Recycling, cycling, Daily Mail, despair

Alistair Gunn wrote:
Ian twisted the electrons to say:
On 15 Sep, 18:56, "Brimstone" wrote:
All recycled.
Recycled ... where? If

I thought it was a requirement for councils, even Tory ones, to provide
recycling facilities?

Eats in local cafe or takes it home, from whence it came.
Even if he takes it home it counts as commercial waste.

Oh come on ... Make a meal at home, eat it at home and any waste is
domestic but dare to carry it into work & back and it magically turns
into commercial waste? Does that apply to everything that get's taken
into work? Clothing? Dead skin?

I used to print on paper and card using ink. In my factory that was
"Special Waste" ( So defined by the waste company who then charged more
for it to be removed), the customers would wrap their goods in my
product and sell it to you , you would either throw it away ( as
domestic waste, far cheaper than "commercial waste" or "special waste")
or recycle it...

On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:03:47 -0700 (PDT), Ian
wrote:

Used disposable nappies aren't recyclable either, though one or two
brands can be largely composted.

No wonder the rate of teenage unemployment is so high, with babies
being pressed into service in bike shops. They probably make more
sense than the teenagers, though.

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On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:11:05 +0000 (UTC), Alistair Gunn
wrote:

Ian twisted the electrons to say:
On 15 Sep, 18:56, "Brimstone" wrote:
All recycled.
Recycled ... where? If

I thought it was a requirement for councils, even Tory ones, to provide
recycling facilities?

Eats in local cafe or takes it home, from whence it came.
Even if he takes it home it counts as commercial waste.

Oh come on ... Make a meal at home, eat it at home and any waste is
domestic

Not true - it becomes "catering waste".

This leads to the stupid situation that if you pick wind fall apples
you can put them in the recycling bin. If you take the apples in
doors and process them (by cooking or peeling) the waste becomes
catering waste which should not be put in the recycling bin.

Cook a cabbage - have some left? Do not put it in recycling bin.


(This is at least the situation in a number of councils I am aware of)


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In article , Ian wrote:
On 15 Sep, 21:09, Ben C wrote:

OK, so name something that _isn't_ recyclable.

Paper fruit juice cartons with foil linings aren't.

http://www.tetrapakrecycling.co.uk/r...le_cartons.asp
"Cartons are recyclable - something that may come as a surprise to some!"

On 13 Sep, 12:07, Squashme wrote:
Depressing tale from the Mail:-

http://tinyurl.com/lapcb8

Comment in the Telegraph
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/sport/c...-james-martin/

On 17 Sep, 09:03, POHB wrote:
On 13 Sep, 12:07, Squashme wrote:

Depressing tale from the Mail:-

http://tinyurl.com/lapcb8

Comment in the Telegraphhttp://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cheiamlani/100001760/cyclists-shou...

Whoops, wrong thread

On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:37:57 +0200, Ace wrote:

On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:03:47 -0700 (PDT), Ian
wrote:

On 15 Sep, 21:09, Ben C wrote:

OK, so name something that _isn't_ recyclable.

Paper fruit juice cartons with foil linings aren't. In fact mixed
waste generally isn't - even if it can be separated the effort
(energy) required to do so makes it counterproductive.

Not sure what they do with them, but round here they are specifically
included in the list of things to put in the recycling boxes. They
opened a new sorting and recycling centre a year or three back, such
that we now don't even need to separate paper from plastic, so it's
likely that they're as up-to-date as can be.

Around here there is only a limited kerbside recycling: Paper, glass,
aluminium cans (not baked bean tins) and some garden waste. Everything
else has to be taken to different recycling centres or the tips.
Chances are the recycling centres are full when you go and you have to
go to the right tip to dispose of anything.
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