3½-inch floppy disks can still be used with an external USB floppy disk drive. Subsequently, the 5¼-inch and then the 3½-inch became a ubiquitous form of data storage and transfer into the first years of the 21st century. The first floppy disks, invented and made by IBM, had a disk diameter of 8 inches (203.2 mm). Floppy disks store digital data which can be read and written when the disk is inserted into a floppy disk drive ( FDD) connected to or inside a computer or other device. Lids separated from containers which are bigger than a 50 cent piece can be recycled in your yellow-lidded bin, while smaller lids should be placed in your red lid garbage bin.A 3½-inch floppy disk removed from its housingĪ floppy disk or floppy diskette (casually referred to as a floppy, or a diskette) is a type of disk storage composed of a thin and flexible disk of a magnetic storage medium in a square or nearly square plastic enclosure lined with a fabric that removes dust particles from the spinning disk. However, with glass bottles and jars the lids should be removed as the lids are made with material Please ensure these bottles are empty before you recycle them. These lids can be left on as you are recycling plastic with plastic. Leave the lids on all plastic bottles (milk, juice, soft drink, etc.). Thornleigh Community Recycling Centre, Recycling Near You Nespresso, TerraCycle (for other coffee capsule brands), Red lid garbage bin Thornleigh Community Recycling Centre, Red lid garbage binĬharity stores, return to dry cleaners, scrap metal recyclers Swap with friends, Donate to charity, Take to Thornleigh Community Recycling Centre, Garbage bin Red lid garbage bin, Bulky Waste Collection Thornleigh Community Recycling Centre, Red lid garbage binįloppy disks, cassette tapes, video tapes, laser disksĭonate to charity, Bulky Waste Collection, Waste management centreĬompost bin, Chipping day, Waste Management Centre, Green lid green waste bin (cut tree to fit in bin)
Large quantities can go to Waste management centre, Small quantity for one room can go in Bulky Waste Collection Waste management centre, scrap metal recyclers Thornleigh Community Recycling Centre or Beaumont Road Mt Ku-ring-gai drop off point Thornleigh Community Recycling Centre, Chemical Clean OutĬardboard (flattened boxes and large sheets) Thornleigh Community Recycling Centre for soft plastics recycling Thornleigh Community Recycling Centre, Red lid garbage bin Thornleigh Community Recycling Centre, Donate to charity, Second hand book store or sell, Yellow lid recycling bin Trays in yellow lid bin Foil packets in red lid garbage bin plastic packets to Thornleigh Community Recycling Centre for soft plastic recycling Thornleigh Community Recycling Centre, Mobile musterĭonate to charity, Bulky Waste Collection Thornleigh Community Recycling Centre, Battery World, Chemical CleanOut, Thornleigh Community Recycling Centre, Battery World, Aldi supermarkets, Council's Libraries, Council's administration building Red lid garbage bin, Waste management centreīathroom waste (eg makeup remover pads, cotton balls, tissues, etc)īatteries (household use including rechargeable) Red lid garbage bin, Bulky Waste Collection, Donate to charityīathroom basin, bath, cupboards, fittings Thornleigh Community Recycling Centre, Bulky Waste Collection, Donate to charity Chemical CleanOut, Waste management centre