Search
Search titles only
By:
Search titles only
By:
Home
Forums
What's new
Members
New posts
Search forums
VIP
OSA Radio
Chat
0
Features
Tunes
Mixes
Events
Flyers
Forums
Log in
Register
Search
Search titles only
By:
Search titles only
By:
What's new
Members
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Install the app
Install
Reply to thread
Welcome to Old Skool Anthems
The Old Skool Resource. Since 1998.
Join now
NATIVE INTERNET WEB RADIO PLAYER PLUGIN FOR SHOUTCAST, ICECAST AND RADIONOMY
powered by
Sodah Webdesign Mainz
Forums
Music
The Chillout Room
The whole recycling thang.
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="sirius" data-source="post: 418621" data-attributes="member: 258"><p>Without making too much of a pun about recycling this thread....</p><p></p><p>What do you do with:</p><p></p><p>Polystyrene packaging from new equipment,</p><p>Vinyl,</p><p>CD's, (are data discs recyclable plastic?)</p><p>Old Clothes,</p><p>Floppy discs and VHS tapes,</p><p>Old Toys and electronic Gadgets (remote control cars, clock radio's etc),</p><p>Old Books and Annuals from the mid 80's,</p><p>Speaker systems from the 80's (fully working but a bit tired looking),</p><p>Old Bikes and scootex's from the late 80's lol,</p><p>Old Computers from the mid 90's,</p><p>etc</p><p></p><p>Aside from the polsytyrene packaging (which probably contains CFC's when broken/smashed up) which I dont know if its recyclable, the others are still too good to throw away and therefore extremely wasteful, yet others are too shabby for charity shops (where you cant take electrical goods anyway), and some things just arent sellable I dont think on a car boot. So what do you do with it all?. Is there any recycling schemes to handle this 'tatt', for example sending BMX's to poor countries along with clothing, shoes and trainers, old computers, books and cartoon annuals, remote control cars etc? Or wouldnt they even want any of it?.</p><p></p><p>I think I will need to gather stuff together and go to a car boot and have a dabble at flogging stuff....even if I get £1 for an old realistic mixer with a faded face plate and dicky cross fader, or 20p for the Whizzer and Chips annual 1984, or for that matter, let people just take what they want for free! lol. </p><p></p><p>I think there should be more to recycling than just cans and papers, theres so much material matter out there thats being tipped becuase everybody wants new. Perfectly good washing machines, bikes, kids toys, furniture, ornaments and books thrown in the waste dumps. But what do you do with it all, nobody wants it.</p><p></p><p>My dad has some 1950's wallnut furniture, simply stunning imo, but even the local 2nd hand furniture place wouldnt take it off our hands for even as little as 40 quid for the lot!. It was my grandma's pride and joy I think, not cheap Ikea shite, lovely furniture, but its big and designed for a big house and nobody seems to want it. Although its gonna break our hearts, we are going to have to throw it in the local tip/recycling center, its a real shame. People can buy new and in fashion stuff that cheap now, that they arent intrested in what otherwise is a fully functional and beautifully crafted piece of furniture lol. Its not old enough for antique, and not new enough for anyones tastes. <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/classics/axe.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":axe:" title="axe :axe:" data-shortname=":axe:" /></p><p></p><p>Theres a real muddle middle ground with stuff I think, where society is wastefull, but trapped in a culture that means you havent much option but to throw stuff away.</p><p></p><p>I think maybe Ebay is the answer, lol. I dunno.</p><p></p><p>Sirius.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sirius, post: 418621, member: 258"] Without making too much of a pun about recycling this thread.... What do you do with: Polystyrene packaging from new equipment, Vinyl, CD's, (are data discs recyclable plastic?) Old Clothes, Floppy discs and VHS tapes, Old Toys and electronic Gadgets (remote control cars, clock radio's etc), Old Books and Annuals from the mid 80's, Speaker systems from the 80's (fully working but a bit tired looking), Old Bikes and scootex's from the late 80's lol, Old Computers from the mid 90's, etc Aside from the polsytyrene packaging (which probably contains CFC's when broken/smashed up) which I dont know if its recyclable, the others are still too good to throw away and therefore extremely wasteful, yet others are too shabby for charity shops (where you cant take electrical goods anyway), and some things just arent sellable I dont think on a car boot. So what do you do with it all?. Is there any recycling schemes to handle this 'tatt', for example sending BMX's to poor countries along with clothing, shoes and trainers, old computers, books and cartoon annuals, remote control cars etc? Or wouldnt they even want any of it?. I think I will need to gather stuff together and go to a car boot and have a dabble at flogging stuff....even if I get £1 for an old realistic mixer with a faded face plate and dicky cross fader, or 20p for the Whizzer and Chips annual 1984, or for that matter, let people just take what they want for free! lol. I think there should be more to recycling than just cans and papers, theres so much material matter out there thats being tipped becuase everybody wants new. Perfectly good washing machines, bikes, kids toys, furniture, ornaments and books thrown in the waste dumps. But what do you do with it all, nobody wants it. My dad has some 1950's wallnut furniture, simply stunning imo, but even the local 2nd hand furniture place wouldnt take it off our hands for even as little as 40 quid for the lot!. It was my grandma's pride and joy I think, not cheap Ikea shite, lovely furniture, but its big and designed for a big house and nobody seems to want it. Although its gonna break our hearts, we are going to have to throw it in the local tip/recycling center, its a real shame. People can buy new and in fashion stuff that cheap now, that they arent intrested in what otherwise is a fully functional and beautifully crafted piece of furniture lol. Its not old enough for antique, and not new enough for anyones tastes. :axe: Theres a real muddle middle ground with stuff I think, where society is wastefull, but trapped in a culture that means you havent much option but to throw stuff away. I think maybe Ebay is the answer, lol. I dunno. Sirius. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Music
The Chillout Room
The whole recycling thang.
Top
Bottom
