Who also cleans/recycles the lids on tin cans?

Just occurred to me yesterday that I always throw the lid of tin cans in the bin. Have no idea why. Could just as easily be cleaned/popped into the recycling bin.

Am I the only wasteful singletrack member?

We recycle as much as possible. Bean tin lids included.

rinse out the can and lid, put the lid in the can and in the recycling bin. Why wouldn’t you?

Doesn’t throwing just the lid in to the bin seriously risk cutting the bag and spilling the bin all over the floor?

put lid in tin. squash tin. beer tops get chucked in too.

I don’t cut the lid all the way off so it gets recycled by default.

Can lids, bottle tops, jam jar lids, why wouldn’t you?

why wouldn’t you?

I have no answer. I’m amazed how silly I’ve been.

Everything else is recycled, even the corner you cut of juice cartons.

It’s clear I’m the only one. I’ll sit in the corner for a couple of minutes. 😳

Run under the tap whilst still attached to the tin opener, then drop into the tin once that’s emptied and rinsed out. Save the world people 😉

Maybe you had an accident involving a sharp lid and cut yourself so badly you managed to bury the memory. Now, without knowing why, you immediately bin the lid, not taking any chances.

Go with that one…

OP you are as bad as this:

shame on you! 😉

Run under the tap whilst still attached to the tin opener, then drop into the tin once that’s emptied and rinsed out. Save the world people

I wonder how much water you can use to rinse out the can before it becomes more environmentally friendly just to toss it straight in the bin?

I would say the op is worse as ^ wasn’t intentional!

Wash out after the washing up!

I wonder how much water you can use to rinse out the can before it becomes more environmentally friendly just to toss it straight in the bin

This really – I have stopped rinsing them at all, after all they are just getting bunged into a big incinerator somewhere so a couple of stuck on beans in the corner of the can won’t matter.

I wonder how much water you can use to rinse out the can before it becomes more environmentally friendly just to toss it straight in the bin

1. A Lot

2. Wash can in washing up water – no additional water required

3. Thanks for your input.

Our ‘system’ is:

If adding water to the cooking liquid anyway then use the can and get all the contents out with the extra water (eg chopped tomatoes).

If something really sticky (beans) or fishy and it’s quite a few days from collection then I make sure they are rinsed to a degree to stop recycling bins smells and flies. Cans are normally get left in the sink though after use so water used for other things does the job.

Things that come out pretty clean (pulses etc) then often don’t bother and normally get wanged straight in the recycling bin or left in the sink as above.