Photos taken over a year ago at one of my visits to our Ikea store. Whenever I go there, usually to meet up with Grace from Perth Daily Photo I take our used batteries or lamps and drop them in their containers.
There are of course other companies that take all sorts of recyclable materials and I do my best to sort my waste accordingly. In our neighbourhood we have a lady that works for a plastic recycling company and she collects all the nr. 1 and 2 plastics, so every couple of weeks I drop these off into the big collection bag in her front garden.
Recently Western Australia introduced a 10 cent refund for eligible beverage containers - water and soft drink cans and bottles, beer cans and bottles, etc, and hopefully this will also help the environment. But I still see many people throwing their bottles or cans into the bins...
For other signs from around the world please visit Tom's blog.
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On one hand it always hurt to throw those plastic bottles in the rubbish bin at the caravan park, yet I hope you get good recycling machines! Here we have but one!!! All other are so slow it drives one nuts. Or there is an endless queue. Or the container is full... Happy recycling ;-)
ReplyDeleteBecause the 10c recycling scheme is quite new I have yet to take my containers to the nearest depot, but there are a few. At the moment I have a bag in the boot of my car where I keep them. To that I had the 2 or 3 milk bottles from work. Thanks Iris 😊
DeletePlastic recycling is a nightmare. Our local council tells us one thing and an authoritative person tells us something else.
ReplyDeleteThere are so many different types of plastics, which makes recycling quite challenging. Thanks Andrew.
DeleteVery nice post Sami.But is it enough to save the planet?
ReplyDeleteCertainly not SC, I can only try to do my part and hope everyone else does their best too.
Delete...it's my understanding that the cost of recycling some items exceeds what the market is willing to pay for them. Throwing away something of value makes no sense to me, but I question if everything is recycled. Thanks Sami for stopping by, I hope that your week is going well.
ReplyDeleteThat is true Tom. I can only wish that less plastics were made and more plastics were recycled. Thanks for hosting 😊
DeleteOur IKEA does the same. We have a lot of drop off points run by the city. Our electronics usually go to Best Buy, an electronics store.
ReplyDeleteIt drives me nuts when I buy some things and they are encased in that hard plastic.
Costco also drives me crazy with their plastic packaging.
Far too much plastic around, specially unnecessary wrapping. Thanks Jackie.
DeleteThere are many places here to drop off recycle. It's good to know what is what and your signs do that quite nicely.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day, Sami. ♥
Wonderful that you have many drop off places Sandee. Take care.
DeleteDearest Sami,
ReplyDeleteHere too we can recycle most things, like batteries at Home Depot.
It makes quite a difference, provided that ALL people start doing this.
Wish they would pressure China more for producing better lasting quality products so we all can reduce the waste... Things just don't hold up anymore nowadays and we're paying more for it. All in the name of $$$, just for greed, never with the environment in mind.
Hugs,
Mariette
Manufacturers seem to care more about overproducing cheap things than looking after the environment, but Governments should be the ones to lay down the rules.
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DeleteRecycling is important. We need to stop polluting our planet with more plastic.
ReplyDeleteVery true, far too many plastic things...
DeleteI try to recycle everything that I can.
ReplyDeleteGreat effort Pat.
DeleteOh very very important is recycling! As much as I can, I obsevre it myself in everything I buy and use :)
ReplyDeleteThat's great Stevenson.
DeleteI usually drop old batteries at my local library, but at present, with Covid, they've removed the containers for that.
ReplyDeleteThanks William. It seems we can't touch anything nowadays...
DeleteTerrific.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jim.
DeleteYo también tengo en distintas bolsas, los residuos que tengo que reciclar.
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Gracias Antonia :)
DeleteI often question whether it is more costly to use our precious water supply to wash all that plastic that no one seems to want, anyway. It's a great post, Sami.
ReplyDeleteBTW, I use #6 plastic to make shrinky dinks and I'm now using #1 plastic to make altered books. I guess I should call them alternative books.
It's great that you recycle them into your art Elizabeth.
DeleteThe lady that takes the Nr 1 and 2 plastics says they use them to make outdoor benches among other things.
Great idea----hope it catches on---here too
ReplyDeleteMB
Thanks :)
DeleteUsually this would be my month to go to IKEA -- not this year. I will miss that shopping trip so much!
ReplyDeleteWhat a pity Jeanie, I love going to Ikea once in a while, always something interesting to see.
DeleteI have been nowhere for ages... I feel like an old woman...
ReplyDeleteI hear the same complaint from my parents who are in their eighties. They have no motivation...i feel sad for all those under lockdown.
DeleteI wish someone could help sort it out for me. Our own recycling regs are so complicated as to, I think, actually discourage people from recycling.
ReplyDeleteThat's counterproductive if they make it difficult to recycle. Thanks Mark.
DeleteMuito importante fazer a reciclagem.
ReplyDeleteUm abraço e bom fim-de-semana.
Andarilhar
Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
O prazer dos livros
Obrigada Francisco. Bom fim de semana.
DeleteThanks for sharing these signs.
ReplyDeleteIt's important to recycle/dispose of things appropriately.
All the best Jan
Very important indeed. Thanks Jan.
DeleteI wish they did better recycling here. The U.S. is not doing as good a job as the rest of the world.
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