Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Mitre 10 Blackwood SA

Mitre 10
Blackwood SA
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from Don Matthews <donmatthews7@gmail.com> toblwd@balcoop.com.au
Apr 21, 2009 subject Recycling UV degraded poly tank mailed-bygmail.com

Dear Rohan,


I noticed your advert for Teampoly poly rainwater tanks in our local The Blackwood Times (April 2009) and wondered if you could help me. I am thinking of buying a poly tank but would like to know if they can be recycled when it eventually is broken down by sunlight. I would like to think I was doing the right thing by the environment in buying a tank which can be recycled at the end of its life. Could you please advise if Teampoly's tanks can be recycled when degraded by sunlight at the end of their life.

Thanks for your help,
Don Matthews
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Don its Mark we had this conversation yesterday you need to take this up with team poly here is there email address www.teampoly.com.au
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Mark,


I'm going to need a response back from Teampoly via Mitre 10. Responsibility for providing information back to the public on products rests with the retailer. You can't put this back on the customer. Also this is important information you need to have at your fingertips these days because people are becoming more environment-conscious and wanting to know if plastic products they are buying can be recycled at the end of their life. Could you please contact Teampoly and ask what they advise you tell customers who ask whether their tanks can be recycled when degraded by sunlight at the end of their life.

Thanks
Don
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fromBlackwood M10 <blwd@balcoop.com.au>toDon Matthews <donmatthews7@gmail.com>
dateWed, May 6, 2009 at 5:53 PMsubjectRE: Recycling UV degraded poly tank

Don surely you would appreciate the need for water storage. Both companies who make them and customers who buy them need an alternative, do you have one?. The Murray river is at a critical low and these people are making an effort, yet you criticise them for making a positive difference for the environment. It makes no sense for you to single out rainwater tanks when the irrigation products that you purchase are made from a similar product that can’t be recycled .You have already spoken to team poly and other manufactures, these tanks have been approved by the Australian government. I suggest you take it up with them that is your right as a consumer. Mark

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Don Matthews <donmatthews7@gmail.com>toBlackwood M10 <mailto:blwd@balcoop.com.au 12, 2009 at 4:47 PMsubjectRe: Recycling UV degraded poly tankmailed-bygmail.com

Mark,


You have raised some interesting points worth discussing at another time but you seem to be evading a very simple request from an enquiring member of the public wanting to know if the Teampoly tanks you sell can be recycled when degraded by sunlight at the end of their life. All you need to do is ring them up, ask them the question saying a customer was asking a question I don't know the answer to and see what they advise you to tell this customer. Then just email me back with their reply. Simple. It's your responsibility as a retailer. All the other points you raise are red herrings and irrelevant to my enquiry.

Cheers
Don
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fromBlackwood M10 <blwd@balcoop.com.au>toDon Matthews <donmatthews7@gmail.com> May 14, 2009 at 11:31 AMsubjectRE: Recycling UV degraded poly tank

Team poly have said their tanks are able to be recycled at the end of their life, quite often they are turned into trough’s. If this harassment continues it will become a police matter.


Mark
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