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Topic: Re:  Recycle what you can - especially batteries & electricals
Posted by: Philippa Bond
Date/Time: 24/12/25 10:06:00

There is a Householder's Duty of Care and there is a Waste Hierarchy.  The Waste Hierarchy begins with REDUCE which people often seem to forget.

So it isn't just Councils' behaviour (or rather their sub-contractors') over the issuing of fines which has Govt guidance and which comes under scrutiny but that of residents themselves.

At least one waste lorry a week has a fire because of carelessly discarded batteries and vapes etc and there are some items like these which can be recycled locally (eg batteries in shops which sell more than a certain amount).

Instead of just throwing away everything we don't want we all need to make more effort to Repair, Reuse, Rehome and Repurpose things so as to extend the life of the earth's finite resources.

https://www.hounslow.gov.uk/

Landlords should also do more - and believe it or not some residents don't even know which London borough they are living in which doesn't help anybody!



 

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TopicDate PostedPosted By
Warning ! rubbish bins collections from flats above shops21/12/25 11:47:00 Isabel Martin
   Re:Warning ! rubbish bins collections from flats above shops21/12/25 12:54:00 David Lesniak
      Re:Re:Warning ! rubbish bins collections from flats above shops21/12/25 13:14:00 Keith Iddon
         Re:Re:Re:Warning ! rubbish bins collections from flats above shops21/12/25 13:45:00 Joanna Biddolph
      Reply21/12/25 13:40:00 Isabel Martin
         Reply21/12/25 14:34:00 Isabel Martin
            Re:Reply21/12/25 14:42:00 Keith Iddon
               Re:Re:Reply21/12/25 15:07:00 Andrew Jones
                  Re:Re:Re:Reply21/12/25 15:17:00 Keith Iddon
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply21/12/25 15:36:00 Joanna Biddolph
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply21/12/25 15:59:00 Keith Iddon
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply22/12/25 09:34:00 David Lesniak
                        Reply21/12/25 16:04:00 Isabel Martin
                           Re:Reply21/12/25 16:48:00 Chris Dakers
                              Re:Re:Reply21/12/25 19:59:00 Peter Evans
                                 Re:Re:Re:Reply22/12/25 13:11:00 Joanna Biddolph
         Meanwhile22/12/25 10:28:00 Davey Harris
   Reply23/12/25 10:46:00 Isabel Martin
      Re:Reply24/12/25 08:07:00 Philippa Bond
         Re:  Recycle what you can - especially batteries & electricals24/12/25 10:06:00 Philippa Bond
         Reply25/12/25 16:09:00 Isabel Martin
            Reply25/12/25 16:12:00 Isabel Martin
               Re:Reply25/12/25 20:03:00 Philippa Bond
                  Re:Re:Reply26/12/25 08:21:00 Philippa Bond

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