Waste Disposal Facts

Some items should never be thrown out with normal rubbish because they contain toxic substances and can be a health hazard.

Take to the local council waste/recycling centre to be disposed of safely:

• Solvent-based paint (any that need to be cleaned with white spirit).
• White spirit.
• Car batteries.
• Engine oil and petrol.
• De-icing fluid.
• Large quantities of cooking oil.
• Gas cylinders. 
• Energy saving light bulbs (when it eventually fails, most of it can be recycled).
• Electrical and electronic equipment.

Hand in to any pharmacy:

• Medicines and tablets.

Pass on to charities who can make money from them:

• Old mobile phones, batteries and chargers.
• Spent printer ink cartridges.
• Unwanted CDs.

Send to reprocessing companies:

• Unwanted CDs. [They can be recycled into injection-moulding products for industry (Polymer Reprocessors) or ground into granules for the plastics moulding industry (Keymood UK)]
• CD cases can be recycled into polystyrene to make insulating foam.

Various sources.