Recycling old electric fence posts

[FFAQ]

I have a load of broken and bent electric fence posts (the plastic ones with the metal prong on the end) and I was wondering what you all do with yours? I don't think the local recycling centre will take them as they're very twitchy about 'agricultural waste'. I tried to take some old horse rugs there once and they wouldn't accept them. There are rather a lot of them building up so I'm wondering how to dispose of them!

 

[The Fuzzy Furry]

I chuck them in a feed sack, when it's not too heavy I then add other household rubbish to it and take to tip. My neighbour just takes hers home a few at a time and puts them in the general waste bin.

 

[Penny Less]

I have a couple propping up plants in the garden !

 

[Auslander]

If you mean bent as in the prongs are bent, you can straighten them using the holes in a drain cover (I have storm drains on my yard, and the covers have holes that are exactly the right size!). You put the prong in the hole,and lean gently until they straighten up.

 

[FFAQ]

If you mean bent as in the prongs are bent, you can straighten them using the holes in a drain cover (I have storm drains on my yard, and the covers have holes that are exactly the right size!). You put the prong in the hole,and lean gently until they straighten up.

Brilliant! I will go looking for some drains with holes in. I must have about 20 bent posts - git horse kicks them and bends the pin!
Thanks everyone!

 

[OWLIE185]

I just cut them up with a saw and put them in the bin.

 

[lamlyn2012]

Just tap them with a mallet to straighten them.

 

[Peregrine Falcon]

Or the bent ends put in the holes in your towbar on your vehicle and bend back into shape.

 

[case895]

Snap them in half and on the stable wheelie bin. They mostly snap off at the top of the metal, or strip the clips off.