Cycling in Sydney Australia
recycling options for old bikes & parts
I recently cracked and old steel MTB frame. It is not worth repairing. Anyone got any good suggestions for the best way to get rid of it? I am in City of Sydney, if that make a difference.
While I am at it, what is the best way to dispose of used bike parts like chains or rims. I have just been chucking them in the bin up until now ;( but surely there is an easy way to recycle them?
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Permalink Reply by back street boy on -
Haha awesome.
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Permalink Reply by timothy.clifford on -
I'll give you two options:
1. Cycle Re-Cycle Club (aka The Nunnery Bike Workshop), 1 Philip St, Waterloo
2. The Bower, Addison Rd Centre, Marrickville
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Permalink Reply by back street boy on
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Thanks TC, I did think of the nunnery, but the frame I've got is cracked and not worth fixing IMO. Don't really want to donate junk to them.
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Permalink Reply by timothy.clifford on
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There's plenty of junk frames at the Bower. The recycle what they can, the rest is there for anyone to take.
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Permalink Reply by noelbike on
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At Hill Street depot near SOP you can drop metat for free. Probably you can at all of those places. One on West Botany St. There used to be one behind what is now bicentenial park.
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Permalink Reply by Snowy_5 on -
I know of SOP but it`s for back street boy from City of Sydney to drop off near Sydney.
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Permalink Reply by Bob Moore on -
Have a go at making some furniture
http://tinyurl.com/Bikerimtable
Is the aluminium in rims the same as that in cans? If so can you just put old rims in your recycle bin, or steel rims and old chains etc for that matter?
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Permalink Reply by KimR on -
You can frop off scrap steel and aluminium at Alexandira on Blourke Road, near Green Square http://www.supercatconverters.com/home.asp
Steel is worth about $0.12 per kg, aluminium about $1 per kg
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Permalink Reply by Bob Moore on
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What do bike shops do with broken rims etc, save up a load of scrap and take it to one of those places?
Looking on the net, it seems most rims are made from the same alloy as cans, so should be able to cut up and stick in your own recycle bin at home.
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Permalink Reply by back street boy on
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The bike shop my friend worked in had a few bins (Al, ferrous metals etc) that got picked up by a scrap metal place. The scrap metal place did it for free and made the money on selling the scrap. This particular shop was adjacent to an industrial area so this probably made it easier for them.
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