We went to the Recycling Facility today and dropped off all the plastic tubs etc(type 5 & 6) which can't go in the kerbside, I also dropped off a bin liner full of polythene (type 4) which previously I had been posting to Polyprint.
And I found out that I can take my used chip pan oil there as well and they will recycle that.
We did also take a couple of bits which will probably end up in landfill but there is not alot I can do about those:
1. the back part of an old car seat.
2. a computer modem and all the cables, it has been sat in the cupboard for nearly 3 years and didn't work then.
I do feel though that this will definitely become a monthly trip as it was so good to see all the extras going into recycling skips rather than into the landfill bin.
Well done you. It's great that it's possible to recycle so much more at household recycling facilites but a shame that they are not readily accessible to people without private transport. Both our facilities are well off the public transport network. It would be good if councils could arrange say a monthly collection of extraordinary waste to enable residents to recylce some of the stuff that would otherwise end up in a landfill.
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