Page 16 | To have thrown a bunch of smashed up old mobile phones in the bin

Pavementworrier · 2026-01-11T18:45:23+00:00

Sims removed but otherwise just as they were I'd been keeping of them to "destroy securely" but they're driving me insane around the house so enough was enough Will I get digitally kidnapped now? They were really old and shit phones.

Arlanymor · 11/01/2026 19:52

gamerchick · 11/01/2026 19:52

Ah wait, this poster makes a point of making waves. Should have checked.

Oh do they - I'm not well at present so people are annoying me more than they should. Thanks for this. Will abandon the thread as do not have the energy for ass-hattery.

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Pavementworrier · 11/01/2026 19:52

I guess where I live I'm well aware that very few people have the time or energy to be sorting their bins in any particular detail so there will be batteries (and foil??) in general waste and this must be something local authorities adjust for.

Maybe my data will be stolen by the local authority death battery checker as karma.

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Pollqueen · 11/01/2026 19:52

Pavementworrier · 11/01/2026 19:25

I just don't believe most people recycle this stuff

Maybe this thread should be titled aibu to think nobody recycles batteries

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Really irresponsible. I don't know anyone who doesn't recycle electronics and batteries! Virtually every supermarket has a battery recycling tower. Please use one in future

Arlanymor · 11/01/2026 19:52

TY78910 · 11/01/2026 19:50

You would throw an appliance in to a landfill bin… that says it all really.

Posters, it’s a lost cause let’s move on.

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Agree. And OP knows what a council is to book appliance collection - but when I mention they are the fine-issuers continually states there is no legal authority to instigate and collect those fines. "But I am intelligent actually".

gamerchick · 11/01/2026 19:52

Ah wait, this poster makes a point of making waves. Should have checked.

Raspberrymoon49 · 11/01/2026 19:52

Educate yourself OP

Catladywithoutacat · 11/01/2026 19:51

No recycle them awful to just throw them like this

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Pavementworrier · 11/01/2026 19:51

TY78910 · 11/01/2026 19:50

You would throw an appliance in to a landfill bin… that says it all really.

Posters, it’s a lost cause let’s move on.

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Why would you not? Where would you put it?

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Cappie73 · 11/01/2026 19:50

Idiot

TY78910 · 11/01/2026 19:50

Pavementworrier · 11/01/2026 19:49

I would probably put a toaster in the bin yes. The TV wouldn't fit so I'd book a special collection from the council.

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You would throw an appliance in to a landfill bin… that says it all really.

Posters, it’s a lost cause let’s move on.

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Pavementworrier · 11/01/2026 19:49

PashaMinaMio · 11/01/2026 19:48

Crikey OP, you need to listen up. Are you on our planet?

Next time you go to Sainsbury’s, Tesco et al, look around, often in the entrance or exit, for the battery disposal bins.

I don’t want you to get fined but for goodness sake, given the publicity surrounding battery fires
in lorries and recycling centres please try to tune in and be more responsible. You come over as being way too flippant,

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Please identify the legal power to issue this mythical fine. Thx.

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NewName2026 · 11/01/2026 19:49

That is illegal. Also you need to destroy any storage in the phone, really before you give them to your local councils WEEE disposal.

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Pavementworrier · 11/01/2026 19:49

TY78910 · 11/01/2026 19:48

Who on earth throws a phone in the bin though? Genuine question? Would you throw a toaster in the bin? Or a telly? It’s just common sense woman.

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I would probably put a toaster in the bin yes. The TV wouldn't fit so I'd book a special collection from the council.

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Kingdomofsleep · 11/01/2026 19:48

Pavementworrier · 11/01/2026 19:47

I'm really very smart (not arrogance just true). I've never seen this information anywhere. It's not stupid not to know. Where did you see it?

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Op are you a man?!

Tiredofwhataboutery · 11/01/2026 19:48

Pavementworrier · 11/01/2026 19:39

Can honestly tell you I have never heard of this so I am quite confident most other people haven't either

Sorry, binmen, I do respect your art a great deal

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I think a lot of people have otherwise there’d be many more fires. You can recycle batteries in supermarkets easily enough and your local recycling centre will have a small electrical bin. It’s part of the producer responsibility that there are effective recycling streams for the batteries they produce. They are considered hazardous waste so you could get a fpn from the council if they could prove you put them in. It’s unlikely they could in all fairness but those chemicals will be leaching into the soil for decades to come.

PashaMinaMio · 11/01/2026 19:48

Arlanymor · 11/01/2026 19:36

Congratulations on being a useless member of society. Hope you get fined.

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Crikey OP, you need to listen up. Are you on our planet?

Next time you go to Sainsbury’s, Tesco et al, look around, often in the entrance or exit, for the battery disposal bins.

I don’t want you to get fined but for goodness sake, given the publicity surrounding battery fires
in lorries and recycling centres please try to tune in and be more responsible. You come over as being way too flippant,

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Pavementworrier · 11/01/2026 19:48

With a lithium fire, presumably.

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TY78910 · 11/01/2026 19:48

Pavementworrier · 11/01/2026 19:47

I'm really very smart (not arrogance just true). I've never seen this information anywhere. It's not stupid not to know. Where did you see it?

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Who on earth throws a phone in the bin though? Genuine question? Would you throw a toaster in the bin? Or a telly? It’s just common sense woman.

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Pavementworrier · 11/01/2026 19:48

Loving the burn the witch energy btw.

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Arlanymor · 11/01/2026 19:47

Pavementworrier · 11/01/2026 19:45

I thought identity theft was an issue. Can honestly say has never ever ever occurred to me that it was a massive conflagration situation and if it genuinely is (and honestly I'm getting net zero neurosis vibes right now) it should be communicated to the public.

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Sarcasm and hyperbole is no defence to abject ignorance of what has been communicated for decades now and is on the packaging of everything you buy containing a battery. And everyone on this thread has told you too. Are we all battery manufacturers/marketers? Or do we just pay attention to the world around us? You don't mean zero neurosis, you mean zero fucks. Because you don't remotely care. I would say shame on you, but you don't know what shame is.

HoldingTheDoor · 11/01/2026 19:47

Pavementworrier · 11/01/2026 19:45

I thought identity theft was an issue. Can honestly say has never ever ever occurred to me that it was a massive conflagration situation and if it genuinely is (and honestly I'm getting net zero neurosis vibes right now) it should be communicated to the public.

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There have been numerous articles and reports about the danger of lithium batteries and how incredibly dangerous the fires that they can cause are because they are extremely hard to extinguish and burn so fiercely, usually with advice about how to dispose of them. I have no idea how you have managed to ignore every single one of these reports and news stories.

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Pavementworrier · 11/01/2026 19:47

Bubblesgun · 11/01/2026 19:43

Now you re a cringe. I am disgusted. I really hope you are widing us up. Your poor poor kids if you have any to have a mother this dense

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I'm really very smart (not arrogance just true). I've never seen this information anywhere. It's not stupid not to know. Where did you see it?

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Kingdomofsleep · 11/01/2026 19:46

Pavementworrier · 11/01/2026 19:45

I thought identity theft was an issue. Can honestly say has never ever ever occurred to me that it was a massive conflagration situation and if it genuinely is (and honestly I'm getting net zero neurosis vibes right now) it should be communicated to the public.

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This nothing at all to do with "net zero".

You have made it clear that you don't care about binmen's safety.

It's also the hazardous chemical run-off that damages wildlife.

Op just stop, you are coming across really quite awful

CalzoneOnLegs · 11/01/2026 19:46

Pavementworrier · 11/01/2026 19:33

Well I had zero idea and I've binned a fair few over the years

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You are either thick or on a wind up IMO

Thewonderfuleveryday · 11/01/2026 19:46

Clean, washed foil (not oily stuff from roast meat etc) has been recycled for at least 40 years.
In the 80's we kept our milk bottle tops to raise money from guide dogs. There should be foil recycling tubs at the tip or community sites with textile and electrical recycling banks.
Battery recycling is in most large supermarkets. Ours also has a water filter recycling point.