It happens that Tim Lamb formulated :
Also, how much trouble would it be to clearly identify the re-cycling route
for containers?

That would need local councils to agree some sort of recycling code
between them, which is just not going to happen. They cannot even agree
on what colour bin is used for garden and general waste. We have green
for recycleable, brown for garden, black for general. Others use green
for garden waste, which would seem to be the obvious.

A simple colour code on each item, with a list of aceptable colour
codes on each bin, with an added description of items which cannot be
coded would work.

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Harry (M1BYT) (L)
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