disposal

Tagged Discussions

Who should be responsible for Electronic waste disposal - Manufacturers or consumers?

Anish Asokan @RevivedWarrior (3853) • India 29 Jul 24

In my apartment, I see electronic waste being dumped alongwith plastic waste . AT times in office, I see a bin dedicated for electronic waste disposal. With smartphones and laptops being replaced every 3-5 years, question comes...

6 responses •

5 people

Biodegradable Wastes

[eds] @ZedSmart (19839) • Philippines 16 Nov 20

Tommorow morning or I say today's morning at 6-8 will be the collection of bio wastes in our village. I'm properly packing it this very hour so that it will be readied upon the time of collection. I have two medium bags here. Not...

4 responses •

3 people

He did it

C @ShyBear88 (59342) • Sterling, Virginia 28 Feb 20

Finally my husband fixed our garbage disposal. We bought yesterday a new one and he took out the old one only to find out he was missing Plummer’s puddy so the rest was put on hold till today. We picked up some from the store and...

fixed

garbage

disposal

3 responses •

3 people

Ugh can’t wait!!

C @ShyBear88 (59342) • Sterling, Virginia 4 Feb 20

His garbage disposal is a pain in my side. The bowl to catch the water that runs through it over flowed. I wasn’t paying attention and didn’t dump it the other day. The stupid cord whomever installed it had it touching the...

ugh

disposal

2 responses •

2 people

What do you do about the E-waste you generate?

GAUTAM M. PENDHARKAR @gautaam (159) • Mumbai, India 13 Apr 19

I am really confused about the e-waste that I use at home. So many batteries, old mobiles, electronic parts, laptop batteries and chargers, TV remote controls etc. I do not want to throw them fearing hazardous material. Also I am...

6 responses •

5 people

What do you do of your old clothes??

Rashna Gandhi @Rashnag (30597) • Surat, India 24 Sep 18

Hi mylotters. I think everyone disposes off their old clothes sometime or the other because it doesn't fit you or its worn out or torn etc. From childhood, the process of discarding old clothes starts as one grows in life. I...

7 responses •

3 people

Be safe, be a good citizen

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169474) • United States 18 Sep 18

These devices are posted around the fishing lake at the Nature Center. It is a place to put lost fishing lures, lines and hooks. No one wants to tangle with these things unexpectedly and no one wants to injure an animal by...

5 responses •

4 people

Rat-filled ditch

Yanzalong @yanzalong (19091) • Indonesia 11 Aug 17

Houses have ditches that carry unwanted dirty water from kitchen or bath room drains. Are we lucky or unlucky if the ditches are filled with hungry rats. Imagine if the ditch is rat-free; dirt would build up on the wall of the...

A surprise along the dead stray kitten

peachpurple @peachpurple (13961) • Malaysia 4 Aug 17

Yeaterday evening while I was disposing the dead body of the stray black kitten, I had just realized that it was not alone. It had company. Another adult female stray black cat was dead too, just further up the dead kitten body...

6 responses •

4 people

How I disposed of my ex-girlfriend

The Horse @TheHorse (238306) • Walnut Creek, California 23 Oct 16

My ex- left because she said I wasn't ambitious enough. I saw that as an insult, so I had her for dinner and then took care of the rest in my kitchen sink. I learned it all from watching "Silence of the Lambs" many years...

41 responses •

40 people

We Take Modern Conveniences for Granted Until They Break. What About Our Bodies?

Marsha @MarshaMusselman (38865) • Midland, Michigan 10 Oct 16

I was thinking about this while standing at my sink washing dishes. While we do have a working dishwasher, our disposal quit working a few weeks ago. Having a disposal might be considered a luxury by some, but I grew up with one...

17 responses •

17 people

Disposal Woes

Steve West @zebra2222 (5268) • United States 8 Oct 16

What happens when your disposal is not working? Do you get anxious? Do you feel upset? How are you going to dispose of the leftover casserole? Do you try to fix the problem yourself? Do you hire a plumber? Do you say a...

disposal

2 responses •

2 people

How would you dispose of a religious book?

Morgan @OneOfMany (12150) • United States 16 Feb 16

I had a job of clearing out a house that was really saturated with cat urine and black mold and other things many years ago that was unclean. There were many books to go and we didn't have a dumpster and were well removed from...

bible

religious text

disposal

10 responses •

8 people

Garbage man is on strike.

amnabas @amnabas (14877) • Karachi, Pakistan 11 Jan 16

A very good morning to everyone here. It's a cloudy weather today but I think since a week. But it gets sunny in the afternoon. Our garbage man is on strike so it's a tough week for us yesterday we paid someone for trash...

garbage man

disposal

paid

6 responses •

6 people

Disposing Medicine

Artemeis @artemeis (4189) • China 4 Jul 13

Do you know that there are proper methods of disposing expired or inapplicable medications? Improper or careless negligent disposal would make these medications become health and environment hazards. These exposed medicines in...

4 responses •

3 people

People should observed proper disposal plus not to use plastics.

airasheila @airasheila (5454) • Philippines 9 Sep 12

Good day Fellow Mylotters, Just a quick one, a while ago, I was watching a show that discusses about plastic. Now a days, plastic has been started to be abolished as these materials causes a lot of hazards. Especially, it...

6 responses

I remember when I was younger...

SomeCowgirl @SomeCowgirl (32189) • United States 26 Jul 12

I don't even remember how old I was, I want to say 7.. In any case I didn't want to eat the rest of an apple and I didn't want anyone else to know about it. I think this was before I was really able to either reach the switch to...

disposal

down the toilet

fruit

6 responses

proper disposal of garbage

nicanorr @nicanorr (1789) • Philippines 4 Mar 12

Canals, esteros, creeks, stream, lakes and rivers overflow their banks especially during heavy rains and rainy days. One main cause why they overflow is that they're brimful of garbage and waste composed of 90% plastics and...

8 responses

How many Prom dresses does a girl need..

p1kef1sh @p1kef1sh (45681) 3 Mar 11

I was sorting thorugh a bunch of old clothes earlier and came across p1kelet's old prom dresses. I counted six! She only went to three proms/balls that I recall. I ought to ask her what she wants me to do with them but I know that...

disposal

prom dress

18 responses •

5 people

Disposal of old stuff

Professor2010 @Professor2010 (20156) • India 1 Nov 10

In our day today life, there are many things to dispose off, like pouches that contain milk, edible oils, biscuits; newspapers, magazines, cardboard boxes, used but no more repairable electrical gadgets, utensils, glass bottles,...

11 responses •

3 people