tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822653.post4837792481917290455..comments2024-01-09T23:23:38.038-05:00Comments on Tales of the Sissy: RecyclingMark in DEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12478832787656152843noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822653.post-60236898213831657362009-02-27T15:19:00.000-05:002009-02-27T15:19:00.000-05:00I rarely bring the garbage can to the curb for col...I rarely bring the garbage can to the curb for collection every week. But my recycling bin is out at the curb EVERY week. The grocery store is VERY liberal with the plastic grocery bags when bagging. But when I go through self check-out, I use about 75% fewer bags.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822653.post-62025539700562959442009-02-23T19:10:00.000-05:002009-02-23T19:10:00.000-05:00We recycle a ton of stuff in Portland and only hav...We recycle a ton of stuff in Portland and only have to separate out the glass. We only create one back of trash every 2 weeks. Oh, composting all of the food scraps helps too.<BR/><BR/>Nice crush...love the preppy pink and the cleft chin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822653.post-37163095958613368512009-02-23T11:17:00.000-05:002009-02-23T11:17:00.000-05:00Don't know if you notice this part though. What it...Don't know if you notice this part though. <BR/><BR/>What it means is that our garbage stream is now mostly organic matter. <BR/><BR/>Once separated from the plastic bags it's put in a pile. From that pile you get methane and mulch. <BR/><BR/>That's why power plants are starting to spring up near landfills. Free fuel. <BR/><BR/>So recycling makes sense from more than one perspective. <BR/><BR/>That said, we don't recycle. It's been sort of a poorly implemented program in RI. Sure the outlying burbs do but the urban core doesn't. We have private trash pickup here. <BR/><BR/>I like the walk in program though. You don't know how many televisions I've seen sitting at the curb. The geek in me says "Go and harvest components like power capacitors, and things of that nature." But I know that would freak Keyron out. You see, you have to discharge the power capacitor. My former method was to place a large screwdriver across the terminals. Sometimes that would weld the screwdriver to the terminals. <BR/><BR/>The correct method is to put a resistive load across it. Bah!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822653.post-87077863118557565902009-02-23T11:15:00.000-05:002009-02-23T11:15:00.000-05:00Portland went to "co-mingled" recycle items all in...Portland went to "co-mingled" recycle items all in one bin last year sometime...it's awesome! But now we've moved, and we're in a condo building. but we do have seperate recycle and trash chutes which makes it very easy.A Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05066992019067893513noreply@blogger.com