at least as far as a Welsh or Scottish Government. So they’ve made a c**t of the previous recycling schemes too. That is disappointing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musketeer Gripweed Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 I might be wrong, I often am, but I don't think it's a coincidence that the lead story on bbc Scotland news tonight was about alcohol prices rising again. The recycling thing was always just an alcohol tax until it backfired. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky88 Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 4 hours ago, Musketeer Gripweed said: I might be wrong, I often am, but I don't think it's a coincidence that the lead story on bbc Scotland news tonight was about alcohol prices rising again. The recycling thing was always just an alcohol tax until it backfired. Political parties of all hues in Scotland, as well as our media, absolutely love pontificating about Scotland's apparently uniquely terrible relationship with alcohol. It's something you just don't seem to get in England to the same extent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Shopkeeper has won a legal action today against Circularity Scotland (now in admin) and the Scottish Government over imposing single blanket fee for shops handling & returning bottles. They had set a single uniform fee based on the average cost to the entire market. Judgement concluded CS do not have this statutory power - plus even if they did, having an effective monopoly, they must let shops charge their actual cost: otherwise it helps big firms (whose economies of scale will bring cost in below average) and harm small + rural shops (whose cost will be above average). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted July 18, 2023 Author Share Posted July 18, 2023 Former Circularity Scotland workers lodge compensation claim https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-66221570?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA Can only assume this is just the start of a lot of compensation claims around the DRS. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 (edited) 21 hours ago, NorthernLights said: Former Circularity Scotland workers lodge compensation claim https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-66221570?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA Can only assume this is just the start of a lot of compensation claims around the DRS. I doubt they will get very far with this. When a company is in administration there tends to be no formal employee redundancy consultation process, even for larger businesses. Edited July 19, 2023 by DeeTillEhDeh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 That's an amazing waste of money. Circularity Scotland collapsed with debts of £86m - BBC News 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 Apparently thinking too small…this is how you scam the recycling… https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/07/27/recycling-fraud-scheme-california/70475539007/ …$7.6 million dollars, or between 76 and 162 million containers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapy FFC Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 10 hours ago, TxRover said: Apparently thinking too small…this is how you scam the recycling… https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/07/27/recycling-fraud-scheme-california/70475539007/ …$7.6 million dollars, or between 76 and 162 million containers. How long did it take to feed them into the machine outside the supermarket? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 15 hours ago, TxRover said: Apparently thinking too small…this is how you scam the recycling… How not to scam the recycling system. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-29/south-australias-seinfeld-container-deposit-plot-foiled/9924002 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-13/epa-seizes-cans-and-bottles-in-willaston/9990908 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 12 minutes ago, Eednud said: How not to scam the recycling system. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-29/south-australias-seinfeld-container-deposit-plot-foiled/9924002 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-13/epa-seizes-cans-and-bottles-in-willaston/9990908 Kinky will be raging he never thought of the Man In Eyemouth ripping off the DRS when visiting his Sister in Berwick. If he could have got his cans through the armed border guards. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted June 18 Author Share Posted June 18 Biffa suing the Scottish Government for £55 million. https://news.stv.tv/scotland/waste-company-biffa-seeking-55m-from-scottish-government-in-court-over-failed-deposit-return-scheme 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 3 hours ago, NorthernLights said: Biffa suing the Scottish Government for £55 million. https://news.stv.tv/scotland/waste-company-biffa-seeking-55m-from-scottish-government-in-court-over-failed-deposit-return-scheme £200m: Waste firm sues for £200m over deposit return scheme - BBC News 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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