On 06/03/2018 09:12, Tim Streater wrote:
In article , Max
Demian wrote:
On 05/03/2018 20:32, bert wrote:

CFLs should not be disposed of in normal household refuse bins but
taken to a local recycling centre and treated as a standard
fluorescent. Of course how many people will do this and no doubt
millions will end up in land fill - so much for saving the planet.

So you /drive/ there in a /car/ just to dispose of a couple of CFLs?
Even if your recycling centre is within walking distance, they usually
won't let you walk in, and I doubt the sets of bins on street corners
or in supermarket car parks take them. The same with the "small
electricals" bins which are few and far between.

Tesco takes old CFLs, and batteries and printer cartridges. I think
they are obliged to, as they sell them.

That applies to batteries, but not the other items AFAIK. I wonder what
they do with the printer cartridges? Dell used to give you reply paid
envelopes so you could return the old ones to them, to be disposed of I
assume so they aren't reused. Charity shops and supermarkets used to
collect them and the Alzheimer Society used to receive a pound for every
one, so they could be refilled and sold for £10 or so. A scheme which
/can/ work all right if it's done properly, though some duds are inevitable.

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Max Demian