On Tuesday, 20 April 2021 at 11:31:15 UTC+1, Steve Walker wrote:
On 20/04/2021 11:07, whisky-dave wrote:
On Monday, 19 April 2021 at 23:15:56 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
whisky-dave wrote
David WE Roberts (Google) wrote

Firstly disposal.

I have some memory that if you were to chuck away an
electrical appliance you should first cut the plug off.

I cut the cable off as close to the appliance as possible.
Thats completely stupid if the appliance isnt dangerous.

If someone pulls the cable and the appliance is on a scrape tip
this might mean the whole thing topples on you.
Same reasonn you don;t leave a non working car for kids to play with.
Just because something doesn't work it doesn't mean theres no danger.
It also means someone doesn't try to rewire it by twisting the cable together
and taping it up in the hope thatt it will work.
As our local tips accept Fridges and TVs into specific cages, other
large appliances into dedicated, large skips and small appliances into
yet other skips, I'd only cut the lead off if I want it for something.

I also usually do it on faulty stuff like fridges, freezers, etc.. as I'm less
likely to trip over them when carrying them down the stairs or anywhere.
I also find it a pain to wrap the cables around the items and then they too get tangled
together.

https://tinyurl.com/Tip-Cages

and

https://tinyurl.com/Tip-skips

Two different sources and sites, simply because I could not quickly find
two pictures of the same site, but almost all in the borough are similar.

Well yes but I do find it more difficult to carry such items with trailng leads
wrapping around my feet, or getting in the sack barrow wheels.