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 <hants...@googlemail.com> 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 > -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
