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Please note: This interactive was originally written in 2001 and republished in 2005, and since then there have been changes to the rules surrounding recycling.
Although the disposal of electrical items in waste is not banned, consumers are encouraged to take electrical and electronic items to special collection points, civic ammenity sites, or back to the original retailer. You can find out more about this on the WEEE regulation website.
And since 2010, retailers which sell more then 32kilos of batteries are year are obliged by law to collect them for safe disposal and recycling. You can read more about the regulations covering batteries on the DEFRA website.
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Out of date quiz
You shouldn't be putting electrical items in the rubbish bin (WEEE directive started in 2007) and batteries should not be put in the rubbish bin (since February 2010 supermarkets have had to take them for recycling and safe disposal).
Unless you've checked your quizzes are accurate, you shouldn't keep them on your website. You'll give people the wrong idea about recycling.
Hi, Thanks for your comments.
Hi,
Thanks for your comments. This interactive was last updated in 2005, and the information contained was correct at the time. We're planning an updated version of Are You A Good Sort; in the mean time, we'll add a footnote to outline the changes.
Thanks again.
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