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On 2024-08-06 17:33:24 +0000, Christian Weisgerber said:

> On 2024-08-06, Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> However, LEDs have the advantage over LCDs of being disposable in the
>> landfill (ie, put in the trash as opposed to having to be dropped off
>> at special locations) when they stop working. Well, if that /is/ an
>> advantage, of course. And both have the advantage over incandescents
>> that they work a lot longer.
> 
> LED lights are electronics and are collected along with other
> electronics for recycling.  At least in Europe.
> 
> Actually, according to the signage at the local station for bulk
> waste, recycling, etc., LED tubes go into the same container as
> fluorescents.  Which seems odd.

It's not odd at all. It's currently fairly standard practicve in many places.

Here in New Zealand we have separate household wheelie bins that are 
used for "recycling" and general rubbish, and a smaller bin for kitchen 
waste (All these bins and collections are paid for from our annual city 
council taxes, even if you do not need to use the service / use a 
thid-party service!). Not long ago there was a consumer TV show report 
that found most of that stuff, after being collected by different 
trucks, simply goes to normal landfill anyway, so is a complete waste 
of everybody's time and money.

More recently, the idiots in government have changed the rules about 
what can and cannot go in the recycling bin, which has made it far more 
confusing and means a lot more plastic has to go in the general rubbish 
bin instead.

A lot of packaging has the recycling triabnlge on it, yet the 
recuycling companies here claim they cannot recycle it (in relaity they 
mean it's not worth their money for them to do it).

In many places item were collected for "recycling" and then simply 
shipped to poorer countries to clean up, but most of those countries 
are now no longer accepting it, and as above, it's not worth the costs 
for the original country to recycle it either, so again simply goes to 
landfill.