On Sun, 12 Oct 2014 08:29:18 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On Sun, 12 Oct 2014 08:39:10 -0300, wrote:
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>>That used to be true, that only certain numbers were recyclable, but
>>now 99% of plastics can all be recycled. The industries to cope with
>>it have grown hand in hand with the desire to make things recyclable.
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>Yes, the industry was getting a bad reputation, but now takes tons of
>material back to recycle and make into usable products.
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>>One good one is that old car tires are recycled and become sun decks
>>(that won't need painting in my climate) and I once saw Tshirts that
>>had apparently been made from recycled 7Up bottles.
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>Polar Fleece. There are some other names for it too, made from
>polyethylene terephthalate (PET).

Glass is ground and used to make asphalt paving.
http://articles.philly.com/1991-06-1...ed-color-glass

On Sunday, October 12, 2014 11:06:42 AM UTC-4, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Oct 2014 08:29:18 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
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> >On Sun, 12 Oct 2014 08:39:10 -0300, wrote:
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> >>That used to be true, that only certain numbers were recyclable, but
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> >>now 99% of plastics can all be recycled. The industries to cope with
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> >>it have grown hand in hand with the desire to make things recyclable.
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> >Yes, the industry was getting a bad reputation, but now takes tons of
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> >material back to recycle and make into usable products.
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> >>One good one is that old car tires are recycled and become sun decks
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> >>(that won't need painting in my climate) and I once saw Tshirts that
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> >>had apparently been made from recycled 7Up bottles.
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> >Polar Fleece. There are some other names for it too, made from
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> >polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
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> Glass is ground and used to make asphalt paving.
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> http://articles.philly.com/1991-06-1...ed-color-glass

My recycling company recently said they may stop accepting glass - can't find a market for it. Then what? We're back to landfilling?

On Tue, 14 Oct 2014 09:52:14 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
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> My recycling company recently said they may stop accepting glass - can't find a market for it. Then what? We're back to landfilling?

Holy cow, I thought glass was melted and reused!


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On Tue, 14 Oct 2014 10:03:09 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Tue, 14 Oct 2014 09:52:14 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
> wrote:
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>> My recycling company recently said they may stop accepting glass - can't find a market for it. Then what? We're back to landfilling?
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>Holy cow, I thought glass was melted and reused!

Our trash/recycling company (the big company that operates all over
the U.S.) does not take glass. However, most Albertsons and some
other places have containers in a corner of their parking lot that are
for glass. I think those are provided by a recycler business -- the
kind where you can take various metals, etc. and they will pay you by
the pound.
Janet US

"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 14 Oct 2014 09:52:14 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
> > wrote:
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>> My recycling company recently said they may stop accepting glass - can't
>> find a market for it. Then what? We're back to landfilling?
>
> Holy cow, I thought glass was melted and reused!

There used to be a shop in Half Moon Bay CA. Not sure if it is still there
or not. They sold broken glass for craft projects. They had a big pile of
it outside. I tripped over something on the way in and nearly fell into it.
Angela was just very little then and tried to grab a handful. That seemed
like a dangerous thing to me.

On 10/14/2014 12:52 PM, Kalmia wrote:

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> My recycling company recently said they may stop accepting glass - can't find a market for it. Then what? We're back to landfilling?
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You must be some distance from a glass making factory. The best glass
included old glass being recycled. Glass is being used less and less
for bottles though. We used to have a major bottle maker about 7 miles
from us, but it closed after 50+ years for lack of business in the region.

We have really cut back on the amount of paper we use.

As Becca mentioned, cruise lines no longer print off the kinds of
brochures that they used to... everything is online. Some brochures are
available, but you ave to ask for them... they are no longer sent
automatically.

A few years ago we bought a printer that prints on both sides of a piece
of paper. Mostly, many of our records are now stored online. No paper
needed and we can access them from any place where we can connect to the
internet. Our current project is to recreate our entire customer
database online and do away with all files in the office. We just got
started and it will take a while as we have thousands of names in our
database.

Almost all ticketing is done electronically online... paper tickets are
a thing of the past. The only thing you really have to print when you go
on a cruise is your boarding pass and that is starting to evolve where
people will be able to do that on their smart phones... just like in the
airport.

We are getting as green as possible.... and finding that in adition to
being ecologically friendly, it is also a more efficient way for us to
do business.

George L

"George Leppla" > wrote in message
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> We have really cut back on the amount of paper we use.
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> As Becca mentioned, cruise lines no longer print off the kinds of
> brochures that they used to... everything is online. Some brochures are
> available, but you ave to ask for them... they are no longer sent
> automatically.

my letter carrier's sacroiliac says otherwise.

On Tue, 14 Oct 2014 11:49:10 -0700, "Pico Rico"
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>"George Leppla" > wrote in message
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>> We have really cut back on the amount of paper we use.
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>> As Becca mentioned, cruise lines no longer print off the kinds of
>> brochures that they used to... everything is online. Some brochures are
>> available, but you ave to ask for them... they are no longer sent
>> automatically.
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>my letter carrier's sacroiliac says otherwise.

As does mine.
>

Glass can be recycled into new glass. Or put into tile or countertops. It has lots of uses.

N.

"Nancy2" > wrote in message
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> Glass can be recycled into new glass. Or put into tile or countertops.
> It has lots of uses.
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> N.

it can also be used in place of beach sand.

http://www.fortbragg.com/explore/glass-beach/