[SOC] [OT] Recycling -includes tubes and electronics

[Ian C. Purdie]

Recycling is at fever pitch in my little part of the world.

I've might mentioned before how, locally we mostly passionately recycle.

Another view.

Again I might have mentioned our Council "Cleanups". Excepting certain 
toxic materials, my council will, four times a year for every resident, 
pick up heaps of stuff

The motivation originally, was not so much environmental but to stop 
people dumping heaps of stuff in the bush or on the side of roads.

Now it's also a booming industry. In past years we have put stuff out to 
see it disappear, with new stuff replacing it, which disappears etc. etc.

Then see some of it recycled at the Sunday markets.

Anyway, my mates living in a nearby 200 home retirement village don't 
have this privilege. Their "vulture masters" charge enormous disposal fess.

Lateral thinking on my part was to "online" book in a waste collection 
for my friends. Next Tuesday.

So the mates dump on my footpath five old TV's [I grabbed one which I'm 
watching now - bigger screen than my old one - told you I'm a penny 
pincher], a small coffee table and a Microwave].

I had years earlier tried to tell my mate "don't put that metal plate 
into the microwave" - ten years ago.

So this "sheet" is on my front "nature strip". No one has added to it 
yet. They will.

The microwave went to the "steel collectors" within three hours and the 
coffee table I don't know.

The TV's? All working but out of date? Raped by some fellow armed with 
his portable drill and "ripping out" the degaussing coils and yokes [you 
need to be TV literate] for the copper.

I didn't know that degaussing coils yielded more copper than yolks. He 
said they did.

Anyhoo, this fellow told me he received $6.30 Kg for copper and on 
average each TV, computer monitor yielded him $7

The rest?

Into landfill. Along with beds, mattresses, coffee tables, kitchen 
cupboards etc etc.

What a waste. Recycling is at fever pitch in my part of the world.

I may have mentioned before how, locally we mostly passionately recycle.

Another view.

Again I might have mentioned our Council "cleanups". Excepting for 
certain toxic materials my council will, four times a year for every 
resident, pick up heaps of stuff.

The motivation originally, was not so much environmental but to stop 
people dumping heaps of stuff into the bush or on the side of roads.

Now it's also a booming industry. In past years we have put stuff out to 
see it disappear, with new stuff replacing it, which disappears etc. etc.

See some of it recycled at the Sunday markets.

Anyway my mates living in a nearby 200 home retirement village don't 
have this privilege. Their "vulture masters" charge enormous disposal fess.

Lateral thinking on my part was to "online" book in a waste collection. 
Next Tuesday.

So the mates dump on my footpath five old working TV's [I grabbed one 
which I'm watching right now - bigger screen than my old one - told you 
I'm a penny pincher], a small coffee table and a Microwave I tried to 
tell my mate "don't put that metal plate into the microwave" ten years ago.

So this "sheet" is on my front "nature strip". No one has added to it yet.

The microwave went to the "metal collectors" within three hours and, the 
coffee table I don't know.

The TV's? All working but well out of date by today's standards? Raped 
by some fellow today armed with his portable drill and "ripping out" the 
degaussing coils and yokes [you need to be TV literate] for the copper.

I didn't know that degaussing coils yielded more copper than yolks. He 
said they did.

Anyhoo, this fellow told me he received $6.30 Kg for copper and on 
average each TV, computer monitor yielded him $7

The rest?

Into landfill. Along with beds, mattresses, coffee tables, kitchen 
cupboards etc etc.

What an absolute waste.


Thanks! :) 72/73's

Ian C. Purdie
Budgewoi N.S.W. Australia - Co-ords -S33° 13' 54.70", +E151° 33' 4.75"
VK2TIP "I'll give ya the TIP mate" QRP-L #1978. SOC #171 FP#91
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