• phutatorius@lemmy.zip
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    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.

  • Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca
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    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…

  • P03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Stop throwing away 90% of the recyclables!

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