Recycling Question

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Now that I have MiL mobile again on her scooter I have two sealed lead acid batteries which may be of some use still. They won't power a mobility scooter but they do hold charge and could be useful in "standby" mode.

So - is there a way of recycling these by getting a bit more use out of them for somebody. Who would that somebody be?

 

[Arch]

Try offering them on Freecycle or similar locally?

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Try offering them on Freecycle or similar locally?

Good idea Arch

 

[Night Train]

Lead acid batteries can be recycled at the council tip or scrap metal yard.

 

[Arch]

Lead acid batteries can be recycled at the council tip or scrap metal yard.

I think 26 was hoping someone could get minimal use out of them, before they got scrapped....

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

any one any ideas on who to recycle (not for use) old rims?
I have one which can't be used for cycling but local recycling have refused it and I am loathed to put it in landfill

 

[Arch]

any one any ideas on who to recycle (not for use) old rims?
I have one which can't be used for cycling but local recycling have refused it and I am loathed to put it in landfill

Your local tip should have a skip specifically for metal, if you can get there.

 

[Night Train]

Aluminium rims can be weighed in for money, if you have a few of them.

Maybe we can make something out of them?

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

any one any ideas on who to recycle (not for use) old rims?
I have one which can't be used for cycling but local recycling have refused it and I am loathed to put it in landfill

We have a scrap metal man near us who takes rims and all sorts. He might even give you some dosh if you can move the big weighing machine off zero by taking enough metal along. Even if you don't get any money the material will get reused.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I think 26 was hoping someone could get minimal use out of them, before they got scrapped....

That's it Arch - reuse before scrapping if possible.

 

[biggs682]

many moons ago i use to use old car batterys to power a radio in the workshop , just trickle charge every other week

 

[Chromatic]

Off topic as far as the original question goes but it is a recycling question.

We can put tetra packs in our cardboard and paper recycling box where I live. My question is am I wasting my time by ripping off the plastic pourer bits, is it alright to leave them on?

 

[Arch]

Off topic as far as the original question goes but it is a recycling question.

We can put tetra packs in our cardboard and paper recycling box where I live. My question is am I wasting my time by ripping off the plastic pourer bits, is it alright to leave them on?

You're probably best asking your council that.

Tetrapaks require a very specialist recycling process, as they are cardboard, foil and plastic bonded together. There is currently no plant in the UK that does it, they have to be shipped to Europe. Our organisation can't afford to accept them, as we'd need a special skip for them which would cost a lot of money to hire and have collected. The ones we get by accident (in the sealed bags we collect from some areas and sort back at base), we have to take to the council tip and post into their skip.

I would assume it's ok to leave the plastic bits on, because they require so much processing anyway. But your council may have some other idea.

 

[Chromatic]

You're probably best asking your council that.

Tetrapaks require a very specialist recycling process, as they are cardboard, foil and plastic bonded together. There is currently no plant in the UK that does it, they have to be shipped to Europe. Our organisation can't afford to accept them, as we'd need a special skip for them which would cost a lot of money to hire and have collected. The ones we get by accident (in the sealed bags we collect from some areas and sort back at base), we have to take to the council tip and post into their skip.

I would assume it's ok to leave the plastic bits on, because they require so much processing anyway. But your council may have some other idea.

Ta for that! I don't think I'll bother the council, I'd feel a bit of a tit asking such an inane question.
I knew they were a bit of a recycling challenge and following your sage advice I'll probably leave them on from now.

 

[Sara_H]

any one any ideas on who to recycle (not for use) old rims?
I have one which can't be used for cycling but local recycling have refused it and I am loathed to put it in landfill

I recently saw two bike wheels attatched to either end of a broomstick, turned on end, string tied between wheels, used as a support for climbing pea plants.