Over the years I have been facinated with machiney & technology like most of us.
If I had the space and the the money I would probably have a 3D printer, CNC laser/engraver and aim to make a few quid from it.
When the car scrapage scheme started and they started storing cars on disused airfields so I drempt of wining the lottery and buying a car crusher & a metal shredder.
Just having the daily look on YT I see loads of videos of these mini shredders (most of them fail H&S on the drive train alone) but imagine how efficient a household or street could become on recycling each week.
My monthly bin collection over flows with ali cans every month, sadly not worth much these days, but years ago we used to get 1p per can collecting them for the scouts. if prices were the same that would be a few quid back evey year.
My last neighbers blue basket was over filled with wine bottles every week. How many people on a street have the same problem, cans, bottles and plastic bottles. (evem crushing the bottles she would gain 3 times the capacity.)
We are requested to sort our waste into different bins each week, we have 3 bins in our local area, Pink lid for non recyling items, black for Plastic/glass/metal and green for card board etc.
Friends on mine in different areas have more bins with more definition on what to put in them. seperate glass/metal, and others for plastic etc.
If councels are making money from our trash, then how much more money would they make or save if they gave cash incetives (Rate reductions even) so that we got someting back for actually doing part of thier work for them. Like the old days of getting money back on beer & pop bottles. When there was an incentive you never saw rubbish laying in the streets of parks (Typical of the bank holiday news being reported thsi weekend)
Yes there is danger in using these machines so not the sort of thing you would let the the kids use to recycle with
. . . . or do I just stick to stamping on each can to put it in the bin.