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Yes - Just about everything 7 25.93%
Yes - most everything 7 25.93%
Yes - somethings 9 33.33%
No - there aren't any programs here 0 0%
No - I don't need to, I barely generate any waste 1 3.70%
No - I don't see any problem, or care 3 11.11%
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Old 04-14-2006, 04:48 PM
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Question Do You Recycle??

This is inspired from Turtle's earlier Thread "Waste Management"
found here:

http://hypography.com/forums/earth-s...recycling.html

Do you do your part to recycle?
and to what degree and extent?

It seems only natural that recycling must be implemented to reduce waste and conserve resources.
And $ave Energy as well..

So, respond as to what you do, what more you could do, or Ideas for more/more efficient recycling possibilities!

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Old 04-14-2006, 05:43 PM
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i recycle...dont see why not.
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I put cans and bottles in the recycling bin, they probably just send it right to the dump though.
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Re: Do You Recycle??

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I put cans and bottles in the recycling bin, they probably just send it right to the dump though.
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Re: Do You Recycle??

I recycle...but not in the usuall sence.

First off things that I can use or think might be remotely useful eventually (and that sweetie dsesn't force me to throw out!!!) never make it to the trash (car, motor bike, bicycle and mower parts, electronics, hoses and tubing, metal scraps etc. stay.)

Dead vehicles stripped of all their goodies (any thing I think is or could be even remotely usefull) get hualed off to be recycled.

Cans, bottles go to a buddy of mine that turns them in to be recycled for cash.

Useable clothes, books movies and music go to the local thrift store.
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I recycle everything I can.
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Re: Do You Recycle??

Driving home yesterday I passed by one of the recycle places.
Aluminum cans are up to .70 a pound!! I dont remember seeing cans that high ever, especially now. Usually aluminum is going down at this time of year.

What is needed is incentive. Whether or not a person should do this on their own isnt the real issue. Its how to get people to take the time to recycle. Money should be offered for these recycle items. Another problem is advertising. There are many people out there who can dispose of recycleable items but the general population does not have contact with them.

Advertising in newspapers is expensive, plus people often want you to come get their stuff, rather than taking the time themselves to bring it to the appropriate places. When iron is $90 a ton it takes alot of pipes, hinges, doorknobs etc to make the drive worth while. And as a point of reference, $90 a ton is very high and has only been going on for about the last 8 years. For many years a car body was worth $17 - $30 a ton. Most cars now a days weigh less than two tons. Now if you can fill up a van with a bunch of steel you can get one to weigh 5 tons. Plus there are many environmental requirements before a junk man can recycle a car, such as draining oils and fluids. Pulling tires (which cost to dispose of), batteries, etc.
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Re: Do You Recycle??

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I recycle...but not in the usuall sence.

First off things that I can use or think might be remotely useful eventually (and that sweetie dsesn't force me to throw out!!!) never make it to the trash (car, motor bike, bicycle and mower parts, electronics, hoses and tubing, metal scraps etc. stay.)

Dead vehicles stripped of all their goodies (any thing I think is or could be even remotely usefull) get hualed off to be recycled.

Cans, bottles go to a buddy of mine that turns them in to be recycled for cash.

Useable clothes, books movies and music go to the local thrift store.
DFINITLYDISTRUBD I am with your sweetie on this. Due to my ex being a pack rat, my own personal best was a 74 dodge van which topped out a 9 tons after I got done packing it, after we parted ways. That s.o.b. had TRAIN PARTS!! Do you have any idea how heavy train parts are!! I couldnt believe the garbage he kept. anyways...

The man who came to get it stressed his own flat bed loading it. When he unloaded it at the junkyard with his loader, the van bent around his forks and I was forbidden to pack vans that tight again.
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Re: Do You Recycle??

Nope. I do not. I throw things in the proper the garbage, metal in metal, and everything into whatever else there. But if i help others and help recycling? Nope. Too lazy. Here, in America, people waste so much, it won't matter how much i would help. Hell, we have so much garabage you can see it from space. (Why don't we send it to space? INto the sun...)
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Nope. I do not. I throw things in the garbage, metal and everything, whatever else there. help recycling? Nope. Too lazy. Here, in America, people waste so much, it won't matter how much i would help. Hell, we have so much garabage you can see it from space. (Why don't we send it to space? INto the sun...)
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At least you're honest!
No is an option. Many people do not recycle, and Obviously you are one.
But that is because you are lazy and don't give a sh*t,
not because you can't, or don't have facilities

Yeah, sending it into space would be a LOT cheaper than simply taking a few minutes to sort.

I'm sure Mother Nature is very proud of you.

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