Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re: We haven't used it for years... because we didn't have kerbside and collection bank | |
Posted by: | Philippa Bond | |
Date/Time: | 19/02/21 21:58:00 |
We used it a lot more when we couldn't recycle any plastics kerbside. We used it more when we couldn't take dead light bulbs and batteries back to Sainsbury's and Robert Dyas and Ikea etc. We used it more when we couldn't recycle cardboard kerbside. I wrote to the Council and complained when we couldn't recycle cardboard at Stirling Road and I was told to take it to Greenford that was a great many years ago now. We used it more when we couldn't arrange for the company that we were buying electrical goods from to take away the old one. We used it more before we had electrical and electronic collection banks in the streets (or in the case of LBH in a carrier bag with the recycling. As far as I can remember we've always had charity shops and charity banks for clothing. We can also recycle clothing in a see-through bag in our kerbside green box or for some on top of the blue wheelie bin. There are companies that will collect clothing. We have some street recycling banks still for glass jars and bottles, tins and cans, paper and card, and household hard plastic food packaging. A lot of plastic film can be recycled in the recycling banks at large supermarkets (eg at the entrance at Chiswick Sainsbury's). Stirling Road has not been open for commercial vehicles and commercial waste for years and that has been expected to be taken to Greenford or Space Waye and is chargeable. You can sell lots of stuff on Ebay or Gumtree or various other websites. You can offer stuff for free on Freegle and Freecycle using www.trashnothing.com where whoever you choose to give something to has to collect it. There are other websites. It has been changing for years. https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201167/rubbish_and_recycling https://www.hounslow.gov.uk/info/20002/recycling_and_rubbish You can check what you can recycle and how in the info on your Council's website above. You can find out more about the Circular Economy here: https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/circular-economy/concept |