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Originally Posted by freeztar  I think we should use Venus as our landfill.
All the stuff that is capable of being reprocessed should be recycled (depending on emissions).
I'm going to be cremated. It saves space and doesn't cause problems with floods. Most likely, your descendants will be consuming the atoms that once composed "me".  |
I want to be composted.
Far less energy involved. How do I mange that? I need a really good grinder.
Then again I could donate my body to medical students to play with.
Apparently organs are hard to re-cycle unless you actually die in hospital and can be put on "life" support. (To keep you fresh). My driving license says I want to donate any useful body parts but apparently my next-of-kin can veto that. (They probably won't as they would be too amazed to see that there was anything left that was still useful)
Incineration
mmmm. . .
touchy topic
Most everything burnt gives off toxic gasses.
The best system so far is the
BEST Energies pyrolysis machine.
It can go though about c.4+ tonne of organic biomass (up to 70% water content!) an hour with about the same emissions as a diesel truck.
Then you are left with plastic, chicken bones, scraps that would attract rats and cockroaches and kitchen peelings.
I now compost kitchen peelings with local seaweed from the lake and horse & chicken manure from the farm around the corner. I usually add some grass clippings from my suburban lawn but usually just use it as mulch.
I used to put peelings in an open toped/bottomed bin. It took about twelve months to fill if I added some paper occasionally. I then started another bin. left the first to turn into worm castings. I did "seed" it at first with some worms. The worms and the possums seemed to appreciate my re-cycling efforts.
Of late with my interest in Terra preta I am now grinding up egg-shells in a mortar and pestle (It is surprising how much you can get in a short time). The lavenders love it.
I experimented with bones by taking the big Christmas ham-bone down to the lake where the crabs cleaned it. I brought it home and intended to grind it up. It is still sitting on the back path waiting for an inspirational idea on how to achieve that. Perhaps this is a bit a "bridge too far" as far as recycling goes.
The council bin has a recycling side and a rubbish side.
My daughter does not believe they really re-cycle anything. It's all pretend, she says.
The thing I throw out mainly is paper (local) & junk mail (I don't buy newspapers I read the web for news) plastic soda bottles and grog bottles.
I am a bit wary of composting the paper, although I do own a paper shredder.
In SA there is a 5 Cent deposit on all bottles-plastic and glass. I believe they therefore recycle 90% of them. When I was a kid all soft drink bottles had a "deposit" on them and it was a great way to make pocket money. Beer bottles were also sold to glass companies My scout troop just about built their hall from beer bottles (My public spirited dad helped a lot).
Sometimes I am very dim and it was pointed out to me that just recycling things was not good enough if you didn't buy products that were recycled. I found that a surprising new idea.
My plant nursery has a spot where people can leave, or pick up, plastic pots.
I usually 'pick up' and have collected pots that would have cost $200 new. I tend to shop at that nursery because of this.
We (Oz) are trying to get rid of supermarket plastic bags by using cloth "green' bags. Invariably I forget to take mine and consequently feel guilty.
The cloth bags are good.(cost $1) They are strong and hold a lot more. They do tend to get diverted to many other uses too, collecting seaweed, library books, taking the cat for a walk, storage etc
In the end maybe we all need to consume less.
I am thinking of asking for some donations to my favorite charities like
Amnesty and the
Blue Dragon Children's Foundation this year instead of birthday presents (Unless they buy me a new Apple Mac!)
Re: Recycling 
