# Do you put your recycling through the dishwasher?

- Link: https://greenlivingguy.com/2019/11/do-you-put-your-recycling-through-the-dishwasher/
- Published: 2019-11-14T20:07:26-05:00
- Author: greenlivingguy

Car parts, encyclopedias, and scrupulously shining tins: [Britain’s](https://greenlivingguy.com/2015/06/renewable-energy-cheaper-than-natural-gas/)
weird recycling habits revealed.

People up and down the country have eccentric recycling habits. Especially when 
it comes to putting out their trash thinking it’s recycling.

A nationwide waste management company has been [collecting stories](https://greenlivingguy.com/2019/11/4-tips-to-see-if-your-garbage-is-actually-recyclable/)
of the weirdest things. All that have been left out in recycling bins by the British
public.
 [⌊The UK has weird recycling habits⌉](http://i0.wp.com/greenlivingguy.com//srv/htdocs/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/wp-1453781685656.jpeg?w=528)

Even though complete sets of encyclopaedias, surgical implements and – in one case–
an engine block from a Ford Escort. All these recycling habits have been left out
for the bin men. However it proves that the UK is enthusiastic about recycling, 
says the Business Waste company.

“We hear all sorts of weird and wonderful stories from waste operators,” says [BusinessWaste.co.uk](https://www.businesswaste.co.uk/)
spokesperson Mark Hall, “And it would be a shame not to share them.”

#### 󠀁[⌊The UK and it’s recycling habits ⌉⌊The UK and it’s recycling habits ⌉󠀁[

t’s not just households, either, BusinessWaste.co.uk says. “When companies, shops
and [businesses](https://web.archive.org/web/20190124143748/https://www.unisanuk.com/)
get into the recycling habits spirit, you’d be amazed what they throw out.”

One of the most common things that domestic waste operators say they find are household
recycling habits not just are full of bottles and tins in the bins. All now have
clearly been through the dishwasher.
 [⌊image⌉](http://i0.wp.com/greenlivingguy.com//srv/htdocs/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/wp-1456454737531.jpeg?w=528)

[BusinessWaste.co.uk](https://www.businesswaste.co.uk/) says that tins and bottles
are melted down, so they don’t need washing out at all. However, if you’re worried
about vermin getting among your recycling, a quick rinse is more than adequate.

But it’s the ever-growing list of strange things left in recycling bins. All by 
both households and businesses. Some that raises eyebrows at BusinessWaste.co.uk
HQ in Leeds.

#### Among the most bizarre are:

 1.  A complete set of encyclopaedias (“We suppose they prefer Wikipedia these days”
 2.  A collection of surgical appliances in somebody’s household waste
 3.  Engine block from a 1997 Ford Escort (“Too big. We told them to take it to the
     tip”)
 4.  A full-sized skeleton (“We were assured it was plastic held together with metal”)
 5.  One thousand commemorative Royal Baby tankards from a company where “Kate” was
     spelled “Kait”
 6.  A decorative cremation urn (“Empty and unused. They buried their loved one instead,
     we’re told”)
 7.  A signed photo of Jeremy Clarkson
 8.  A batch of General Election leaflets where [unnamed party] got the election date
     wrong
 9.  A framed printed copy of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers (“At least we hope it was a copy.
     We’d be feeling a bit stupid if it wasn’t”)
 10. Finally, a commercial bin full of company merchandise after the business changed
     its name! (“We’ve never seen so many promotional mouse mats in the same place”)

The most important thing to remember despite all the recycling craziness is that
Britain is still recycling. As well as thinking hard about what should be put out
to be collected Business Waste says.

That’s because Government figures say that the UK is only recycling about 45% of
their waste. Therefore they must appreciate the half of the country that is making
the effort.

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