[Cambridge] Recycling

[karohemd]

I assume you have one of those blue recycling boxes now.
It's nice to have one for recycleable plastic but why bottles only? Surely, the shape doesn't matter but the material? Why can't I put in e.g. those annoying blister packs that are made of PE?
It's probably the same idiotic reasoning why I can't put cardboard into the paper recycling bin.

On the subject of recycling/waste management, where in Cambridge can I get dispose of electronics/computer stuff where it is treated/recycled and not just dumped? I have an old car radio, two keyboards and two knackered CD drives to dispose of.

Comments

[lzz.livejournal.com]

I totally don't understand why envelopes don't go in the paper box.

[mobbsy.livejournal.com]

Apparently the glue on them interferes with the paper recycling process.

[briggsy.livejournal.com]

We don't have that restriction, and I'm sure South Cambridgeshire DC uses the same recycling facilities as Cambridge DC. In fact they seem to define 'paper' as 'Anything papery except Yellow Pages'.

Not that SCDC provides plastic recycling facilities - they say it isn't economically feasible - recycling x amount of plastic apparently costs twice as much as simply making x amount of fresh plastic. So we have a green box paper/envelope/glass/tin collection, a green bin cardboard/garden/food collection and a black bin non-recyclable collection.

I guess I will have to start putting plastics in the green box soon as well. That box is already way too crowded, then again I drink too much.

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

Oops.