Comment on Half a billion cheap electrical items go to UK landfills in a year, research finds
Rogue@feddit.uk 11 months ago
I’d be interested to know the proportion of people who know how electronic waste can be recycled. And how often the average person visits their local recycling center.
I have dozens of items boxed up in need of disposal but I never find the time to research how, let alone making the journey to a recycling center
fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 11 months ago
I know you can take them to the recycling centre, but I don’t have a car, so I just hoard them in a room in my house.
Depending on the item, I sometimes hoard it in a different room, where I can fix it or dismantle it for useful components, if I ever had the time or inclination to do so.
Fortunately though, once a year, our local council does a “put it on the street and we’ll take it” day, and they come and collect things and take them to the right place.
tal@lemmy.today 11 months ago
We’ve got U-Haul in the US; one can rent a truck ranging from pickup sized up to tractor-trailer size. If the UK doesn’t have U-Haul, they’ll have some company that fills the same role.
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Yeah, they’re in the UK. Checking the prices at a random UK location, it looks like a pickup or cargo van runs $19.95 plus $0.59/kilometer. Though…you’d need to have a driving license or know someone who does. Hmm. That’s not something that comes up much over here, outside of maybe New York City.
fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 11 months ago
Yeah, there’s plenty of car and van rental places - but yes, you need a driving licence for it.
Note that I’m probably in the minority not being able to drive - I think almost half of the people I know have cars and licences these days - and that would be a far higher number in a more rural or wealthier area.