Do you recycle?

[Ghibli]

@mk17

@Ghibli

@mk17

@Ghibli

@higgmond

According to BYU - Idaho (who knew there was a BYU - Idaho?), manufacturing using 1 ton of recycled materials uses less than half of the energy to manufacture the same products using raw, virgin materials. In fact, making aluminum cans from recycled cans takes 95 percent less energy than making cans from raw aluminum bauxite ore, saving an estimated 14,000 kilowatt hours of energy and 40 barrels of oil. In addition, the energy saved from recycling one ton of paper saves enough energy to power an average household for up to six months (not my house though based on another thread), saves 7,000 gallons of water, and keeps 600 pounds of pollutants out of the air.

I might not be able to turn my kid into a cash-generating lefty pitcher, but I can at least do my part to leave him a slightly cleaner planet, particularly because it doesn’t really inconvenience me in a material way.

As the airport found out, more efficient to let the trash be sorted later in bulk, but keep up the good work.

Are you seriously unable to differentiate between an airport’s garbage collection system vs an entire suburban neighbourhood’s worth of individual bags of garbage?

OCD person’s nightmare!

Anyways, these initiatives should not be targeting households but rather big businesses and fastfood franchises. Now that’s wasteful in every sense.

Stand down little man. You speak to issues in which you are unfamiliar. Household and airport trash are sorted at the same facilities in some cases. How many neighborhoods do you think generate more trash than KATL…I’m starting to understand what was meant when years ago I was told I was young, dumb, and full of c*m.

Only difference now is they don’t say it to your face

You’re probably right about the airport vs neighbourhood - but I still think everyman can still do his part. For me it’s not a monetary issue but more of a conservation issue. Unfortunately the USA doesn’t really care about that.

The USA doesn’t practice conservation…compared to what? Where do you read this stuff? The northeast corridor has more forest than in 1900. We have more protected lands than the World over. Enery, no need, can’t be destroyed. Water, got plenty thanks. Local issue for sure, but not a country or global issue. Even Saudi has plenty. Food, yields continue to outpace population, by definition. Trees, covered that, but higher carbon dioxide concentrations should continue to help the flora. And our land fills will become a gold mine. Owners will be selling to the highest bidders.

[LBriscoe]

@Ghibli

@mk17

@Ghibli

@mk17

@Ghibli

@higgmond

According to BYU - Idaho (who knew there was a BYU - Idaho?), manufacturing using 1 ton of recycled materials uses less than half of the energy to manufacture the same products using raw, virgin materials. In fact, making aluminum cans from recycled cans takes 95 percent less energy than making cans from raw aluminum bauxite ore, saving an estimated 14,000 kilowatt hours of energy and 40 barrels of oil. In addition, the energy saved from recycling one ton of paper saves enough energy to power an average household for up to six months (not my house though based on another thread), saves 7,000 gallons of water, and keeps 600 pounds of pollutants out of the air.

I might not be able to turn my kid into a cash-generating lefty pitcher, but I can at least do my part to leave him a slightly cleaner planet, particularly because it doesn’t really inconvenience me in a material way.

As the airport found out, more efficient to let the trash be sorted later in bulk, but keep up the good work.

Are you seriously unable to differentiate between an airport’s garbage collection system vs an entire suburban neighbourhood’s worth of individual bags of garbage?

OCD person’s nightmare!

Anyways, these initiatives should not be targeting households but rather big businesses and fastfood franchises. Now that’s wasteful in every sense.

Stand down little man. You speak to issues in which you are unfamiliar. Household and airport trash are sorted at the same facilities in some cases. How many neighborhoods do you think generate more trash than KATL…I’m starting to understand what was meant when years ago I was told I was young, dumb, and full of c*m.

Only difference now is they don’t say it to your face

You’re probably right about the airport vs neighbourhood - but I still think everyman can still do his part. For me it’s not a monetary issue but more of a conservation issue. Unfortunately the USA doesn’t really care about that.

The USA doesn’t practice conservation…compared to what? Where do you read this stuff? The northeast corridor has more forest than in 1900. We have more protected lands than the World over. Enery, no need, can’t be destroyed. Water, got plenty thanks. Local issue for sure, but not a country or global issue. Even Saudi has plenty. Food, yields continue to outpace population, by definition. Trees, covered that, but higher carbon dioxide concentrations should continue to help the flora. And our land fills will become a gold mine. Owners will be selling to the highest bidders.

There’s a difference between conservation and taking a dump in your backyard and covering it with some leaves.

[Ghibli]

@LBriscoe

@Ghibli

@mk17

@Ghibli

@mk17

@Ghibli

@higgmond

According to BYU - Idaho (who knew there was a BYU - Idaho?), manufacturing using 1 ton of recycled materials uses less than half of the energy to manufacture the same products using raw, virgin materials. In fact, making aluminum cans from recycled cans takes 95 percent less energy than making cans from raw aluminum bauxite ore, saving an estimated 14,000 kilowatt hours of energy and 40 barrels of oil. In addition, the energy saved from recycling one ton of paper saves enough energy to power an average household for up to six months (not my house though based on another thread), saves 7,000 gallons of water, and keeps 600 pounds of pollutants out of the air.

I might not be able to turn my kid into a cash-generating lefty pitcher, but I can at least do my part to leave him a slightly cleaner planet, particularly because it doesn’t really inconvenience me in a material way.

As the airport found out, more efficient to let the trash be sorted later in bulk, but keep up the good work.

Are you seriously unable to differentiate between an airport’s garbage collection system vs an entire suburban neighbourhood’s worth of individual bags of garbage?

OCD person’s nightmare!

Anyways, these initiatives should not be targeting households but rather big businesses and fastfood franchises. Now that’s wasteful in every sense.

Stand down little man. You speak to issues in which you are unfamiliar. Household and airport trash are sorted at the same facilities in some cases. How many neighborhoods do you think generate more trash than KATL…I’m starting to understand what was meant when years ago I was told I was young, dumb, and full of c*m.

Only difference now is they don’t say it to your face

You’re probably right about the airport vs neighbourhood - but I still think everyman can still do his part. For me it’s not a monetary issue but more of a conservation issue. Unfortunately the USA doesn’t really care about that.

The USA doesn’t practice conservation…compared to what? Where do you read this stuff? The northeast corridor has more forest than in 1900. We have more protected lands than the World over. Enery, no need, can’t be destroyed. Water, got plenty thanks. Local issue for sure, but not a country or global issue. Even Saudi has plenty. Food, yields continue to outpace population, by definition. Trees, covered that, but higher carbon dioxide concentrations should continue to help the flora. And our land fills will become a gold mine. Owners will be selling to the highest bidders.

There’s a difference between conservation and taking a dump in your backyard and covering it with some leaves.

Yes, conservation would require you to build a fence around the turd to protect it. I don’t think leaves would be sufficient. Would need some sort of chemical protectant to keep the critters away. Probably best just to pick it up and put in the freezer if you are really serious about keeping it around.

[brain_wash_your_face]

I would incinerate the turd to help the trees breath.

[naren]

@brain\_wash\_your\_face

I would incinerate the turd to help the trees breath.

Carbon! Carbon! How many credits you got?

[system]

Well I’m now green and throw my empty soda cans in the break room recycling bin. The marketing bimbo is proud of me.

Damn it feels good to be green…