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[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 12 hours ago

Stop throwing away 90% of the recyclables!

Also, stop blaming your customers for the waste in the first place!

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 11 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

All right then, in which bin should I put that unexploded Luftwaffe 500-pounder, then?

Very near my house, a few years ago, someone uncovered one of those in a brownfield site that was being redeveloped, leading to some specialists evacuating the neighbourhood and doing a controlled demolition that rattled my windows and could be heard a couple of miles away.

The odd mortar round in Newton Scabbott is small potatoes compared to that.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 6 points 16 hours ago

Write "return to sender" on it and drop it off at your local post office.

[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 21 hours ago

Bring them to data centers instead!

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 14 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Something tells me the people that drop these off aren't entirely sure what they've got, just 'random metal object I don't need/want'.

I doubt people think a recycling center should have/know what to do with explosives...

[–] Danarchy@lemmy.nz 10 points 22 hours ago

Well stop making explosive so recyclable then, fuck

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 1 points 15 hours ago

I assume there's talking about aerosol spray cans?

[–] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 23 hours ago

Apt website name

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago