Dangerous items such as these should never have found their way into household waste.
The Government is publishing its review into household waste in the spring.
The trouble is that no one makes much money out of compost from household waste.
How can we know what mixed household waste actually consists of?
Do you find it difficult to dispose of your household waste?
Be creative as you look for new ways to reduce the amount or kinds of household waste.
And the result has been a cut in household solid waste (some of it food) ranging from 25 to 45 percent.
At present, some 4.4 per cent of household waste is recycled.
By 2015, to recycle or compost at least 33 % of household waste.
All our household waste could go towards feeding a pig.