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- inactive, on 10/10/2008, -2/+18Good article - they made recycling real simple.
- johnabbe, on 10/11/2008, -0/+12If you *really* want to make a difference, don't buy your water in plastic-bottled form in the first place. Get a good stainless steel bottle and refill it with your own water. Even the filter on your faucet may be optional, depending on where you live. And if the local water isn't good, get involved locally and improve it. If we spent all the money we currently spend on bottled water on good public water systems, we'd have more than enough to make healthy water available worldwide.
- inactive, on 10/11/2008, -4/+10This is a nice article,Everyone should read once :)
DUGG - SheilaNoya, on 10/11/2008, -0/+6I've got some worthless stock certificates I'd like to recycle.
- seantubridy, on 10/11/2008, -0/+6Yeah, that's the spirit! Nimrod.
- rolf, on 10/11/2008, -0/+5It's sad the rise of plastic bottles in America:( I wish I could buy glass bottles at the supermarket - which even not recycled are not so bad. The only time I need plastic is maybe on the run but not in the house.
In parts of Europe, depending on the country, you can buy all your drinks in glass bottles still by the crate (12, 16, or so bottles a crate) and pay a small deposit which you get back when you return the crate and bottles to any store. Plus it tastes better out of glass, at least I think so. - mobislink, on 10/11/2008, -0/+5I try not to create waste in the first place so I reduce the need to recycle.
1. I don't buy bottled water. I use a Brita filter and fill my water container before I leave in the morning. There are situations where I do buy bottled water like when we are on vacation.
2. I don't buy newspapers. There are many resources online.
3. When I get coffee out I have them fill my metal coffee cup. Most of the time I make coffee at home. Grinding good coffee beans at home and a french press make a wold of difference in the quality of you coffee. There is something therapeutic about the process of making your own good coffee.
4. Our family does not buy milk from the store. We spent some money and bought a cow. Yes it eats a lot and ***** all over the house but it is very convenient. When my kid wants milk I say just drink it right from the utter and don't use a glass. This way we reduce the waste of water and soap being dumped into the environment. - inactive, on 10/11/2008, -2/+6I'd like to recycle a B, please, for $200.
- whatthefu, on 10/11/2008, -0/+4I don't know if you're kidding about the last one or not...
- rolf, on 10/11/2008, -0/+3I would think the water is the heaviest component. Also, if the same plants that distribute the drinks recycle the glass -- all you would be adding is the a fill-up truck on the return trips rather than an empty one (which still uses 95% of the gas).
You'd also have to figure that the trash trucks have to cart off the plastic bottles farther and farther away in ever increasing dump sites (the ones not recycled). - inactive, on 10/11/2008, -2/+5Paid digg/comment. Go away.
- bendeboy, on 10/11/2008, -1/+4here here. even saying that it helps make jobs is *****. get a job where your work actually matters. anything is better than the recycling business. and also Penn and Teller kick ass.
- brandita, on 10/11/2008, -0/+2R is for Recycling! Thank you Erine.
- inactive, on 10/11/2008, -3/+5finally! someone who understands why i have 2 trashcans in my kitchen ... one is for recycling :)
- go60, on 10/11/2008, -0/+2It's so amazing that just simple steps like these we can help reusing stuff that we simply throw away . Liked the article
- inactive, on 10/11/2008, -0/+2Only Three?
You stick your Metal Plastic Paper all in one bin? How barbaric!
What about glass/colored glass?
Plastic/colored plastic?
etc. etc. Why do you hate the earth? - igyigyigy, on 10/11/2008, -0/+2More than shipping plastic bottles?
- kmkl, on 10/11/2008, -1/+3How about ET cartridges?!
- pierrelourens, on 10/15/2008, -0/+2@Userperson:
Excuse me if you intended to be sarcastic, but my local recycling center sorts through the city's recyclables after pick-up. Therefore, I can justify putting all my recyclables in one bin. - jhourcle, on 10/14/2008, -0/+2Books -- better advice -- take them to the local library. They can either re-use them (but through book sales to raise money, not because they'll place them on the shelves), or they most likely have a recycler who will take books with covers still on them.
- seantubridy, on 10/11/2008, -0/+2I watched all three parts and although I'm not entirely convinced of the data they got from the people they interviewed, they do make a lot of good points. I think what it comes down to is that if we want less trash, we have to stop buying and throwing away (or recycling) so much *****.
- bruce86, on 10/11/2008, -0/+2Penn and teller used out dated information and is outdated. I know its cool to hate hippies, but get over it!
http://www.de-fact-o.com/fact_read.php?id=62 - Sarcasm3000, on 10/11/2008, -0/+1I got a dead body that I would like to recycle.
- antonio97b, on 10/11/2008, -0/+1Do you also reuse all natural lambskin condoms?
- Baskins, on 10/11/2008, -0/+1Simple counter-argument with sources cited: http://earth911.org/energy/energy-costs-and-conser ...
Both are ultimately biased. You decide. - happycat, on 10/11/2008, -1/+2In the 80's when environmentalism became mainstream there were the 3R's you applied in your daily life to cut down on personal waste:
1. Reduce
2. Reuse
3. Recycle
How come it's all about recycling nowadays and we no longer hear about "Reduce" and "Reuse"? Oh right, there's no money in those other two R's. - kaosethema, on 10/12/2008, -0/+1printed and going on the fridge.
and dugg, of course. - edelay, on 10/11/2008, -1/+1Arg, you beat me to it. mine as a "Q for $300"
- djg123, on 10/11/2008, -1/+1Thanks for posting that. Recycling is red herring to keep us consuming unnecessary garbage. The mantra is Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. It's the step to take after you've exhausted the other 2.
- rmxz, on 10/11/2008, -1/+12?
One for green/compostable waste?
The other for plastic/metal/paper? (Here we use one bin for all these)
Where do you put the actual trash? We have a third one for that part. - FelixDrylock, on 10/11/2008, -1/+1in after the sheeple dugg you down
- schnikies79, on 10/11/2008, -1/+1Buried for "sheeple."
- brainbloggin, on 10/27/2008, -0/+0I was so inpressed I added this article to my personal website. Whenever I find something nice and useful I add a useful tips and how to help items plus users add a lot of helpful tips and advice. It's all about sharing knowledge. Your always welcome to drop by and check them out at brainbloggin.com
- Metyu, on 10/12/2008, -0/+0Recycling is another one of those things that will naturally become more popular and viable as resources become scarce and expensive.
- MCA2142, on 10/11/2008, -2/+2Penn? Teller? Wanna take this one?
- havocjaw, on 10/11/2008, -3/+2Penn and Teller already exposed most recycling programs as *****!
Recycling paper and plastics actually create more pollution then creating new ones from scratch.
Recycling metal however is totally valid. - djg123, on 10/11/2008, -2/+0Shipping glass bottles wastes an insane amount of energy
- inactive, on 10/11/2008, -5/+2Paid digg/comment. Go away.
- inactive, on 10/11/2008, -9/+4Recycling is *****. It costs more money and energy to recycle most materials than it does to produce new ones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onDbTL9DFpA
Don't waste your tax dollars on something that, in the long run, does more harm to the environment than good. - inactive, on 10/11/2008, -6/+2poo
- tbredofsin, on 10/11/2008, -7/+1Will it blend?
- inactive, on 10/11/2008, -9/+1For every piece of ***** that I recycle, there are five hundred individuals throwing the same piece of ***** in the trash. So I'll just stick with convenience.
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