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One of the most frustrating things in life is recycling (what you can and can\u2019t recycle). I\u2019ve just read an article<\/a> in the Guardian on difficult to recycle stuff. I\u2019m not going to recycle it (sic) here. It\u2019s well worth a read and I don\u2019t think I can improve on it. I\u2019m just going to throw in a few comments about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Firstly of course as it says the best way is not to buy stuff like plastic in the first place \u2013 reduce or re-use. But this is expensive, time consuming and and in many cases difficult. It\u2019s really up to the government and big business to make these changes not us. (It\u2019s up to us to make sure they do.) A lot of stuff in the article we simply never buy – so there\u2019s no problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second. We have made a lot of progress. Think about the whole single use plastic bag to put your shopping in \u2013 you can still buy a plastic bag if you want. But that\u2019s the point \u2013 you have to buy it. Or as the article says plastic has been removed from virtually all teabags (by the way I\u2019m quite happy to compost these.) Yoghurt pots can also now be recycled. All this change \u2013 like a lot of change, has been incremental so you don\u2019t recognise it when it\u2019s happening and then suddenly it\u2019s normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One area that is still confusing though is the recycling number on your plastic in the middle of the recycling symbol. It\u2019s very hard to find out whether your council takes it and they vary. Yes that\u2019s another frustration \u2013 you go on holiday and you find that another council doesn\u2019t take what you can do at home. It can be quite basic when I lived in Glasgow recently there was no kerbside collection of glass (or food waste).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another thing that is mentioned that\u2019ll highlight in the article is cables and chargers. These maybe difficult to recycle but you can take them to a charity shop. We have one near that takes anything including electricals. Recently I took a load of stuff to the council dump. All of it went in for recycling (apparently) including the failed LED light-bulbs. Our council collects batteries and electricals (defined as small) with the kerbside glass. Larger stuff like bikes? Just bought a second-hand one from somewhere that recycles those and also their components. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of the most frustrating things in life is recycling (what you can and can\u2019t recycle). I\u2019ve just read an article in the Guardian on difficult to recycle stuff. I\u2019m not going to recycle it (sic) here. 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