Silly question, but the binders have me a bit confused.
I am cleaning out the house and we have a couple of fat 3-ring binders from coursework we did years ago. They have the looseleaf in it – probably 300 sheets or so. The actual binder seems like it is made of a type of cardboard and the metal rings.
Are these burnable, non-burnable, or…book? And am I supposed to remove all the looseleaf first?
by DifferentWindow1436
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This depends heavily on your city’s rules.
How would most Japanese people I know throw it away though?
*Stick it in the burnable bag and hide it among some other stuff so you won’t see it.*
This is against the rules but it’s what basically everyone does.
When I’m feeling honest and going through school work from 2 decades ago for the kiddos we don’t want or need to keep – I take the metal off and throw it in the non-burnables then throw everything else in burnables.
When I’m feeling dishonest or the non-burnables are 2 weeks away (because lets make things inconvenient and only allow non-burnable garbage every 2 weeks on a Thursday) I put them in a white plastic bag you can’t see through and put them in the burnables.
In my municipality, if it’s considered mostly burnable you can throw it out with the burnables. Just the spine and the rings should be ok.
But if you can remove them easily, it’d be best to do that.
A bit of metal goes fine in burnable, it’ll get sifted out after the incinerator.
Another pro tip… I was leaving school one day and a computer teacher was out with a mallet smashing a PC. I asked why and he said “PCs are expensive to recycle, but if it’s broken it can just go in non-burnable”.
Please save this kind of question for when you’re about to fall asleep. It’ll keep you awake and resourceful.
The correct answer here is “over the course of a few weeks as burnable garbage”