BBC<\/a> and said: \u201cDo not put vapes or batteries in any bin.\n<\/p>\n\n \u201cYou can take them to B&Q or the vape shop you bought them from and they’re meant to dispose of them themselves.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Ashley added that a few councils will dispose of batteries if you leave them on top of your bin in a carrier bag.\n<\/p>\n
\n But he stressed they should never be put inside the bin, as this can cause fires.\n<\/p>\n
\n He continued: \u201cI’ve had this before and I’m not sure if it’s a battery or a vape – the back of a lorry started smoking.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Individual local authorities should provide clear information on what households can and cannot be recycled.\n<\/p>\n
\n Metal items that cannot be recycled in normal recycling bins include things like electrical items and batteries, pipes, irons, and general kitchenware.\n<\/p>\n
How to avoid having your recycling bin refused<\/p>\n
\n Ashley shared some other tips that will help avoid having recycling bin refused by the binmen.\n<\/p>\n
\n He said binmen are told to leave the entire recycling bin if it contains more than 5 to 10% of non-recyclable items.\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: \u201cYou should be taking food out if you put it in your food waste bin, rather than chucking it straight in there \u2013 like if you’ve got a loaf of bread that’s out of date.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cPizza boxes technically shouldn’t go in paper waste because the grease on the boxes makes it unable to be recycled because you can’t clean it off.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThey should be ripped apart and separated.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cPaper should be clean all the time.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cBut some councils allow you to put them in the compost bin because they can be broken down with dirt and foods.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Ashley also said people should be removing any polystyrene from packages and separating it from cardboard.\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: \u201cIf something comes in a cardboard box, people take the item out and leave the polystyrene in the box.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Do you always recycle your batteries in the correct way? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It can be easy to just throw everything, including items like batteries, in a household waste bin without…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":777259,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-777258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}