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Originally posted by epdarks There's nothing green about clubbing. Do you want to turn the volume down to save electricity? Those lights will have to go too. Isn't clubbing about excess? I appreciate your effort to be green, but do it in other places, a couple of CDs here and there is no big deal. Walk to your gigs, turn off the air conditioning, plant some trees, you get the idea.

Being "Green" doesn't mean to stop doing what you do. Everyone knows that lot's of power and waste comes out of a club.

Being "Green" is about making the day to day activities more environmentally friendly. Sure, turning down the volume isn't an answer. But if everyone just did what the original poster is doing, then it's doing it's share to help reduce the impact on our environment.

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Originally posted by Schwab Being "Green" doesn't mean to stop doing what you do. Everyone knows that lot's of power and waste comes out of a club. Being "Green" is about making the day to day activities more environmentally friendly. Sure, turning down the volume isn't an answer. But if everyone just did what the original poster is doing, then it's doing it's share to help reduce the impact on our environment.

It won't have an ounce of impact on the environment. By the time you factor energy used in finding a place, energy used in driving to the place to recycle, the energy they invest into actually doing something with it, and the energy used in getting to become whatever the hell it is going to become it's likely a wash... and if not, I am willing to bet something pretty valuable that it certainly isn't going to be the thing that saves the environment if it needs saving.

I agree that clubbing and such is about excess - as are most things I do. Do I really need a Mac Pro with two midi controllers, an electric guitar, a synth, a couple fans to keep it cool, and 4 lights in the studio running right now while I browse TA? Nada.

The concept is noble. If that's what you choose to do, more power to you - seriously. Me, on the other hand, after reading this post I'll throw away a few less batteries and we'll call it even. And for God's sakes... clean your plates before you leave the table! That'll do it!

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Originally posted by RJT Traktor Scratch or SSL.

im going ssl before the summer is over for this same reason

Traktor Scratch has 4 Decks so if you're interested in more than 2 that might be a better option.

It's not just about the energy - as someone already mentioned, it's quite likely that it takes more energy to recylce a CD than to make one fresh, but it's also nice to think you're not sticking quite as much crap in the ground... although that said, we've still got a fair amount of the crust of this planet to fill up with rubbish and then a few quintillion cubic metres of mantle after that.

The energy finding the place wasn't much (just took about 5 mins on the net) and there's a guy who lives pretty much next door who happens to work within a mile of the place so he's said he'll take it up there for me.

Yeah it's insignificant in the grand scheme of things, but then so are the number of beer cans one person gets through in a year - but the majority of us still try and recycle them.

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Originally posted by Stu Cox It's not just about the energy - as someone already mentioned, it's quite likely that it takes more energy to recylce a CD than to make one fresh, but it's also nice to think you're not sticking quite as much crap in the ground... although that said, we've still got a fair amount of the crust of this planet to fill up with rubbish and then a few quintillion cubic metres of mantle after that.

Recycling plastics and (some) glass is an exceptionally efficient process.

If we were talking about recycling cans/metal products, then yes - it's probably more wasteful/harmful to recycle them, but anyone making the claim that recycling plastics is inefficient really doesn't know what they're talking about.

/Environmental Ethics degree in action. I knew it would come in handy some day.

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http://www.cdrecyclingcenter.com/

Apparently you can ship them your old CDs and they'll recycle them properly.

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Originally posted by Ray_Chappell It won't have an ounce of impact on the environment. By the time you factor energy used in finding a place, energy used in driving to the place to recycle, the energy they invest into actually doing something with it, and the energy used in getting to become whatever the hell it is going to become it's likely a wash... and if not, I am willing to bet something pretty valuable that it certainly isn't going to be the thing that saves the environment if it needs saving. I agree that clubbing and such is about excess - as are most things I do. Do I really need a Mac Pro with two midi controllers, an electric guitar, a synth, a couple fans to keep it cool, and 4 lights in the studio running right now while I browse TA? Nada. The concept is noble. If that's what you choose to do, more power to you - seriously. Me, on the other hand, after reading this post I'll throw away a few less batteries and we'll call it even. And for God's sakes... clean your plates before you leave the table! That'll do it!

You completely missed the point.

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You guys recycle? Mas puto!

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Originally posted by RJT Recycling plastics and (some) glass is an exceptionally efficient process. If we were talking about recycling cans/metal products, then yes - it's probably more wasteful/harmful to recycle them, but anyone making the claim that recycling plastics is inefficient really doesn't know what they're talking about. /Environmental Ethics degree in action. I knew it would come in handy some day.

From what I read, it sounded like it depended on the plastic... with CDs they actually extract plastic and aluminium from it, which can't be too easy...?

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