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#1 Posted : 15 February 2005 16:15:00(UTC)
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Posted By Saba Alai I have been looking (in vain) for a company that will recycle out-of-date hard hats. No luck yet! Apart from the environmental benefits, I want to take the old helmets out of circulation so they cannont be re-used. Can anyone help?
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#2 Posted : 15 February 2005 16:43:00(UTC)
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Posted By Paul Leadbetter Saba Does your local council recycle polyethylene? The shells of hard hats are usually high density PE and the harnesses are low density. Paul
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#3 Posted : 15 February 2005 16:48:00(UTC)
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Posted By Saba Alai Thanks Paul - I will check again, however, I work for the County Council and the waste team's suggestions haven't got me very far!! Any other suggestions would be welcome.
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#4 Posted : 15 February 2005 16:51:00(UTC)
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Posted By Paul Leadbetter There probably isn't much of a market for old PE; other plastics are worth more. Here, in Worcester, the council aren't interested in PE, only PET, etc. Paul
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#5 Posted : 15 February 2005 20:34:00(UTC)
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Posted By Richard Altoft they make good hanging baskets R
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#6 Posted : 15 February 2005 22:46:00(UTC)
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Posted By Tom Clark Saba See you're possibly connected to local gov in Cambridgeshire. Pigeons - make little shelters for our feathered friends. As suggested above, hanging baskets for the high street. Use for bailing out ditches in road works. Put them on top of all those old-fashioned spiked rails to prevent injury to burglars. I'm sure they're are plenty of other suggestions.
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#7 Posted : 16 February 2005 00:19:00(UTC)
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Posted By Simone Plaut hard hats deteriorate due to radiolytic decomposition ie sunbathing makes plastic brittle. (doesnt do us a lot of good either!) i know of a company who recycle all sorts of stuff .....they are called Rethinking recycling the MD is a pal of mine called Edwin Lucas email me and i will find his details for you they make all kinds of stuff from recycled plastic material.....eg pens from old drink cups regards Simone Plaut Safety Knowhow Ltd
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#8 Posted : 16 February 2005 10:07:00(UTC)
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Posted By Saba Alai Thanks for the practical suggestions and good laughs. I needed cheering up! I wonder if any artists out there want to make a safety-related sculpture??
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#9 Posted : 16 February 2005 11:56:00(UTC)
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Posted By Alan Hewett Saba, Our hard hats are taken to a plastics recycler and end up being re-used as insulating material for electrical cables. Alan
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