DUMPED a funny program but in real life most of the stuff fridges,tv s,tyres dont go to land fill yes this is the stuff we all chuck away i see tons of good recycleables every day put in the ground.
if they want people for a nexted dumped ask me
ME + LANDFILL = MONEY and i dont mean the 20k reward.

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Originally posted by megamachine:
DUMPED a funny program but in real life most of the stuff fridges,tv s,tyres dont go to land fill

Obviously you haven't seen many landfills or community waste facilities. Where do you think all this stuff goes? If you think it's all recycled, you're sadly mistaken...that was partly the point of the programme!

WHAT???????

your nuts, everything on the dump was destined for the landfill!

i was there, it was all rubbish. it was just temporarily diverted to our section of the landfill for 3 weeks, before it carried on its way.

setup???...... no way!!

Some of the stuff shouldn't have been there, eg. tin/drinks cans, plastic bottles etc.

I'm assuming these were not from homes but rather ended up there from public waste bins?

Either that or the council in that area aren't doing enough to recycle.

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Originally posted by solargain:
Some of the stuff shouldn't have been there, eg. tin/drinks cans, plastic bottles etc.

I'm assuming these were not from homes but rather ended up there from public waste bins?

Either that or the council in that area aren't doing enough to recycle.

Despite the programme, there are still idiots who put recyclables in with their rubbish -- in fact, the "ultimate recycling challenge" in episode 4 showed this all too clearly. The problem for councils is that their hands are tied; it's hard enough for them to impose fines, let alone custodial sentences.

exactly, i was totally amazed at the recyclable stuff that was in the trash...

btw, that challenge minged big time....

i tried to stay upwind of it for most of the challenge. others werent so lucky!

This programme certainly opened my eyes. I thought I was pretty good before!! However, I've spent this weekend having a good sort out through my bins and now have boxes set up for all the stuff I can recycle. Took a trip to our local recycling plant to drop some bits off off - boy there's some good gear there!!!

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Originally posted by Jackyjc:
This programme certainly opened my eyes. I thought I was pretty good before!! However, I've spent this weekend having a good sort out through my bins and now have boxes set up for all the stuff I can recycle. Took a trip to our local recycling plant to drop some bits off off - boy there's some good gear there!!!

My current computer printer was retrieved from our local recycling dump. The woman that was dropping it off said her husband asked her to get rid of it because it was taking up space and wasn't being used. It's about 2 or 3 years old.

I downloaded the printer driver via the manufacturers web site.

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Originally posted by solargain:

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Originally posted by Jackyjc:
This programme certainly opened my eyes. I thought I was pretty good before!! However, I've spent this weekend having a good sort out through my bins and now have boxes set up for all the stuff I can recycle. Took a trip to our local recycling plant to drop some bits off off - boy there's some good gear there!!!

My current computer printer was retrieved from our local recycling dump. The woman that was dropping it off said her husband asked her to get rid of it because it was taking up space and wasn't being used. It's about 2 or 3 years old.

I downloaded the printer driver via the manufacturers web site.

My dad's obtained about 8 or 9 computers that way...! lol! I've asked him several times why he needs the programming capacity of NASA His office room doesn't have the space (if you'll pardon the pun )

I can't deny I did pick up some lovely towels while I was there (practically brand new)kids were horrified. I'll soon teach 'em tho!! Gonna check out what gardening tools they've got on my next visit

Actually our recycling dump has a special hut for people to put stuff in for re-use. You can go in there and rummage, its all free.
They actually increased the size of the hut recently.

were not allowed things from our tip by order of tipman

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Originally posted by Jackyjc:
I can't deny I did pick up some lovely towels while I was there (practically brand new)kids were horrified. I'll soon teach 'em tho!! Gonna check out what gardening tools they've got on my next visit

It's a funny thing but towels are one of the things that we supply our customers with. They get used just once and are then disposed off because of the remote chance of residual contamination after use. Besides, our customers couldn't be bothered with laundering them on top of everything else. Untill last year we sold Cotton towels that came from India by the container load and we sold them in packs of 12 towels. Now we sell paper towels instead and I am amazed that they are popular. After all no one takes a paper towel when they go swimming do they.