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1margd
Awaiting my sleepyheads this Christmas morning, having set the scene, this tired reindeer* came across article on recycling Christmas waste. We're trying to gift 'experiences' to re-use gift bags, but there will still be waste...
Bows, glitter, ribbon are not recyclable. Here's how to recycle your Christmas wrapping paper
Elizabeth Weise | Dec. 20, 2017
...U.S. trash companies are increasingly having to send what would have been waste-paper recycling to landfills after China cracked down on Americans' sloppy recycling habits. It turns out that the glue on bows, the glitter dusting your fancy wrapping paper, and miles of ribbons — not to mention dirty pizza boxes and plastic grocery bags — clog the process of turning waste paper into new paper and cardboard.
It's gotten so bad that starting Jan. 1, China is setting new limits on the contamination it will allow in the mixed paper bales American trash companies ship there for recycling.
...Here's how recycling experts say is the right way to clean up from Christmas...
Bows...
Wrapping Paper...
Ribbons...
Christmas Cards...
Break it Down...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/12/20/dont-recycle-bow-sloppy-chri...
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Recycling is in trouble — and it might be your fault
Paul Singer | April 20, 2017
...The value of recovered waste products has plummeted over the past five years, and the amount of effort required to extract them has risen....
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/04/20/weak-markets-make-consum...
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* https://arcticlightphoto.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Aurora-Borealis/G0000Kpu...
Bows, glitter, ribbon are not recyclable. Here's how to recycle your Christmas wrapping paper
Elizabeth Weise | Dec. 20, 2017
...U.S. trash companies are increasingly having to send what would have been waste-paper recycling to landfills after China cracked down on Americans' sloppy recycling habits. It turns out that the glue on bows, the glitter dusting your fancy wrapping paper, and miles of ribbons — not to mention dirty pizza boxes and plastic grocery bags — clog the process of turning waste paper into new paper and cardboard.
It's gotten so bad that starting Jan. 1, China is setting new limits on the contamination it will allow in the mixed paper bales American trash companies ship there for recycling.
...Here's how recycling experts say is the right way to clean up from Christmas...
Bows...
Wrapping Paper...
Ribbons...
Christmas Cards...
Break it Down...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/12/20/dont-recycle-bow-sloppy-chri...
__________________________________________________
Recycling is in trouble — and it might be your fault
Paul Singer | April 20, 2017
...The value of recovered waste products has plummeted over the past five years, and the amount of effort required to extract them has risen....
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/04/20/weak-markets-make-consum...
__________________________________________________
* https://arcticlightphoto.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Aurora-Borealis/G0000Kpu...
22wonderY
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42564948
'Latte levy' proposed in England to encourage re-usable cups.
The current take-out cup is almost impossible to recycle.
Good for the Brits!
I hadn't heard of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall prior to this, but I've got his books on order now. In a TED talk, he used the word ‘frisson’ casually, and I’m in love.
'Latte levy' proposed in England to encourage re-usable cups.
The current take-out cup is almost impossible to recycle.
Good for the Brits!
I hadn't heard of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall prior to this, but I've got his books on order now. In a TED talk, he used the word ‘frisson’ casually, and I’m in love.
3PossMan
Speaking for myself I would place a lot of blame on industrial/commercial concerns. Most mail comes in "window" envelopes which my local authority (Highland in Scotland) cannot recycle. Lots of food from a popular UK retailer (Marks and Spencer) comes in a cardboard box with a plastic window. In so many cases it's a combination of different materials which make something hard to recycle. Sometimes remember my childhood when we went to the corner shop and goods were put into paper bags and then a shopping bag.
A few seconds later: On second thoughts window envelopes are so ubiquitous I can't believe no-one has found a way to deal with them.
A few seconds later: On second thoughts window envelopes are so ubiquitous I can't believe no-one has found a way to deal with them.
4Jarandel
>3 PossMan: It all depends on your local recycling facilities or whatever less local arrangements might exist, envelope windows haven't been a problem at places I've lived for several years now. I guess the material is shredded and filtered at some point.
But of course an excess of extraneous crap will make the raw material less appealing to those who purchase it for transformation, and make them unwilling to pay as much if they have cheaper and better sources.
But of course an excess of extraneous crap will make the raw material less appealing to those who purchase it for transformation, and make them unwilling to pay as much if they have cheaper and better sources.
5MaureenRoy
Is it time for an online recycling campaign focused on "vendor shaming" ?
6margd
20 things you didn't know you could recycle
Melissa Breyer | April 4, 2013
From sandwich bags and bras to Crocs and crayons, there’s a whole lot more than bottles and cans that can be recycled.
In 2012, Americans generated nearly 251 million tons of trash. At first glance that may not seem like such a terrifying figure, but look at it this way: That’s more than 500,000,000,000 pounds of solid waste. Remarkably, 34 percent of that is composted or recycled. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, for each of the 4.43 pounds of trash that each American creates every day, 1.51 pounds of that, on average, is composted or recycled.
...the following 20 household items may seem destined for the dump but they can actually be recycled
1. Athletic shoes
2. Bicycles
3. Bike tools and gear
4. Bras
5. Brita water filters
6. Carpeting
7. Compact fluorescent light bulbs
8. Cosmetics
9. Crayons
10. Crocs
11. Eyeglasses
12. Hair dryers
13. iPods
14. Mobile phones
15. Packing peanuts
16. Pantyhose
17. Plastic dry-cleaning bags, bread bags, produce bags, etc.
18. Prosthetic limbs
19. Resealable sandwich bags
20. Wine corks
https://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/recycling/stories/20-things-you-didnt-know-you-cou...
Melissa Breyer | April 4, 2013
From sandwich bags and bras to Crocs and crayons, there’s a whole lot more than bottles and cans that can be recycled.
In 2012, Americans generated nearly 251 million tons of trash. At first glance that may not seem like such a terrifying figure, but look at it this way: That’s more than 500,000,000,000 pounds of solid waste. Remarkably, 34 percent of that is composted or recycled. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, for each of the 4.43 pounds of trash that each American creates every day, 1.51 pounds of that, on average, is composted or recycled.
...the following 20 household items may seem destined for the dump but they can actually be recycled
1. Athletic shoes
2. Bicycles
3. Bike tools and gear
4. Bras
5. Brita water filters
6. Carpeting
7. Compact fluorescent light bulbs
8. Cosmetics
9. Crayons
10. Crocs
11. Eyeglasses
12. Hair dryers
13. iPods
14. Mobile phones
15. Packing peanuts
16. Pantyhose
17. Plastic dry-cleaning bags, bread bags, produce bags, etc.
18. Prosthetic limbs
19. Resealable sandwich bags
20. Wine corks
https://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/recycling/stories/20-things-you-didnt-know-you-cou...
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