Comments on: Yes, We Do Need To Recycle Alkaline Batteries http://willtaft.com/environment/yes-we-do-need-to-recycle-alkaline-batteries/ Healthy Living For People and Planet Earth Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:41:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Edina http://willtaft.com/environment/yes-we-do-need-to-recycle-alkaline-batteries/comment-page-1/#comment-15928 Edina Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:14:33 +0000 http://willtaft.com/environment/yes-we-do-need-to-recycle-alkaline-batteries/#comment-15928 LOL ! I'm not familiar with that! I shall add it to my list! LOL ! I’m not familiar with that! I shall add it to my list!

]]> By: Will http://willtaft.com/environment/yes-we-do-need-to-recycle-alkaline-batteries/comment-page-1/#comment-15927 Will Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:10:31 +0000 http://willtaft.com/environment/yes-we-do-need-to-recycle-alkaline-batteries/#comment-15927 Now that one I have heard of! <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001NB6PAO?ie=UTF8&tag=wiltafcom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001NB6PAO">Odds & Sods</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=wiltafcom-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B001NB6PAO" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> Now that one I have heard of!
Odds & Sods

]]> By: Edina http://willtaft.com/environment/yes-we-do-need-to-recycle-alkaline-batteries/comment-page-1/#comment-15926 Edina Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:53:13 +0000 http://willtaft.com/environment/yes-we-do-need-to-recycle-alkaline-batteries/#comment-15926 It will be the same yes! In the UK we also say "odds and sods" sometimes too. :) It will be the same yes! In the UK we also say “odds and sods” sometimes too.
:)

]]> By: Will http://willtaft.com/environment/yes-we-do-need-to-recycle-alkaline-batteries/comment-page-1/#comment-15925 Will Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:33:45 +0000 http://willtaft.com/environment/yes-we-do-need-to-recycle-alkaline-batteries/#comment-15925 Thanks Edina! A lot of the good things start in Europe. Bits and bobs eh? The British version of the American Odds n Ends? ;-) Thanks Edina! A lot of the good things start in Europe.

Bits and bobs eh? The British version of the American Odds n Ends? ;-)

]]> By: Edina http://willtaft.com/environment/yes-we-do-need-to-recycle-alkaline-batteries/comment-page-1/#comment-15918 Edina Sun, 13 Jun 2010 07:24:52 +0000 http://willtaft.com/environment/yes-we-do-need-to-recycle-alkaline-batteries/#comment-15918 It's only very recently it's happened! For years we've been moaning that whilst we can recycle virtually everything (Apart from wrapping plastic and some food containers... and probably a few other bits and bobs) you couldn't recycle batteries without going to the tip a few miles away. Which I always felt would be a waste of time and petrol for just a few. Stores have to sell over so many batteries a year and then by law they have to have a recycling bucket. They vary from 12" diameter buckets to 3" tall containers depending on the size of the store. I'm not sure that many people know about it - but I do try to mention it to people when I see them emptying batteries out of cameras etc. Why the difference? The EU is about to fine councils for the landfill they use if they use too much, so there's abeen a hurry to recycle more. But they should have started with the bulky stuff like polystyrene which can be recycled but only at one place in my region. I like to think they rake through stuff and sort it before putting it in landfill but I suspect the volumes are just too great without a proper sorting plant. There are vast differences across the UK regards recycling on the doorstep, but the batteries is UK wide. It might even be EU wide I'm not sure. Some local councils in the UK give away compost made from recycling food and garden waste! I only just found out about that! Sadly my council doesn't! It’s only very recently it’s happened!
For years we’ve been moaning that whilst we can recycle virtually everything (Apart from wrapping plastic and some food containers… and probably a few other bits and bobs) you couldn’t recycle batteries without going to the tip a few miles away. Which I always felt would be a waste of time and petrol for just a few.
Stores have to sell over so many batteries a year and then by law they have to have a recycling bucket. They vary from 12″ diameter buckets to 3″ tall containers depending on the size of the store.
I’m not sure that many people know about it – but I do try to mention it to people when I see them emptying batteries out of cameras etc.
Why the difference? The EU is about to fine councils for the landfill they use if they use too much, so there’s abeen a hurry to recycle more. But they should have started with the bulky stuff like polystyrene which can be recycled but only at one place in my region.
I like to think they rake through stuff and sort it before putting it in landfill but I suspect the volumes are just too great without a proper sorting plant.
There are vast differences across the UK regards recycling on the doorstep, but the batteries is UK wide. It might even be EU wide I’m not sure.
Some local councils in the UK give away compost made from recycling food and garden waste! I only just found out about that! Sadly my council doesn’t!

]]> By: Will http://willtaft.com/environment/yes-we-do-need-to-recycle-alkaline-batteries/comment-page-1/#comment-15913 Will Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:30:44 +0000 http://willtaft.com/environment/yes-we-do-need-to-recycle-alkaline-batteries/#comment-15913 Hi Edina - I wonder why this is so much more available in the UK than it is in the US? Hi Edina – I wonder why this is so much more available in the UK than it is in the US?

]]> By: Edina http://willtaft.com/environment/yes-we-do-need-to-recycle-alkaline-batteries/comment-page-1/#comment-15909 Edina Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:42:28 +0000 http://willtaft.com/environment/yes-we-do-need-to-recycle-alkaline-batteries/#comment-15909 The UK now has more battery recycling containers than it knows what to do with! They're in tons of shops now which is absolutely fantastic! I took a pile of old ones we'd saved up and got rid of them! Was so much less hassle than havng to take them to the tip! The UK now has more battery recycling containers than it knows what to do with! They’re in tons of shops now which is absolutely fantastic! I took a pile of old ones we’d saved up and got rid of them! Was so much less hassle than havng to take them to the tip!

]]> By: Joe http://willtaft.com/environment/yes-we-do-need-to-recycle-alkaline-batteries/comment-page-1/#comment-15836 Joe Sat, 29 May 2010 17:32:04 +0000 http://willtaft.com/environment/yes-we-do-need-to-recycle-alkaline-batteries/#comment-15836 I'm so freakin' confused!! I'm a big recycler and composter. I've been recycling alkalines for 10 years. Now I can't find anywhere to recycle them anymore. That, plus some comments here (as well as info on other websites) tell me I'm wasting my time and may as well just toss them in the trash. And no, I'm not gonna spend $65 to send them in a green box to a company I don't know (who may just toss them as well, and pocket the cash). I’m so freakin’ confused!! I’m a big recycler and composter. I’ve been recycling alkalines for 10 years. Now I can’t find anywhere to recycle them anymore. That, plus some comments here (as well as info on other websites) tell me I’m wasting my time and may as well just toss them in the trash.

And no, I’m not gonna spend $65 to send them in a green box to a company I don’t know (who may just toss them as well, and pocket the cash).

]]> By: CJ http://willtaft.com/environment/yes-we-do-need-to-recycle-alkaline-batteries/comment-page-1/#comment-15401 CJ Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:08:12 +0000 http://willtaft.com/environment/yes-we-do-need-to-recycle-alkaline-batteries/#comment-15401 The EPA released a statement that Alkaline Batteries are no longer considered hazardous waste...hence, you can safely throw them away in your household garbage without any problem. The reason why places like Batteries Plus cannot accept them is for that very reason, most recycling companies do not accept them, therefore, the middle-man cannot accept them. Batteries Plus (as well as other such stores) are considered recycling centers and are held under different regulations than households. The EPA released a statement that Alkaline Batteries are no longer considered hazardous waste…hence, you can safely throw them away in your household garbage without any problem.

The reason why places like Batteries Plus cannot accept them is for that very reason, most recycling companies do not accept them, therefore, the middle-man cannot accept them. Batteries Plus (as well as other such stores) are considered recycling centers and are held under different regulations than households.

]]> By: Dave http://willtaft.com/environment/yes-we-do-need-to-recycle-alkaline-batteries/comment-page-1/#comment-15389 Dave Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:40:11 +0000 http://willtaft.com/environment/yes-we-do-need-to-recycle-alkaline-batteries/#comment-15389 Hi Will, I was researching for a similar Big Green Box initiative in the UK and came across <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/batteryrecycling-law-in-force-1885170.html"><b>an article in The Independent </b></a> which you will approve. I’m surprised that battery recycling has only started this month! In the UK it is called ‘Be Positive’, and you can see recycling facilities in ‘shops that sells more than 4 packets of batteries each day’. This is a welcome change, albeit long overdue. Hopefully the rest of the world can follow. Hi Will, I was researching for a similar Big Green Box initiative in the UK and came across an article in The Independent which you will approve. I’m surprised that battery recycling has only started this month! In the UK it is called ‘Be Positive’, and you can see recycling facilities in ‘shops that sells more than 4 packets of batteries each day’. This is a welcome change, albeit long overdue. Hopefully the rest of the world can follow.

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