Comments on: How Green Are You? http://blog.cristianobetta.com/2008/05/05/how-green-are-you/ Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:26:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Eelke http://blog.cristianobetta.com/2008/05/05/how-green-are-you/#comment-410 Eelke Thu, 08 May 2008 06:50:20 +0000 http://blog.cristianobetta.com/?p=283#comment-410 I once heard from a friend who is in the power industry, that it was environment friendlier to throw your batteries in the dustbin, because of the polluting logistics to gather the recycled batteries. Today I'm gonna have a very environment-unfriendly BBQ with him, so I will ask him about it. I once heard from a friend who is in the power industry, that it was environment friendlier to throw your batteries in the dustbin, because of the polluting logistics to gather the recycled batteries. Today I’m gonna have a very environment-unfriendly BBQ with him, so I will ask him about it.

]]> By: Debbie Timmins http://blog.cristianobetta.com/2008/05/05/how-green-are-you/#comment-409 Debbie Timmins Tue, 06 May 2008 17:39:58 +0000 http://blog.cristianobetta.com/?p=283#comment-409 Yeah, me to. Especially when they have a big drawing of a rubbish bin with a line through it printed on the side. But then I look at how cluttered my room is, and faced with the choice of normal rubbish or collecting until I have enough to make a trip to the centre... I chuck them in the bin. Our local ASDA actually has a huge recycling pick-up point but it doesn't take batteries or electronics, the two things I really have trouble with :( Yeah, me to. Especially when they have a big drawing of a rubbish bin with a line through it printed on the side. But then I look at how cluttered my room is, and faced with the choice of normal rubbish or collecting until I have enough to make a trip to the centre… I chuck them in the bin.

Our local ASDA actually has a huge recycling pick-up point but it doesn’t take batteries or electronics, the two things I really have trouble with :(

]]> By: Cristiano Betta http://blog.cristianobetta.com/2008/05/05/how-green-are-you/#comment-408 Cristiano Betta Tue, 06 May 2008 14:56:06 +0000 http://blog.cristianobetta.com/?p=283#comment-408 That's odd. In The Netherlands (at least in the council where my parents live) the concept was similar as you described, but as an extra you could hand them in at most mayor supermarkets who then handed them in at that central centre once every so often. Additionally I remember my parents having a small box at home for chemicals which got picked up once every 6 months, but i don't know if that still happens. Anyhow, I still feel silly throwing my batteries away with the normal trash. That’s odd. In The Netherlands (at least in the council where my parents live) the concept was similar as you described, but as an extra you could hand them in at most mayor supermarkets who then handed them in at that central centre once every so often. Additionally I remember my parents having a small box at home for chemicals which got picked up once every 6 months, but i don’t know if that still happens.

Anyhow, I still feel silly throwing my batteries away with the normal trash.

]]> By: Debbie http://blog.cristianobetta.com/2008/05/05/how-green-are-you/#comment-407 Debbie Tue, 06 May 2008 14:19:45 +0000 http://blog.cristianobetta.com/?p=283#comment-407 LOL. Nope, never seen one. I had another look at my council website. Under Waste Disposal it now says that if we take our household batteries directly to the local Recycling and Reuse centre, they'll accept them. Seems rather absurd that we can't just drop them in the mixed recycling bins with the other household waste coz I'm not going all the way to the recycling park to drop off a couple of batteries every 3 months. The Cost:Benefit ratio just isn't worthwhile. Check your council website. They might have something in place. LOL. Nope, never seen one.

I had another look at my council website. Under Waste Disposal it now says that if we take our household batteries directly to the local Recycling and Reuse centre, they’ll accept them. Seems rather absurd that we can’t just drop them in the mixed recycling bins with the other household waste coz I’m not going all the way to the recycling park to drop off a couple of batteries every 3 months. The Cost:Benefit ratio just isn’t worthwhile.

Check your council website. They might have something in place.

]]> By: Cristiano Betta http://blog.cristianobetta.com/2008/05/05/how-green-are-you/#comment-406 Cristiano Betta Tue, 06 May 2008 13:48:11 +0000 http://blog.cristianobetta.com/?p=283#comment-406 Don't they have these kind of chemical waste bins at the supermarket where you can leave them? This is how it used to work in The Netherlands. Don’t they have these kind of chemical waste bins at the supermarket where you can leave them? This is how it used to work in The Netherlands.

]]> By: Debbie http://blog.cristianobetta.com/2008/05/05/how-green-are-you/#comment-405 Debbie Tue, 06 May 2008 13:44:36 +0000 http://blog.cristianobetta.com/?p=283#comment-405 Yeah, I've been wondering... what the heck are you supposed to do with batteries in this country? I've looked into it once or twice but never found anything specific. Yeah, I’ve been wondering… what the heck are you supposed to do with batteries in this country? I’ve looked into it once or twice but never found anything specific.

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