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

[Pavementworrier]

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.

Thanks for the PSA - very helpful. 👏

Just to add I would recycle batteries and anything electronic. Clearly lots of people agree with me 😂

Unfortunately you can't educate pork.

Where do you recycle batteries to?

Never heard of doing that where I live!

All shops that sell batteries have bins to recycle used ones - unless this is a daft goady post...where have you been?

The flag of Tanganyika used to have a giraffe on it.

Look on your local authority website which tells you how to dispose of all of your household waste and the places in which to do it.

I mean I don't smoke because the whole smoking being bad for one message was actually conveyed effectively

@Pavementworrier Which nation of the UK do you live in. Each nation has its own develved legislation. I'd hate to quote the wrong one.

Have to say that I LOVE this fact!

Please quote all

Specifically the fining provision

Recycling batteries is crucial to prevent hazardous heavy metals (like lead, mercury, cadmium) from polluting soil and water, protects human and wildlife health, conserves valuable, finite resources (lithium, cobalt, nickel) for reuse in new products, reduces energy and environmental impact from mining, and lessens fire risks in waste facilities, all while supporting circular economies for sustainable energy.

Those poisons get into the water we drink / food we eat....but no worries eh?

Thanks

Look on your local authority website which tells you how to dispose of all of the elements of your household waste. The law came in at the beginning of the 1990s, it's not new.

Can we recycle @Pavementworrier into something useful or is she destined for landfill

You or your husband don't go near any supermarket or work in an office that has the bins?

Store them and make a special trip?

Where do live that no-one has time to recycle? Why do you think that you and your neighbours are so special and important that the council should have to “adjust for” it?

You are coming across as a pretty nasty human being. If you’d said “oh god, I didn’t know, I’m mortified!” that would have been one thing, but you’re just doubling down.

Here's the law that you could have found for yourself but at being deliberately argumentative and obtuse: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/890/contents

And.... IT IS YOUR LOCAL AUTHORITY that issues fines.

😂😂😂😂😂

Do you not know how to Google?

Information on fines here. Varies by Council.

www.gov.uk/guidance/household-waste-bins-when-and-how-councils-may-issue-fixed-penalties

Google isn't a terribly reliable legal research tool.

Anyway I posted this thread genuinely expecting critique to centre around the folly of chucking out items that contain sensitive personal data not as an anti recycling provocateuse move

Every day is a school day as they say

Batteries are hazardous waste, as well as being recyclable.

Here’s a link to Blaenau Gwent council that will fine you.

https://www.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk/en/resident/waste-recycling/recycling/what-happens-if-you-dont-recycle/

The Authority can issue fixed penalty notices to households that continue to place recyclable items into their black bins and bags. This means the resident must pay a fixed penalty of £100 or appear in court.

Says the legal advisor to a local authority that didn't know about a law that came in three decades ago, which the average person on the street DOES know about.