Shredding

[GROWLER]

the whole truck to become unrecyclable.

Onto scrappin' wagons now then ey?

[Nick]

the whole truck to become unrecyclable.

Onto scrappin' wagons now then ey?

I got a right mouthful of ours this morning. I think he is stung by the massive insurance claim for Mrs Nick's car last week. Perhaps they are docking his wages?

[Bar Wench]

Apparently the shredded bits of paper interfere with the recycling mechanism or something. Those of you that put your shreddings in your recycling bin are causing the whole truck load of recycling to become unrecyclable.

What shite through yonder thread is posted?

I've heard it from several different sources.  

[tel]

Yes. We have three large bin bags of shreddings in the spare room. This is after getting rid of one a week for the last month. 

You can't recycle shreddings. 

Why not?

Yea. Why not?
I've been stuffin' me shredded stuff in the paper recycling bin thing for years.

You can compost it as well, providing the paper is not the glossy mag type.

providing the paper is not the glossy mag type.

Anything you want to confess to us?

The ink/powder on the glossy type paper does not get removed as easily as that on newspapers etc and so does not make for viable recycling. More and more inks/chemicals used in printing are becoming water based to try and cut down on pollution/waste and help their recycling. Boring, eh?

[Bar Wench]

http://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/living/885.htm

Why can’t I recycle shredded paper?
The problem with recycling shredded paper is that the Material Recovery Facilities (MRF) uses automatic sorting equipment to sort through the vast amount of recycling.  The machine recognises many different types of material but has difficulty distinguishing small or shredded paper.  Shredded paper can also cause problems in jamming the machinery.

Use your shredded paper in your compost or put into a paper bank and it will then go straight to the papermill rather than the MRF

[The Moan Ranger]

Apparently the shredded bits of paper interfere with the recycling mechanism or something. Those of you that put your shreddings in your recycling bin are causing the whole truck to become unrecyclable.

I believe that to be utter tosh, but I am prepared to be proved wrong. Over to you.

[Bar Wench]

Apparently the shredded bits of paper interfere with the recycling mechanism or something. Those of you that put your shreddings in your recycling bin are causing the whole truck to become unrecyclable.

I believe that to be utter tosh, but I am prepared to be proved wrong. Over to you.

See the previous link. I know it's Portsmouth but it is the first one that came up.

[tel]

Apparently the shredded bits of paper interfere with the recycling mechanism or something. Those of you that put your shreddings in your recycling bin are causing the whole truck to become unrecyclable.

I believe that to be utter tosh, but I am prepared to be proved wrong. Over to you.

See the previous link. I know it's Portsmouth but it is the first one that came up.

It's back to the paper type again - it can't distinguish between the newsprint (pulp) paper and the glossy (unusable) paper.

[Nick]

http://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/living/885.htm

Why can’t I recycle shredded paper?
The problem with recycling shredded paper is that the Material Recovery Facilities (MRF) uses automatic sorting equipment to sort through the vast amount of recycling.  The machine recognises many different types of material but has difficulty distinguishing small or shredded paper.  Shredded paper can also cause problems in jamming the machinery.

Use your shredded paper in your compost or put into a paper bank and it will then go straight to the papermill rather than the MRF

Buy a hamster!

[tel]

http://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/living/885.htm

Why can’t I recycle shredded paper?
The problem with recycling shredded paper is that the Material Recovery Facilities (MRF) uses automatic sorting equipment to sort through the vast amount of recycling.  The machine recognises many different types of material but has difficulty distinguishing small or shredded paper.  Shredded paper can also cause problems in jamming the machinery.

Use your shredded paper in your compost or put into a paper bank and it will then go straight to the papermill rather than the MRF

Buy a hamster!

Is the some strange deviation you are promoting?

[Bar Wench]

http://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/living/885.htm

Why can’t I recycle shredded paper?
The problem with recycling shredded paper is that the Material Recovery Facilities (MRF) uses automatic sorting equipment to sort through the vast amount of recycling.  The machine recognises many different types of material but has difficulty distinguishing small or shredded paper.  Shredded paper can also cause problems in jamming the machinery.

Use your shredded paper in your compost or put into a paper bank and it will then go straight to the papermill rather than the MRF

Buy a hamster!

Mr Wench won't let me have one. 

[Nick]

You put the paper shreddings in the hamster cage. And some water. They make papier mache sculptures out of them. Everyone know that

[tel]

http://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/living/885.htm

Why can’t I recycle shredded paper?
The problem with recycling shredded paper is that the Material Recovery Facilities (MRF) uses automatic sorting equipment to sort through the vast amount of recycling.  The machine recognises many different types of material but has difficulty distinguishing small or shredded paper.  Shredded paper can also cause problems in jamming the machinery.

Use your shredded paper in your compost or put into a paper bank and it will then go straight to the papermill rather than the MRF

Buy a hamster!

Mr Wench won't let me have one. 

Are we talking hamsters here?

[Bar Wench]

Yes.

No living breathing creatures of any kind. 

[Nick]

Stick insects are innocuous (see also: boring)