Can you put a kitchen sponge in the brown bin?

Kotek Besar

Does anyone know, can you put a kitchen sponge in the brown (organic) bin? Or does it have to go in the black (general waste) bin?

IvyTheTerrible

It's plastic, it would have to go in the normal waste bin.

Kotek Besar

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

It's plastic, it would have to go in the normal waste bin.

If it's plastic would it not be allowed in the green bin?

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Kotek Besar wrote: »

Does anyone know, can you put a kitchen sponge in the brown (organic) bin? Or does it have to go in the black (general waste) bin?

Think about it...

Abi

O GOD! what to do with this worn out sponge!!!????

Theres only one thing for it!


/boards

Kotek Besar

Magnolia Moldy Shortchange wrote: »

Think about it...

Ok thought about it. Is a kitchen sponge organic?

you can put anything you like in it, whether the council would like it or not, it a different matter

IvyTheTerrible

Deleted User wrote: »

you can put anything you like in it, whether the council would like it it's a different matter

It's an awful waste of time and money to put the wrong things in the wrong bins. In the city where I live, it was worked out that sorting out the stuff that can't be recycled from the recycling bins adds 3 euro onto the residential tax for every resident (that's 400000 people).

Kotek Besar

Deleted User wrote: »

you can put anything you like in it, whether the council would like it or not, it a different matter

I suppose you're right, but I'd like to do things properly. Save the planet and all that.

Cheap Thrills!

It is made of something synthetic, but is crawling with bacteria which are organisms.

So I'm gonna say MAIN BIN, simply because organic bin doesn't want to cope with the synthetic part of the sponge.

Unless its a sea sponge.

and if you are using a sea sponge to wash your surfaces then you have too much money and read the Observer of a Sunday and worry about your carbon footprint so have much bigger problems.

mikom

Tweet this lad with your query ...... http://twitter.com/JohnGormley
Keeping him busy keeps him out of mischief.

ScumLord

Kotek Besar wrote: »

Ok thought about it. Is a kitchen sponge organic?

It depends you can buy organic ocean sponge I very much doubt you have one for washing your dishes though, unless your washing Brian Cowens dishes.

Schism

Most kitchen sponges aren't organic put it in the green or black.

This is a lot of effort for a sponge, you must be really devoted to your recycling!

itsallaboutheL

No Recession Around here...

throwing out a sponge...

i could get three fucking meals out of a decent sponge.

*shakes head*

Kotek Besar

Cheap Thrills! wrote: »

It is made of something synthetic, but is crawling with bacteria which are organisms.

So I'm gonna say MAIN BIN, simply because organic bin doesn't want to cope with the synthetic part of the sponge.

Many thanks!

mikom wrote: »

Tweet this lad with your query ...... http://twitter.com/JohnGormley
Keeping him busy keeps him out of mischief.

Thanks, but I don't believe in social networking. I don't want syphilis.

ScumLord

Do you not have a dog? I just let the dog eat those kind of things, a day later it's the neighbors problem.

mikom

Kotek Besar wrote: »

Thanks, but I don't believe in social networking. I don't want syphilis.

It's ok....... he's got green syphilis..... the best kind.

Kotek Besar

Schism wrote: »

Most kitchen sponges aren't organic put it in the green or black.

This is a lot of effort for a sponge, you must be really devoted to your recycling!

Thanks. It's partly that, but partly because I'm trying to avoid putting anything in the black bin. If I can do it, I'll save €8 every three weeks. Times are hard.

sbsquarepants

Speaking as somewhat of an expert on all things sponge related, you can stick it in the green bin, you can stick it in the brown bin, in fact you can stick it up your arse if that's what you're into:eek:

Paddy Samurai

Kotek Besar wrote: »

Does anyone know, can you put a kitchen sponge in the brown (organic) bin? Or does it have to go in the black (general waste) bin?

To be on the safe side , i would do a "King Solomon" on it.
Cut it in half,and place one in each bin.

WindSock

I wouldn't put it in the brown bin, it has traces of chemicals all over it which would be bad for the Polar Bears.

az2wp0sye65487

Kotek Besar wrote: »

I suppose you're right, but I'd like to do things properly. Save the planet and all that.

Kotek Besar wrote: »

Thanks. It's partly that, but partly because I'm trying to avoid putting anything in the black bin. If I can do it, I'll save €8 every three weeks. Times are hard.

Well, which is it??

If it's the former: you probably have the wrong idea, as by deciding where to dispose of your sponge you've created a thread, engaging various Boards users (yourself & myself included) who are all communicating back to you via the interweb using computers/laptops/PDA's etc - thus unnecessarily using extra energy and completely cancelling out your effort to save the planet!

My advise: SHUT IT DOWN.... SHUT IT DOWN NOW!

If on the other hand your reasons are the latter, and you're hoping to save a few quid on your bins because "times are hard": cancel your internet service. I'm sure it's costing you more than €8 every 3 weeks!

Archeron

You could give it to one of those guys who cleans windscreens at the traffic lights. Even better if its covered in grease so it leaves big smears on the windows of innocent motorists.
Reduce, re-use, recycle!!

corkcomp

I rarely read AH threads, but is this the typical tone of them? what to do with a worn out sponge? f**k it in the bin ffs, the first bin you see!