This might be a silly question but...

 

i am wondering if there is any recycling in Phuket? Even in Cambodia, bottles and cans were collected by private recyclers.

 

Any advice is appreciated!

Just leave all your rubbish out front at your bin. Every hour there will be a 'recycle' man checking what you left out front and he will sort it all for free.

Rubbish pickers seem to be only interested in cans, plastic and cardboard. Once the municipal garbage truck picks up the rubbish, it all ends up in the same place.

I sort all plastic,paper, glass and metal into a separate box or bag and leave it ln front of the bin,makes it easier for recycle man and discourages the mangy soi dogs from ripping open the bags and making a mess everywhere.

20 minutes ago, johng said:

I sort all plastic,paper, glass and metal into a separate box or bag and leave it ln front of the bin,makes it easier for recycle man and discourages the mangy soi dogs from ripping open the bags and making a mess everywhere.

This is the way to do recycling in Thailand. 

 

If some local collectors get the boxes or bags before the collectors come, one can be sure the recycling money is going to where it's most needed. 

Thats the good Thai way to do things.

 

The bins in my area are scavenged multiple times per day anything of any value gets taken away very quickly.

I have another question regarding recycling/garbage:

Where can you throw away "special waste"? Used batteries etc.

 

I don't want to throw it away with normal waste. I have a small plastic container at home where I have been putting used batteries for several years and it's time to empty it.

Doesn't matter who, or where you give it, it will still end up in the dump.

This is a developing country don't forget.

1 minute ago, KarenBravo said:

Doesn't matter who, or where you give it, it will still end up in the dump.

This is a developing country don't forget.

 

Spot on ... and often not even an 'official' dump. Just thrown away anywhere.

for car and motorcycle batteries the shop will usually give you a discount if you return the old batteries to them. (they get recycled somehow)
For normal AA and AAA batteries sadly there doesnt seem to be much choice but put them in the bin
at least now some of them contain less or no mercury and nickel cadmium is much less commonly used now replaced with luthium-ion batteries.

1 hour ago, johng said:

for car and motorcycle batteries the shop will usually give you a discount if you return the old batteries to them. (they get recycled somehow)
For normal AA and AAA batteries sadly there doesnt seem to be much choice but put them in the bin
at least now some of them contain less or no mercury and nickel cadmium is much less commonly used now replaced with luthium-ion batteries.

 

 

 

 

Just a few days ago we bought new battery for wife's car.  Shop gave us 400 baht back for the old battery.