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David_AVD:

--- Quote from: digsys on April 06, 2013, 11:42:13 pm ---A while ago, our council introduced the 4 bins system.
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1) General waste (for landfill)
2) Recycling (paper, bottles, cans, etc)
3) Green waste (leaves, shrubs, etc)
4) ??
digsys:

--- Quote from: David_AVD ---   4) ?? 
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Hazardous / Electronic waste !! It was an awesome idea, cute bin. Only lasted a few weeks, maybe after I asked questions
when I caught them??  Only supposing here :-)
David_AVD:
At work, we keep the scrap (insulated) wire for taking to the local metal recycler about once a year (when we get ~ 150kg of it).  We do have to cut any connectors off, but they accept it with the PVC covering.  They also accept power transformers (for the copper content) as well as steel (hardly worth it) and aluminium.

Fluorescent tubes are expensive to send for recycling (about $80 per 60 4' tubes), but our paper/cardboard/plastic recycling bins are full every fortnight and the service doesn't cost much.

Lately I've been giving a lot of electronic components and equipment away (Hackerspace, etc) rather than bin it.  Hopefully that gives it a better chance of avoiding the land fill.  I used to hoard a lot of electronic stuff, but the time has come to reclaim that lost space and give it to someone else to use, or hoard!
peter.mitchell:
transformers are expensive, hackerspace that stuff!
David_AVD:

--- Quote from: peter.mitchell on April 07, 2013, 07:00:37 am ---transformers are expensive, hackerspace that stuff!
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The transformers that are recycled are dead ones.  The good (but not used by us) go to the hackerspace guys.
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