recycling sex toys in the UK (NSFW) - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

lucidity · 02-04-2004, 04:36 AM

Interesting story.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004051968,00.html

Confederate · 02-04-2004, 05:08 AM

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By DAVID WOODING

RED-faced women will have to hand in their clapped-out sex toys under a new EU law.

They must take back old vibrators for recycling before they can buy a new one.

Last night shop bosses feared having to handle up to two million a year — putting up prices.

The embarrassing prospect reared its ugly head after a small group of MEPs and civil servants rushed through environment-friendly rules at a meeting behind closed doors.

They FORGOT to list exemptions to the Waste Electrical Equipment Directive — or WEE Directive — which is aimed at stopping household goods ending up dumped in landfill sites.

As a result, the directive applies to battery-operated devices ranging from musical greetings cards to vibrators.

Under the law from August 2005 worn out sex toys should be fixed and resold. Even if there is no market for the second-hand vibrators, more than 80 per cent of the parts must be reused.

A spokesman for the Ann Summers chain of stores said: “We hope our customers wear out before our toys do.

“But we’d definitely need guidance of how to dispose of our toys. I mean it’s not like leaving a TV out for the dustman, is it?”

Martin Jay, co-editor of the Brussels-based Sprout mag, said: “This is fine in principle but impossible to police without weekly Europe-wide inspections of the contents of people’s bin bags.”

Tory MP David Amess said: “This new law will come as a blow to many thousands of people.

“It is yet another example of a crazy, ill-thought-out European directive. It will result in some very embarrassing disclosures.

“This law should end up where any person would deposit unwanted private items — in the dustbin.”

It will cover some 250 household items running on mains or battery power, requiring all with a rating below 1,000 volts to be returned “once its natural life has expired”.

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Strange Famous · 02-04-2004, 05:23 AM

I would agree that, while its intent is honourable, it is totally unenforcable.

aphex140 · 02-04-2004, 05:33 AM

lol

Is there not enough to be getting on with.

Recycle the batteries if it has them.

Though ' melt them down to make speed humps'

tuffrr · 02-04-2004, 05:37 AM

If that is true, and I have no reason to believe that it isn't, that would be one of the funnier/crazier things i have heard in a long time.

ratbastid · 02-04-2004, 07:14 AM

Okay.... Now... Help me with this.

Does anybody really think there's a market for second-hand sex toys? I don't know about anyone else, but that just has an unpleasant feeling to it. I really don't even want a sex toy with recycled parts in it.

illesturban · 02-04-2004, 07:59 AM

^ exactly; I share the same sentiments... that's a pretty gross thought to me... ugh.

Charlatan · 02-04-2004, 08:06 AM

mmmm... recycled sex toys...

put em on Ebay... trust me they will sell. Nothing would surprise me.

(shudder)

CinnamonGirl · 02-04-2004, 08:28 AM

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Under the law from August 2005 worn out sex toys should be fixed and resold.

That made me shudder...yick.

tritium · 02-04-2004, 12:55 PM

page 3.....

Anyway... the idea of second-hand sex toys is pretty nasty, however, there are probably plenty of people out there that would make the purchase. These are probably the same folks buying used underwear via ebay for their own purposes...

minyn · 02-04-2004, 01:09 PM

doh for needed loopholes.

second hand? no thanks, theyll have new issues of STDs running around if they arent careful when handling

cyclone · 02-04-2004, 01:30 PM

wow, the things the internet teaches you

Bigt6909 · 02-04-2004, 03:55 PM

hmm just doesn't sound too safe if you ask me

cyclone · 02-04-2004, 04:05 PM

yea heh

taylorspl · 02-04-2004, 06:16 PM

Imagine you could get a new vibrator at Goodwill while getting a new $2 shirt.

Mastershredder · 02-04-2004, 08:23 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ratbastid
Okay.... Now... Help me with this.

Does anybody really think there's a market for second-hand sex toys? I don't know about anyone else, but that just has an unpleasant feeling to it. I really don't even want a sex toy with recycled parts in it.

Bwahahah that sounds about as good of an idea as selling recycled doritos

omega2K4 · 02-04-2004, 10:53 PM

Goddamn, just eBay the old fuckers.

BigTruck1956 · 02-04-2004, 11:26 PM

Note to self: Dont buy any plastic products made in the UK

thedrake · 02-06-2004, 09:25 AM

Funny

Lebell · 02-06-2004, 09:41 AM

"SOOO, what do you have in the way of second hand vibrators"

"Well sir, I've got a little purple number with low mileage that was only used by a little old lady before she went to confession..."

02-04-2004, 04:36 AM	#1 (permalink)
lucidity Crazy Location: ...the space between what's wrong and right...	recycling sex toys in the UK (NSFW) Interesting story. http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004051968,00.html

02-04-2004, 05:23 AM	#3 (permalink)
Strange Famous follower of the child's crusade?	I would agree that, while its intent is honourable, it is totally unenforcable. __________________ "Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate, for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain without being uncovered." The Gospel of Thomas

02-04-2004, 05:33 AM	#4 (permalink)
aphex140 Psycho Location: northamptonshire	lol Is there not enough to be getting on with. Recycle the batteries if it has them. Though ' melt them down to make speed humps' __________________ Computers allow us to make more mistakes at a faster rate than any other man-made thing, with the exception of handguns and tequila. [/QUOTE=BAMF]Do they role a die, with a 1/3 chance of being flacid?[/QUOTE]

02-04-2004, 08:06 AM	#8 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	mmmm... recycled sex toys... put em on Ebay... trust me they will sell. Nothing would surprise me. (shudder) __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

02-04-2004, 12:55 PM	#10 (permalink)
tritium Professor of Drinkology	page 3..... Anyway... the idea of second-hand sex toys is pretty nasty, however, there are probably plenty of people out there that would make the purchase. These are probably the same folks buying used underwear via ebay for their own purposes... __________________ Blah.

02-04-2004, 05:37 AM	#5 (permalink)
tuffrr Registered User Location: On the internet	If that is true, and I have no reason to believe that it isn't, that would be one of the funnier/crazier things i have heard in a long time.

02-04-2004, 07:14 AM	#6 (permalink)
ratbastid Darth Papa Location: Yonder	Okay.... Now... Help me with this. Does anybody really think there's a market for second-hand sex toys? I don't know about anyone else, but that just has an unpleasant feeling to it. I really don't even want a sex toy with recycled parts in it.

02-04-2004, 07:59 AM	#7 (permalink)
illesturban Psycho Location: Lubbock, TX	^ exactly; I share the same sentiments... that's a pretty gross thought to me... ugh.

02-04-2004, 01:09 PM	#11 (permalink)
minyn young and in bloom Location: under the bodhi tree.... bling	doh for needed loopholes. second hand? no thanks, theyll have new issues of STDs running around if they arent careful when handling __________________ "Woke up this morning with a blue moon in my eye" ~A3 "woke up this morning" "Don't compromise yourself, you're all you've got." -Janis Joplin

02-04-2004, 01:30 PM	#12 (permalink)
cyclone Upright	wow, the things the internet teaches you

02-04-2004, 03:55 PM	#13 (permalink)
Bigt6909 Crazy Location: Michigan	hmm just doesn't sound too safe if you ask me __________________ Beer. Now there's a temporary solution. --Homer Simpson

02-04-2004, 04:05 PM	#14 (permalink)
cyclone Upright	yea heh

02-04-2004, 06:16 PM	#15 (permalink)
taylorspl Insane Location: Tucson, AZ	Imagine you could get a new vibrator at Goodwill while getting a new $2 shirt.

02-04-2004, 10:53 PM	#17 (permalink)
omega2K4 Natalie Portman is sexy. Location: The Outer Rim	Goddamn, just eBay the old fuckers. __________________ "While the State exists there can be no freedom. When there is freedom there will be no State." - Vladimir Ilyich Lenin "Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form."- Karl Marx

02-04-2004, 11:26 PM	#18 (permalink)
BigTruck1956 Psycho Location: norcal	Note to self: Dont buy any plastic products made in the UK __________________ so much to do, so little time.....at least i aint bored.

02-06-2004, 09:25 AM	#19 (permalink)
thedrake Banned Location: Iowa	Funny

02-06-2004, 09:41 AM	#20 (permalink)
Lebell Cracking the Whip Location: Sexymama's arms...	"SOOO, what do you have in the way of second hand vibrators" "Well sir, I've got a little purple number with low mileage that was only used by a little old lady before she went to confession..." __________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." – C. S. Lewis The ONLY sponsors we have are YOU! Please Donate!