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John Rumm writes:
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.

I have 4 schemes to contend with -- mine, and 3 other family
households all in different council areas whose rubbish I
put out from time to time. They've all got completely different
rules about what can go in what bin, when they collect if it's
a bank holiday, etc.

There's some rule that requires councils to prevent batteries
going into landfill, which none seem to have complied with.
Ours was going to distribute post-paid envelopes to put used
batteries in so you post them back to the council, but that
never took off (I wouldn't be surprised if the Royal Mail
didn't like the idea of pillar boxes full of leaking batteries).

I notice some of the large customers I deal with in the City
have battery collection bins at work intended for their staff
to bring in all their dead batteries from home. I don't know
who organises that, but that's probably one of the cheapest
ways to collect them.

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Andrew Gabriel
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