Comments on: Islington Council now recycles wider collection of plastics http://www.markpack.org.uk/recycling-in-islington/ Mark's blog about politics, technology and history Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:55:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Hywel http://www.markpack.org.uk/recycling-in-islington/comment-page-1/#comment-2315 Hywel Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:22:17 +0000 http://www.markpack.org.uk/?p=4964#comment-2315 Nuts - forgot to change my fake id from my last "highly amusing" post :-) Nuts - forgot to change my fake id from my last "highly amusing" post :-)

]]> By: Mark Pack http://www.markpack.org.uk/recycling-in-islington/comment-page-1/#comment-2314 Mark Pack Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:21:33 +0000 http://www.markpack.org.uk/?p=4964#comment-2314 Why do councils not say they take plastics by the plastic type. Eg Calderdale says it takes "drinks bottles but not tops". Basically that is type 1 and 2 plastic so if the top is also type 1 or 2 they can take it and can take some of the same plastic that aren't drinks bottles but are the same type. When I ask at the bring sites they are quite happy for that material to go into the skip - but they won't take it door to door. BTW if that change means they will take type 5 plastics then will they also take empty Riso ink tubes (the LD holy grail for recycling :-) Why do councils not say they take plastics by the plastic type. Eg Calderdale says it takes "drinks bottles but not tops". Basically that is type 1 and 2 plastic so if the top is also type 1 or 2 they can take it and can take some of the same plastic that aren't drinks bottles but are the same type.

When I ask at the bring sites they are quite happy for that material to go into the skip - but they won't take it door to door.

BTW if that change means they will take type 5 plastics then will they also take empty Riso ink tubes (the LD holy grail for recycling :-)

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