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Dealing with Recyclables

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Administration My litter  picking has broken into two distinct phases. Washing Station There is the Picking, the actual out in the world, humping through bushes, fighting the thorns and dead animals to get this stuff out of nature and away to downstream processing. As I pick, I sort the recyclables. Not every recyclable is kept. I have learnt that some are just not worth the effort to clean. Indeed, some have a disgusting mollusc type slime that stinks. Those I will leave behind. Half Full I take the recyclables home and clean them before taking them to their recycling points. This activity I have come to call Administration. Administration covers the washing, storing and transport of the recyclables. Washing is well tedious, but I decided to do it, so no real complaints. When I get home the recyclables are sorted again into plastic, metal and glass and given a prewash with the hose to knock the worst of the muck off. Our picking currently is removing historic rubbish, so some ...