It just makes everything more complicated, but at the end of the day I realized how much trash really is recyclable. When did this come into effect? Is it for ETERNITY?!!!!
Posted by Orko on Oct-23-2007 19:06:
Are you asking if recycling is here to stay?
Posted by StereoPrincess on Oct-23-2007 19:18:
recycling is very very important.
Posted by NuERA on Oct-23-2007 19:21:
quote:
Originally posted by StereoPrincess
recycling is very very important.
yes!! but lets not forget the importance of reducing and reusing!
Posted by Orko on Oct-23-2007 19:36:
quote:
Originally posted by NuERA
yes!! but lets not forget the importance of reducing and reusing!
Yeah seriously. People think they are doing a good thing when they see 24 empty water bottles in the recycling bin. 1 nalgene and a tap is a much better solution.
It seems like people in other parts of the world are a lot better at reusing things they already have.
Posted by Silky Johnson on Oct-23-2007 19:38:
Yes, I've always thought recycling to be very complicated.
Posted by kotsy on Oct-23-2007 20:24:
Re: recycling :/
quote:
Originally posted by Leon Oziel
It just makes everything more complicated, but at the end of the day I realized how much trash really is recyclable. When did this come into effect? Is it for ETERNITY?!!!!
And it's only gotten more complicated what with the green bins and everything now.
Posted by Jem_hadar on Oct-23-2007 21:07:
quote:
Originally posted by Orko
It seems like people in other parts of the world are a lot better at reusing things they already have.
Not in many (most?? i'm not sure) states.
I can speak to a several personally where i have friends and family living...
the worst ive encountered has to be NC though!
recycling is like NON-EXISTENT.
do you know how wrong it feels after a massive, massive night of quality drinking with friends to go to the garbage can/basket the next morning and see it full of 50-100 beer cans (and bottles)??!!!
IT WAS SHOCKING and i hafta say kinda disgusting for me to behold.
Not only dont either their ABC Stores (etc.) take back their cans/bottles (or if they do in fact, then its just the case that the majority of the population never goes to the trouble to do it), but there is no recycling program in place to collect the cans/bottles anyways.
so yup, all that crap goes into the landfill.
the thought of that really bothers me. think of all the alcohol cans and bottles that get consumed each and every night by us... esp on fri and saturdays.... Posted by Orko on Oct-23-2007 21:26:
Guys, if you find recycling 'complicated' then you need some fucking help (not just with recycling). Think about how much time you spend buying those products, choosing between brands, sizes, and quantities. Now just take a bit of that effort to dispose of the waste you created. Not hard.
Blue (plastics, metals), grey (paper), green (organic).
Posted by loca on Oct-23-2007 21:27:
I have a recycling question... i've asked a bunch of people this but no one can give me an answer:
what do you do with batteries and aerosol cans?? Recycle? Regular garbage? Something else??
Posted by Orko on Oct-23-2007 21:31:
quote:
Originally posted by loca
I have a recycling question... i've asked a bunch of people this but no one can give me an answer:
what do you do with batteries and aerosol cans?? Recycle? Regular garbage? Something else??
I dunno about aerosol cans, since I dont use them.
With batteries, I take them to school, because we have a battery recycling program there. You can try Canadian Tire, because I think they may infact handle that sort of thing.
Posted by Silky Johnson on Oct-23-2007 23:17:
quote:
Originally posted by Orko
Guys, if you find recycling 'complicated' then you need some fucking help (not just with recycling). Think about how much time you spend buying those products, choosing between brands, sizes, and quantities. Now just take a bit of that effort to dispose of the waste you created. Not hard.
Blue (plastics, metals), grey (paper), green (organic).
OMG SLOW DOWN, MAN! MY HEAD IS SPINNING!!
Posted by Jem_hadar on Oct-23-2007 23:21:
quote:
Originally posted by jennypie
OMG SLOW DOWN, MAN! MY HEAD IS SPINNING!!
which is your head? the one bending over, or the one all in? Posted by Cro_Addict on Oct-23-2007 23:55:
quote:
Originally posted by Orko
Guys, if you find recycling 'complicated' then you need some fucking help (not just with recycling). Think about how much time you spend buying those products, choosing between brands, sizes, and quantities. Now just take a bit of that effort to dispose of the waste you created. Not hard.
Blue (plastics, metals), grey (paper), green (organic).
you forgot about the Red bins
Posted by geroin on Oct-24-2007 00:05:
haha recycling is complete bullshit! people that believe in that crap are so misinformed
watch pen and teller's bullshit episode about recycling
Posted by geroin on Oct-24-2007 00:10:
haha recycling is complete bullshit! people that believe in that crap are so misinformed
watch pen and teller's bullshit episode about recycling
a small part from the episode, how far would people go hahah
Posted by DigiNut on Oct-24-2007 00:11:
quote:
Originally posted by Jem_hadar
do you know how wrong it feels after a massive, massive night of quality drinking with friends to go to the garbage can/basket the next morning and see it full of 50-100 beer cans (and bottles)??!!!
If it were bottles, it wouldn't feel very wrong to me, seeing as how the amount of usable glass reclaimed by the recycling process is worth less than what it costs to recycle them.
Cans, yes, if they're aluminum. Aluminum is the one material that actually makes economic sense to recycle.
Posted by DigiNut on Oct-24-2007 00:16:
quote:
Originally posted by geroin
a small part from the episode, how far would people go hahah
Hah, classic. I never got to see that episode, looks like a good one.
Posted by Silky Johnson on Oct-24-2007 01:17:
Mhmm, because Penn & Teller's show isn't very well manipulated to make you think so. Use your brain, lol.
Posted by DigiNut on Oct-24-2007 01:59:
quote:
Originally posted by jennypie
Mhmm, because Penn & Teller's show isn't very well manipulated to make you think so. Use your brain, lol.
I doubt that everyone in SoCal is quite that retarded, but I know at least one who definitely is.
I haven't seen the episode in question (aside from that clip), but the fact of the matter is, recycling is actually wasteful for most materials that are on the list of recyclables. Forget about the P&T fodder; this ought to be old news for people who have done much independent reading on recycling programs - independent meaning anything other than the crappy calendars they send out and the R� propaganda we were given in elementary school alongside the Mosaic and French.
(That last one was a joke - the point still stands)
And the fact that the city keeps cutting back on pickup services while simultaneously telling us we have to work harder to sort our own garbage is, well, crap. Reduced service should be accompanied by a reduced cost, and when somebody is paying for a service (which we are, through property taxes), you don't tell them to do your job for you. What's even more ridiculous are the rules placed on multi-res and commercial buildings; if they don't produce "enough" recycling material, the city will refuse to pick up the garbage.
Posted by Swamper on Oct-24-2007 02:57:
quote:
Originally posted by loca
I have a recycling question... i've asked a bunch of people this but no one can give me an answer:
what do you do with batteries and aerosol cans?? Recycle? Regular garbage? Something else??
DRY : Place loose in a see-through blue bag or container (paper and plastic recycling)
Aluminum: food/drink
containers, foil
Books (cover removed)
Box board: cereal and
tissue boxes
Bristol board
Brown Kraft bags
Calendars (spiral removed)
Cardboard: corrugated
boxes
Catalogues
Cigarette packages (with foil inserts removed)
Cottage cheese containers
Detergent bottles
Disposable coffee cups
Drink boxes
Egg cartons and flats
Envelopes (with window
is ok)
File folders
Food and beverage
containers
Food cans
Gift bags (rope removed)
Gift wrap (non-metallic)
Gift cards
Glass (food and beverage bottles and jars of all colours)
Ice cream containers (plastic or polycoat)
Juice cans
Juice cartons and jugs
Laundry hampers/baskets
Magazines
Margarine tubs and lids
Meat trays (Styrofoam)
Medicine bottles (non-prescription/empty)
Metal lids
Milk cartons and jugs
Newspapers including flyers
Paint cans (empty & dry)
Paper
Paper towel and toilet paper rolls
Pie plates (aluminum and paper)
Pizza boxes
Plastic cake & bakery trays & containers
Plastic containers: all #'s
Plastic muffin containers
Plastic pots, planting trays & flats
Plastic vegetable/fruit containers (no bags)
Polycoat
Pop cans
Posters
Potato bags
Reports & books
Salad containers (plastic disposable/take-out)
Shredded paper
Soap bottles
Soy beverage containers
Steel: soup and other cans
Sticky notes
Styrofoam (clean containers)
Styrofoam: large pieces
Telephone books
Tetra paks (soy, milk, juice,
soup, drinks)
Tissue paper
Tubs and lids from food containers
Unsoiled meat trays
White (granulated) sugar bags
Wrapping paper (non-metallic)
Writing and printing paper
Yogurt tubs and lids (not foil lids)
WASTE : Place loose in a clear bag or container not exceeding 100 L
Aerosol cans (empty)
Balloons
Bandages and gauze
Binders
Blister packaging
(gum and lozenges)
Board games
Book covers
Brushes and roller
Butcher paper
Butter wrapper
Calculators
Candle wax
Candles
Candy wrappers
Carbon paper
Carpet (small pieces)
Cassette tapes, 8 track
tapes
CD's
Cellophane
Ceramics
Cereal or cracker box liner
Chalk
China
Chip and cookie bags
Clocks
Clothing
Coffee cup lids
Combs
Compact disks
Computer disks
Cookie bag
Coolers (insulated ice chests)
Corks
Corning Ware
Cosmetics
Crayons
Cups (glass, ceramic)
Curtains
Cutlery (plastic and metal)
Dental floss
Deodorant/anti-perspirant sticks (empty)
Dish cloths
Dryer lint
Dryer sheets
DVD's
Elastic bands
Fabric
Floor sweepings
Florist Foam
Foil seals from yogurt
Furnace filters
Games
Garden hoses
Gloves/scarves
Grocery bags
Hair dryer
Hangers (plastic/metal)
Jewelry
Kettles
Knick-knacks
Latex gloves
Lawn chairs
Leather
Light bulbs (non-fluorescent)*
Linens & sheets
Lollypop and popsicle sticks
Magnets
Markers
Matches
Medicine bottles (EMPTY prescription and over the counter)
Microwave popcorn bags
Mirrors*
Motor oil bottle (empty)
Motor oil bottle (oil contaminates plastic)
Nails, screws & other
hardware*
Nylons
Orange and fruit crates
Overhead transparencies
Paint brushes and rollers
Paper clips & staples
Pencils
Pens
Phonographic records/LP's
Photo negatives
Photographs
Picture frames
Pillows
Plastic bags (grocery)
Plastic film wrap
Plastic tubing
Plates (plastic and ceramic)
Popsicle sticks
Pots and pans
Pottery
Pyrex
Rags
Razors*
Record, LP's, 45's, 78's
Rolling pin
Ropes and string
Rubber bands
Rubber gloves
Scouring pads
Sewing needles*
Sewing scraps
Shoes
Shopping bags
Small furniture
Soap & sponges
Sports equipment
Spray bottle tops
Stickers
Straws
Styrofoam packaging peanuts
Table cloth
Take-out food containers
(soiled)
Tape
Toasters
Tools
Tooth picks
Toothbrush
Toothpaste tubes
Towels
Toys
Twist ties
Vacuum contents and bags
Vase
VCR tapes
Video and audio cassettes
Wallpaper
Water softener salt and bags
Waxed paper
Window glass*
Wood (small pieces)
Wrappers
Yarn
*place in cardboard box, tape securely shut, and label box, "Sharp Objects" for safe pick-up. Place at the curb during your Waste (clear) bag week beside your Waste bags or containers.
HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE
(to be delivered to the depot at 110 Dunlop Drive)
Hypodermic Needles & Lancets*
Insecticides
Lighters
Medicine (over the counter and prescription)
Motor oil
Nail polish & remover
Oil & filters
*Needles and lancets must be in a rigid plastic container (ex. bleach bottle), soaked in bleach overnight, drained, and the lid of the container must be taped securely on before being brought to the HHW depot.
Posted by smuncky on Oct-24-2007 13:40:
recycling :/
