XCguy wrote:

RHR_Rob wrote:So put the rest of your grass in the red bin - it will compost just as well in a landfill and you can get a smaller yellow bin.
I hope you can recycle chains and old cassetts cos all mine went in the yellow bin last week.

Rob, grass will not 'compost' when landfilled, it just slowly rots and gives of harmful gasses due to the anaerobic state it is in. And the only metal that can go in the recycling bin is cans and tins. I would assume you could put bike parts in the automotive parts category on the 'NO' list. A metal recycler would be the place to take them if you wanted them recycled properly. Or save them up and give them to event organisers looking for old parts for making trophies with

RHR_Rob wrote:I had to fill my red bin as i had done a night time raid on my neibors half empty green bins and topped them up for them

RHR_Rob wrote:

XCguy wrote:

RHR_Rob wrote:So put the rest of your grass in the red bin - it will compost just as well in a landfill and you can get a smaller yellow bin.
I hope you can recycle chains and old cassetts cos all mine went in the yellow bin last week.

Rob, grass will not 'compost' when landfilled, it just slowly rots and gives of harmful gasses due to the anaerobic state it is in. And the only metal that can go in the recycling bin is cans and tins. I would assume you could put bike parts in the automotive parts category on the 'NO' list. A metal recycler would be the place to take them if you wanted them recycled properly. Or save them up and give them to event organisers looking for old parts for making trophies with

Is it not all those harmfull gasses from Burwood that are powering QE2? not all bad is bad.