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  • In Derbyshire, UK, we have three bins with different colour lids.

    Green- domestic waste, generally bound for landfill, sometimes waste to energy. Anything can go in here but we are deterred from putting toxic material such as batteries in this bin.

    Grey- recyclable material such as paper, metal and glass. Some have separate containers for glass.

    Brown- garden waste. This one is optional and there is an additional £40 annual fee to use the service (the others are included in the council tax).

    Appliances can be left by the roadside and a privately operated metal recycling company will eventually find these. Many scrap yards will buy cars and pay by the kg for the metal. I got about £200 for my 1996 Volvo V40 (~1400kg). Anything else can be disposed of at municipal waste processors which is free for domestic users and charged for commercial waste.