Shredders

[wafflycat]

oh heck and I jumped in here expecting to see talk of guitars long hair and the seven modes of the harmonic minor scale.

I am awaiting a delivery of a new bass guitar for WCMnr. Does that help?

 

[Speicher]

I find that the trick with my small shredder is to empty it when the bin is half full. Ie well before the shreddings ? get dragged back up into the teeth of the shredder.

Sometimes I just tear off the name and address bit on letters, and shred that rather than the whole document. Shredded paper is alledgedly difficult to recycle, so my shreddings go in the compost heap.

 

[swee'pea99]

We have two gerbils, Daisy and Lavender, a bank statement lasts about 6 or 7 minutes, mini statments and receipts, maybe 2 or 3 minutes tops. Then, when shredded, they sleep and pee on them, you would have to be a very dedicated I.D. fraudster to put that lot back together

Brilliant! Not least 'cos my youngest has two gerbils (not that I've anything worth shredding...)

You remind me, tho', of an amazing story I remember reading way back when...

Some of our more decrepit members may remember when the US Embassy in Tehran was seized...apparently, the embassy staff spent the last few hours before the young Revolutionary Guards moved in shredding absolutely everything they could lay their hands on....the RG's then spent the next few months piecing every last scrap back together again.

 

[Gromit]

Bikepete got ours from a car boot sale, it was supposed to be £8 but he managed to get it for £6.

 

[Aperitif]

You can get ones that dispose of old cassettes in P&L - it's called 'Shredcogs'.

Get a big shredder rich - think of all that lovely compost raw material. Or keep rats in a box.

 

[Davidc]

Shredded paper is alledgedly difficult to recycle, so my shreddings go in the compost heap.

I read that that's because people put non paper items in the shredder. (Plastic cards, CDs, DVDs, etc.)

 

[rich p]

+1, £9.03 and still working after two years.

Thanks everyone. I now know that I either have to spend a lot more or a lot less!

 

[Speicher]

Recycling in this part of Worcestershire is done in a computerised system. There was a leaflet with lots of diagrams of how it is done, and paper is easily sorted if it is flat. They will accept shreddings in an envelope.

I know of a polymer recycling facility that recycles the components of video and audio tape, but you have to post it there yourself. I usually cut up the credit cards with scissors etc.

If I could find a way to recycle

that crinkly plastic that is used for mail (the non-crinkly sort is recyclable)
crisp packets
small plastic bags for meat bought from the market

I would probably not need a (landfill) bin.

 

[Fnaar]

+1, £9.03 and still working after two years.

We got one from lidl for about 9 quid... still going strong. A lot of stuff goes in the compost though.

 

[sheddy]

Lidl from 21st depending where you are - http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_uk/hs.xsl/index_7691.htm 3 year g/tee

 

[Arch]

Mine is a hand cranked one, bought at Rymans a few years ago, can't remember how much, won't have been more than £15. Just recently the plastic handle cracked so it won't grip the hex spindle. I used an adjustable spanner last time I did any, but I have a socket set now, so that might work. I also often just tear off the vital part to shred, rather than the whole lot.

We collect bags of shredded stuff, and sometimes people have shredded whole magazines! Presumably they have electric shredders and are just playing....

 

[Headgardener]

Can't dispose of shredded waste in our domestic recycling bags or the bins at work because the recycling company's plant gets clogged up with shredded waste. So what I am supposed to do with 1 and 1/2 bins full per week of shredded waste I don't know.

 

[Alien8]

Shedders? Luv 'em with a bit of milk and sugar.

 

[sheddy]

Oh sweety !

 

[Arch]

Can't dispose of shredded waste in our domestic recycling bags or the bins at work because the recycling company's plant gets clogged up with shredded waste. So what I am supposed to do with 1 and 1/2 bins full per week of shredded waste I don't know.

Compost? If you haven't got a garden yourself, see if a friend or neighbour will do so, or do you have allotments nearby?

Or set up a business making papier mache objets d'art.

Also, as mentioned about, is it all strictly necessary to be shredded? I often find that I'll get two pages of Credit card statement, but the second one only has my name and card number on it and the payment slip at the bottom, so I rip them off and the middle blank bit stays intact... I realise this might differ with business waste...