terry wrote:

This recycling business seems to definitely be 'A work in progress'!
Here ANY fluorescent tube or CFL is NOT SUPPOSED to be put into
garbage pickup!
They are all (now) classed as 'Hazardous waste'.
However like anything also, one or two 'hidden' CFLs in the regular
garbage pickup go gaily on their way to end up in the dump (tip) and
be buried. (Along with regular light bulbs and everything else
including much bigger items!)

We now have three wheelie bins; one green for food / garden /
compostible waste that is emptied each week, the original grey one that
is not designated recyclables, and a purple lidded version for "rubbish"
- these are emptied each week in alternation. Instructions explicitly
say that all bulbs, and batts are to be thrown in the rubbish one and
not the recyclables. (Not sure how you are supposed to dispose of a long
tube though). Dog crap is apparently also rubbish and not compost. So
there is no consistency either.


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Cheers,

John.

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