a very sad day at the recycling centre

Recycling options seem to be getting fewer as it's cheaper to have "better quality" recycling and less of it apparently.
Annoying.
We used to have more options too.

We had a similar experience being told to just put everything into general waste.

Very upsetting and annoying.

Check out MK recycling. I have visited their plant and the system is IMO as good as it gets both for weekly domestic recycling and at" the tip"

We are also told to put it in general recycling. When I queried about creating more landfill I was told nothing goes to landfill. There's a huge incinerator which produces heat for x number of houses.

Any unburned metal is separated using magnets

Paper, card, cans, milk bottle plastic and bottles are still separated off.

www.fccenvironment.co.uk/green-energy/millerhill-rerc/

My county has a huge waste incinerator which burns waste to create electricity.

That is what happens here, too, granmaretto. I’m not sure whether that includes things like plastic chairs, though, if that’s what the OP means by hard rigid plastic.

Me too, we are tyding up my dad's massive! allotment, sorted out all the big plastic containers and other various plastics (3 cars loads) only to be told to "throw it in none recycles"

Also the items people just throw away makes me think "ohhh I could have used that"! I want to snatch stuff out their hand lol ,watching Money for nothing doesn't help!

This type of unwanted plastic stuff is advertised on our village Facebook page and is almost always claimed by someone.
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.

There ought to be Tip Shops at every tip but I daresay it would be deemed unaffordable to organise.
My DS and DDiL have furnished their house from their Tip Shop. slight exaggeration

www.swansea.gov.uk/tiptreasures?lang=en

Here's one in Swansea. Are there any others?

Age UK Coventry and Warwickshire Lower House Farm Reuse Shop
01827 289410

g.co/kgs/SkjgGE

This is the shop at our local tip. It's very popular!

I used to skip dive before it was not permitted.
I found an old door which we made into an outdoor table top.

Yes, we used to skip dive when the children were small. Rescued and cleaned up some dolls, one of which DD kept. the rest went to a charity shop. We found a magnificeent toy castle for DS.

Then the local tip got more organised and we bought (in England) a wonderful carved sideboard for our French house.

Thanks for all your replys looking at the comments overall MK recycling and the swansea plants are local authoritys recycing centres and they don't like non residents using the facilities,although I will be making trips to the Coventry and Warwick areas in the future. Thanks again

All these incinerators burning rubbish to generate electricity are surely also creating ozone damaging gasses like domestic fires used to do?

ExDancer
Modern incinerators are very clean. We abide by the EU ruling on this.

In Denmark, I believe their incinerators are so clean some are sited where they can fuel district heating systems www.cibsejournal.com/technical/europes-hottest-city/

infoman

Thanks for all your replys looking at the comments overall MK recycling and the swansea plants are local authoritys recycing centres and they don't like non residents using the facilities,although I will be making trips to the Coventry and Warwick areas in the future. Thanks again

I’m not sure why non-local residents should use the recycling facilities we pay for with our Council Tax. In MK you have to book a slot anyway giving your address and postcode so I wouldn’t waste your time and petrol driving any great distance to MK!

ExDancer

All these incinerators burning rubbish to generate electricity are surely also creating ozone damaging gasses like domestic fires used to do?

No.

Foxygloves

infoman

Thanks for all your replys looking at the comments overall MK recycling and the swansea plants are local authoritys recycing centres and they don't like non residents using the facilities,although I will be making trips to the Coventry and Warwick areas in the future. Thanks again

I’m not sure why non-local residents should use the recycling facilities we pay for with our Council Tax. In MK you have to book a slot anyway giving your address and postcode so I wouldn’t waste your time and petrol driving any great distance to MK!

Yes, a slot has to be booked here too and woe betide anyone who doesn't have the correct postcode!

If we have plasterboard to dispose of, and we did at one point, we take it to France as our local tip in the UK will not take it. They direct us to another tip in the country, 15 miles away - except it only takes it if it doesn't incorporate any insulation foam. They suggested we scrape it off - and anyway they charge to dispose of plasterboard

Knowing that the tip in our commune in France happliy accepts plasterboard, with and without foam insulation on it - and do not charge, we took it with us on our next trip. It wasn't much, about half an 8 x 4 sheet in all.