For plastic bags, I usually re-use for the same thing as long as possible -- like, I have cheese in a ziploc in my fridge, and just put the new cheese in the same bag.
I do this, too! But I try to use plastic containers as much as possible.
recycle plastic food containers
We can't recycle those here, only plastic bottles.
Our plastic recycling is by number (#1 and #2 only), not by what the plastic thing is (i.e., bottle, hummus container, etc). Trader Joe's uses a LOT of #2 plastic for their stuff, which is awesome since we can recycle it.
We can't recycle those here, only plastic bottles.
ditto in NY, although people contantly throw them into the recycling.
They just came, 3 big boxes, not one for me. Poop.
I say charge a 33.33% processing fee.
ditto in NY, although people contantly throw them into the recycling.
Same here. Even though bottles and other containers may have the same number, they have different melting points and chemical compositions. Bottles are blow-molded and have a much more consistent melting point and a much better consistency (gooey) when melted as compared to injection-molded plastic (runny/drippy). That's why bottle recycling is much more common.
There's your recycling information nugget for the day!
There's your recycling information nugget for the day!
That's interesting. I wonder why our recycling is cool with bottles and with butter tubs, as long as they're the same number. Are there different ways to recycle plastics? I mean, at the point of the recycling company?
Now I need to check my recycling flyer. I'd been washing and recycling my stuff like Steph.
Linked to from the Simpsons Papacy page is a list of 15 scandals of the decade. They include what I consider a complete non-event, Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction". But the quoted text on the page caught my eye:
Since 2004, the Super Bowl has stuck to classic rockers like Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney and Prince, who are not likely to have wardrobe malfunctions during a halftime show
Oh, Prince, how far you've come and how much I miss the old you.
Speaking of energy and green issues, our power just went out for a few minutes! Since it happened at 2 pm, several people here at the office took it as a sign to go home. Unfortunately, nobody in my department did so, so I'm stuck until probably around 4:30 or so.
Sigh.
re: the Simpsons and the Vatican, I liked this bit.
"Homer finds in God his last refuge, even though he sometimes gets His name sensationally wrong," L'Osservatore said. "But these are just minor mistakes, after all, the two know each other well."
So, you think Benedict is a fan? Or do the Jesuits have Tivo?
Steph, I'm not so sure they do. [link]
ita, looks like you are good. [link] You have curbside styrofoam recycling! I'm so jealous.
Recycling factoid #2 - just because it disappears from your bin doesn't mean it's getting recycled. When in doubt, call your Solid Waste Mgmt dept. Many contaminents are sorted out at the processing center, or rather *not* sorted out so they end up in the trash pile. However, contaminants make recycling more expensive and cause problems when processing centers sell their materials to markets, so don't just throw whatever in your bin knowing that it will be sorted out.
