Hi Lisi
I keep bending the ear of the recycling people in Southampton about
exactly the same type of problem. Will present your comment when
they have a citizen science training day. Waiting to hear when this
will be.
John Eayrs
On Fri, 13 Nov 2015 17:38:17 +0000
Lisi <hantslug@???> wrote:
> On Friday 13 November 2015 10:20:07 Gordon Scott wrote:
> > > I looked into the German waste system
> >
> > Like battery recycling bins everywhere... Years and years ago...
> > Sigh.
>
> I have an electric kettle to get rid of. My days of being able to
> repair such things are over, and as it stands it is a fire hazard.
> So, I have an electric kettle to get rid of.
>
> The "correct" way for me to do so is to drive 5 or 6 miles, sit in a
> queue with the engine running, or repeatedly restart the engine, dump
> the kettle, drive home again. (To go to my "local" tip it is 11 or
> 12 miles, but the next door authority tip is a mere 5 or 6 miles
> away, with a permanent queue.)
>
> I do have three mercury based light bulbs I could get rid of at the
> same time. And some batteries, but I could get rid of those only
> three miles away at a place I go to sometimes anyway.
>
> Ecofriendly, crackers, or what???
>
> Lisi
>
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