r/recycling

Sooo, I’ve been collecting cans for a couple years now. I like to use them for art projects and stuff, but I also found that flattening them helps me with not using too much space to keep the whole cans in bags.
However, I wouldn’t mind the idea of getting rid of some for a bit of extra cash. I learned that if you bring shredded aluminum cans, the scrapyard won’t buy them, but if I bring them flattened, would the center accept the metal?

I do grounds maintenance for industrial estates/office blocks, keeping them tidy/grass cutting/hedges/litter etc in South Wales UK

We have always had fly tipping issues but it's gotten worse recently and especially fridges and freezers, the council recycling centre is currently not taking them (for the foreseeable future), which is probably the reason for more of them to be dumped on our properties - we currently have no option but to just pile them up in a corner of our private estates - does anyone know any commercial companies that are recycling these items at the moment, I've contacted a few but none of them are taking them

These are often large commercial fridges&freezers, this question isn't related to domestic recycling

I’ve been reading a bit about how old EV batteries are recycled. The basic process sounds fairly straightforward on paper: discharge the batteries, shred them, separate the black mass, and recover the useful materials.

But I’m guessing it gets much more complicated at an industrial scale.

For people familiar with this industry, what usually causes the biggest problems? Is it fire risk, different battery chemistries, dust and gas treatment, material loss, or simply equipment wear and downtime?

I came across this topic while doing some research for work and would be interested to hear from anyone with real-world experience.

Hi, Barodians!

I have around 3–4 bags of plastic dabbas, containers, and bottles that I want to dispose of responsibly. I don’t want to hand them over to the VMC garbage van, as I’m concerned they may ultimately end up in landfills instead of being properly recycled.

Can anyone suggest genuine and good plastic waste collectors/recyclers in Vadodara who collect household plastic and ensure that it is recycled or put to some useful purpose?

Any recommendations or contacts would be greatly appreciated.

I’m interested in how people here typically handle this when it goes beyond just a few personal devices. Say an office has laptops, desktops, servers and network equipment from several upgrade cycles. Some of it probably still works, while some is legitimately end of life. Would you start with a local electronics recycler, donate whatever is usable, or have an ITAD company evaluate the whole lot first? Exittechnologies caught my attention because they handle resale/value recovery as well as recycling, which seems less wasteful than automatically treating everything as e-waste. But I’m curious what other routes people have had good results with.

Main goal would be keeping usable hardware in circulation where possible without making disposal a huge project.

So I regularly put my bottle caps in the recycle, even though I know that they’re steel. I do this because I know the recycle companies have to sort out non-recyclable materials and I assume that that steel ends up getting sold to scrapyards and is ultimately recycled. How many beers have I wasted on this delusion?

I rinse all my recyclables but sometimes they are not 100% dry - there are some droplets of water or condensation left in the plastic bottles. Is it OK to send them to recycling with a bit of water in them? Should I just recycle with the cap off. Many bottles say “recycle with cap on” now.

I was thinking about what if we recycle our day to day garbage and we get paid for that, is that a feasible business in the current economy ? Like we maintain separation of waste and on the monthly basis we paid for the amount of waste given to the recycling factories.It also motivated people to recycle garbage rather than throwing here and there

Are you aware of any reliable places to send these things to, for recycling or upcycling?

Okay, I feel like i should know this by now but I'm genuinely confused. Every municipality seems to have slightly different rules, and Ikeep seeing conflicting advice online. What can and cannot be recycled in your area ? I'm talking about things like :

Plastic bags especially online order ones

Pizza boxes grasy ones ?

Coffee cups plastic lid/sleeve?

Specific plastic numbers what's actually accepted ?

Batteries, electronics, etc.

Trying to do my part but i don't want to be contaminating the bins! What are the rules where you are?

I’m in Vancouver how do I get someone to pick up my 2 old bbqs out of my yard. Does anyone know anyone interested. People talk about putting it in the alley I just feel like my neighbours would be pissed but would someone actually take them? I just need them gone. Help. Thanks