Why is it illegal? There are web sites like Freecycle and Craigslist here where people can list things they're giving away. They put the item at the street and list a curb alert saying it's there free for the taking. I've never had to list anything, as the street we used to live on got a fair amount of traffic. Anything with a free sign disappears. Are you not allowed to give things away in the UK?anachronism said:Haha in the UK that's called fly tipping. It's a chargeable offence.
markk said:Anyone know what to do with monitors and laptop screens ? Around here it is 20 bucks to dump a tv or monitor. I have read where others sell theirs .
I have a few I have not tore apart yet.
:shock: That is a horrible practice!pimpneightez said:he would then break the glass and put it in recycle bins
FrugalRefiner said::shock: That is a horrible practice!pimpneightez said:he would then break the glass and put it in recycle bins
Dave
The lead is in the form of lead oxide and not so easily recovered.Grelko said:FrugalRefiner said::shock: That is a horrible practice!pimpneightez said:he would then break the glass and put it in recycle bins
Dave
Is there any chance of a profit, if you would crush the glass to powder and recover the lead? (ball mill) Even a small CRT has a good bit of weight to it.
Scrapyards around here will buy lead "wheel weights etc", but they might not accept powdered lead. You would need to pour bars except the lead fumes would be a bad thing.
Just recover the lead and pour bars for a sulfuric cell 8)
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g_axelsson said:It is better to just throw it with garbage that ends up on a land fill than with the recycled glass.
Göran
Simon007 said:Yes you can give things away in the uk, I think he was being funny! If you have them outside your house with a sign saying free to a good home, then that isn't fly tipping, here in the uk people can't be bothered to dispose of properly and just dump rubbish anywhere, usually country lanes, which is bizarre really as refuse tips usually take most stuff including tv's and monitors, but they usually charge for business waste.
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