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washing + sorting one day of plastic waste:
around 3 minutes/person

Only plastic bottles can be recycled in the blue bins, the rest needs to go to a recycling centre, let's assume a person wanting to make sure their waste is disposed of properly:

Assuming Glasgow to be a square with an Area of 175km², 18 Glaswegian recycling centres being scattered somewhat regularly:

one centre per 9.72 km² -> avg. distance between 2 points on a square (one being the centre, the other - someone's house) = 3.11km:

-> walking there would take on average 37 minutes (avg pace - 5kph)
-> driving - around 5 minutes

Assuming taking out the recycling bin every week, avg household size 2.4 people:
21mins per week per person * 2.4 people = 50.4 minutes of cleaning and sorting per week

considering commute:
between 26 and 58 minutes spend weekly on recycling -> around 21 hours a month per family

Since "time is money":
Assuming avg. work week of 35.7h and avg. weekly wage of £576 (so around £16.13/h) -> time spent on recycling would be equivalent to £677.65 weekly

25% of waste is not recycled due to contamination -> 5.25 hrs of pre-recycling work wasted every month -> equivalent to £12 wasted

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sorting+cleaning of plastic for recycling vs. cutting up pieces of plastic for feeding the mushrooms

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Time analysis - cutting up plastics for the mycelium bin

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Time analysis - cutting up plastics for the mycelium bin

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around 30 minutes to cut up daily plastic waste into small pieces

Avoiding commute - disposal done in a home mycelium bin

-> similar average time/money spent on recycling -> not a more efficient solution, especially considering there will be added cost of the bin
-> no time wasted due to unaccepted (contaminated) bins

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Plastic Bottle 1: 1 min 37 sec
Plastic Bottle 2: 25s
Plastic Bottle 3: 24s
Plastic Cup 1: 26s
Plastic Cup 2: 24s
Total: 2min 77s

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Chose softer plastics - mostly produce bags

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Chose softer plastics - mostly produce bags

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Did some searching - a lot of people blend HDPE with good results, didn't see anyone doing it with produce bags so decided to try

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Finding points where you can bulk buy ingredients bringing your own containers

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Finding points where you can bulk buy ingredients bringing your own containers

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Time analysis - shredding plastics in a blender

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Time analysis - shredding plastics in a blender

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2-5 minutes of shredding plastics depending on a blender
-> no commute time
-> cost of the bin
-> additional cost is the blender - may be a better idea to get a new one specifically for shredding plastic -> cost up-front even as low as £50 (researching articles of people recycling plastics themselves at home with a use of a kitchen blender)

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This is the amount of plastic waste I managed to produce in 24hrs. It took 2mins and 40secs to dismantle and clean every item of plastic.

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This is the amount of plastic waste I managed to produce in 24hrs. It took 2mins and 40secs to dismantle and clean every item of plastic.

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Comparing loyalty programmes of supermarkets

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Comparing loyalty programmes of supermarkets

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not the most reliable analysis - small test group, but still gives us something to think about, allows to draw some conclusions:

shredding the plastics significantly reduces time spent on recycling but raises the initial cost -> consider a built-in shredder (similar to American waste disposals in sinks)

home recycling despite not necessarily saving time, can save hustle (especially if someone wants to make sure their waste is disposed of properly instead of throwing everything into the blue bins)

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Added water to avoid overheating the motor

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Added water to avoid overheating the motor

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After just a few pulses, bags got shredded into pieces

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After just a few pulses, bags got shredded into pieces

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Didn't shred them completely - was a little bit scared for my blender, although it didn't show any signs of overheating. The process was easy and quick.