General Recycling help?

[El Cid 214]

On 03/02/2016 at 20:19, JackK0 said:

Another thing is do you bother washing plastic tubs etc out like what you get breaded chicken in or similar things

I have read that card/paper that is contaminated with oil is no longer recyclable.

[cgksheff 44]

9 hours ago, AY1975 said:

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I've also often wondered what the position is with metal lids of glass bottles and jars. Some people have told me that it's OK to put glass bottles and jars in your recycling bin or a bottle bank with their lids on, some people have told me that you must remove the lids but you can put them in the same bins at recycling sites as tins and cans, and some people have told me that metal lids aren't recyclable and you have to put them in with your non-recyclable waste.

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No need to worry about what "some people" may say.

Veolia Sheffield are quite clear on the subject when they ask you to rinse glass and replace lids.

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[AY1975 11]

7 hours ago, cgksheff said:

No need to worry about what "some people" may say.

Veolia Sheffield are quite clear on the subject when they ask you to rinse glass and replace lids.

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Ah yes, I see that the Veolia Sheffield website does indeed ask you to empty bottles, rinse and replace tops, and it says tops can be recycled. Until now I had always assumed that you had to remove lids from bottles and jars before putting them in your recycling bin or a bottle bank (which I think you do in some other areas - it varies from council to council). I have sometimes put the lids in the same recycling banks as plastics, tins and cans, though, but I'm not sure if you're supposed to do that.

 

Obviously it would be difficult to put lids back on bottles that you remove with a bottle opener, such as those on most beer and cider bottles.

[cgksheff 44]

51 minutes ago, AY1975 said:

Ah yes, I see that the Veolia Sheffield website does indeed ask you to empty bottles, rinse and replace tops, and it says tops can be recycled. Until now I had always assumed that you had to remove lids from bottles and jars before putting them in your recycling bin or a bottle bank (which I think you do in some other areas - it varies from council to council). I have sometimes put the lids in the same recycling banks as plastics, tins and cans, though, but I'm not sure if you're supposed to do that.

 

Obviously it would be difficult to put lids back on bottles that you remove with a bottle opener, such as those on most beer and cider bottles.

You are correct in that it does vary from authority to authority and company to company. 

It shouldn't, really, but always good to ask and check. 👍

[El Cid 214]

17 hours ago, Dromedary said:

That may be down to the fact that the EU was subsidising them by giving funds out for them to be able to do recycling under the EU recycling initiative. Paying companies to carry out recycling is a bit counter productive and not very cost effective and thats why its sometimes sounds a good idea but really it's not.

I am sure recycling makes economic sense when companies will need to pay for their waste disposing, especially with the landfill tax.