We used to live in a city and there was an incinerator there, but we still took some stuff to recycling banks, namely paper and cardboard, bottles and cans. Here in Wales there's a recycling centre in the town and you can even take broken electric gadgets and furniture there - we have rescued some good skeleton chairs which I'm hoping to refurbish when my back's better :DIt's so interesting to hear other realities,@fitinfun. I guess there may be a different reality just round the corner or in the countryside.