Recycling Plastic Milk bottles

magpie · 23-10-2007, 20:21

If you wash them out with really hot hot water... you can then roll them up, put the screw lid back on: Thus you will have more room in your blue bag/box:

BERNADETTE · 23-10-2007, 20:35

Thought you weren't supposed to put the lids in.

Neil · 23-10-2007, 21:44

But hot water costs money. At what point does all this washing and cleaning out of the bottles make it uneconomical to recycle them?

Nickelson · 23-10-2007, 22:14

Whats the point in recycling it all go's in the same tip.

BERNADETTE · 23-10-2007, 22:15

They tell you to wash everything out. The whole idea of recycling is that it doesn't all go to the same tip. Unless you know something we don't!

lancsdave · 23-10-2007, 23:57

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Originally Posted by Nickelson

Whats the point in recycling it all go's in the same tip.

So they have a separate skip up at Whinney Hill, they make collections door to door to collect them all and them throw them all in a landfill ? I don't think so somehow

shillelagh · 24-10-2007, 03:18

Hyndburn Borough Council - Recycling - Where does all the material go?

Thats were it all goes.

magpie · 24-10-2007, 09:22

well you wash them out otherwise they will stink... and you roll them up to make more space:

I know last year over christmas, when I went up to the tip... all the skips there were used for the same waste ( so makes you wonder )

harwood red · 24-10-2007, 12:39

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Originally Posted by magpie

well you wash them out otherwise they will stink... and you roll them up to make more space:

I know last year over christmas, when I went up to the tip... all the skips there were used for the same waste ( so makes you wonder )

I also do that too magpie.. think I set myself a target of how small I can make it

pipinfort · 24-10-2007, 14:13

i have recycled for many years before the council jumped on the bandwagon but refuse to wash/rinse anything out, i`m on a water meter so it costs ME money, anyway everything is washed and sorted when it gets to the recyling plant so no point in doing i twice.

magpie · 24-10-2007, 14:46

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Originally Posted by harwood red

I also do that too magpie.. think I set myself a target of how small I can make it

errrr I think we both need to get a life

I do just the same...
I also use the last bit of water from the kettle when I have made a brew ( bit of pain see how hot you can stand it) ( I know I need help )