On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 21:25:16 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 19:51:44 -0400, wrote:

We do all in one here but I think they just pull out the metal and
burn the rest in the waste to energy.

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My understanding is that they have some sort of automated
shredder/sorter that separarates out the metal, glass, paper, plastic,
etc.

They must have. All our paper, glass, plastic and cans go in the same bin, picked up by the same
truck.

On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 23:25:18 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 21:32:01 -0400, BAR wrote:

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says...

On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 18:23:06 -0400, BAR wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 08:49:08 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

Hopefully this time Snottie won't build with materials scrounge at his local dump.


You got something against recycling? ;-)

My county gives us two bins for our recycling, one for paper and the
other for bottles, cans and jugs.

We do all in one here but I think they just pull out the metal and
burn the rest in the waste to energy.

My wife asked them about glass, plastic and metal seperation and they
said they didn't care. When she asked they had pallet after pallet of
seperated material awaiting someone to come and pick up what they
wanted. They couldn't sell it because nobody wanted it.

The one thing she did learn was that the recycling centers hate the lids
of cans because they can affect the machinery.

They gripe the most here about plastic bags. They are certainly
recyclable but they gum up the sorting machine. If you shoved them
down inside a plastic bottle it would not be a problem.

Here we are told to place in the recycle bin only plastic with the number 1 or 2 in the little
triangle. Plastic bags have no triangle , so don't go in the bin. Most grocery stores have recycle
bins for plastic bags.

On 7/23/2014 9:29 PM, Poquito Loco wrote:
On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 23:25:18 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 21:32:01 -0400, BAR wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 18:23:06 -0400, BAR wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 08:49:08 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

Hopefully this time Snottie won't build with materials scrounge at his local dump.


You got something against recycling? ;-)

My county gives us two bins for our recycling, one for paper and the
other for bottles, cans and jugs.

We do all in one here but I think they just pull out the metal and
burn the rest in the waste to energy.

My wife asked them about glass, plastic and metal seperation and they
said they didn't care. When she asked they had pallet after pallet of
seperated material awaiting someone to come and pick up what they
wanted. They couldn't sell it because nobody wanted it.

The one thing she did learn was that the recycling centers hate the lids
of cans because they can affect the machinery.

They gripe the most here about plastic bags. They are certainly
recyclable but they gum up the sorting machine. If you shoved them
down inside a plastic bottle it would not be a problem.

Here we are told to place in the recycle bin only plastic with the number 1 or 2 in the little
triangle. Plastic bags have no triangle , so don't go in the bin. Most grocery stores have recycle
bins for plastic bags.


The fact is sorting at curbside is a waste of time... it's all put
together before it's all sorted again

On 7/24/14, 2:19 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jul 2014 22:07:12 -0400, KC wrote:

On 7/23/2014 9:29 PM, Poquito Loco wrote:
On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 23:25:18 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 21:32:01 -0400, BAR wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 18:23:06 -0400, BAR wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 08:49:08 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

Hopefully this time Snottie won't build with materials scrounge at his local dump.


You got something against recycling? ;-)

My county gives us two bins for our recycling, one for paper and the
other for bottles, cans and jugs.

We do all in one here but I think they just pull out the metal and
burn the rest in the waste to energy.

My wife asked them about glass, plastic and metal seperation and they
said they didn't care. When she asked they had pallet after pallet of
seperated material awaiting someone to come and pick up what they
wanted. They couldn't sell it because nobody wanted it.

The one thing she did learn was that the recycling centers hate the lids
of cans because they can affect the machinery.

They gripe the most here about plastic bags. They are certainly
recyclable but they gum up the sorting machine. If you shoved them
down inside a plastic bottle it would not be a problem.

Here we are told to place in the recycle bin only plastic with the number 1 or 2 in the little
triangle. Plastic bags have no triangle , so don't go in the bin. Most grocery stores have recycle
bins for plastic bags.


The fact is sorting at curbside is a waste of time... it's all put
together before it's all sorted again

Personally I think we should separate the metal from the stuff that
burns and throw glass in the trash (here).
That is where it ends up anyway.

Giving the metal to a scrapper is probably more efficient and cheaper.
I do if it is anything but aluminum cans that the waste company has a
market for.
In a lot of places recycling is worse for the environment than simply
throwing it away.
How can it possibly make sense to truck paper and plastic 1000-1500
miles to recycle it with diesel going for $4 a gallon?
They just make a show of trucking some away to make the greenies feel
good. I am glad they burn most of it here to make electricity.



Ahh...a discussion about trash. *Perfect* for the new rec.boats.

F*O*A*D wrote:
On 7/24/14, 2:19 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jul 2014 22:07:12 -0400, KC wrote:

On 7/23/2014 9:29 PM, Poquito Loco wrote:
On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 23:25:18 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 21:32:01 -0400, BAR wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 18:23:06 -0400, BAR wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 08:49:08 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

Hopefully this time Snottie won't build with materials scrounge at his local dump.


You got something against recycling? ;-)

My county gives us two bins for our recycling, one for paper and the
other for bottles, cans and jugs.

We do all in one here but I think they just pull out the metal and
burn the rest in the waste to energy.

My wife asked them about glass, plastic and metal seperation and they
said they didn't care. When she asked they had pallet after pallet of
seperated material awaiting someone to come and pick up what they
wanted. They couldn't sell it because nobody wanted it.

The one thing she did learn was that the recycling centers hate the lids
of cans because they can affect the machinery.

They gripe the most here about plastic bags. They are certainly
recyclable but they gum up the sorting machine. If you shoved them
down inside a plastic bottle it would not be a problem.

Here we are told to place in the recycle bin only plastic with the
number 1 or 2 in the little
triangle. Plastic bags have no triangle , so don't go in the bin. Most
grocery stores have recycle
bins for plastic bags.


The fact is sorting at curbside is a waste of time... it's all put
together before it's all sorted again

Personally I think we should separate the metal from the stuff that
burns and throw glass in the trash (here).
That is where it ends up anyway.

Giving the metal to a scrapper is probably more efficient and cheaper.
I do if it is anything but aluminum cans that the waste company has a
market for.
In a lot of places recycling is worse for the environment than simply
throwing it away.
How can it possibly make sense to truck paper and plastic 1000-1500
miles to recycle it with diesel going for $4 a gallon?
They just make a show of trucking some away to make the greenies feel
good. I am glad they burn most of it here to make electricity.



Ahh...a discussion about trash. *Perfect* for the new rec.boats.

Yes, we were discussing you earlier.

On Thu, 24 Jul 2014 02:19:53 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 23 Jul 2014 22:07:12 -0400, KC wrote:

On 7/23/2014 9:29 PM, Poquito Loco wrote:
On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 23:25:18 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 21:32:01 -0400, BAR wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 18:23:06 -0400, BAR wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 08:49:08 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

Hopefully this time Snottie won't build with materials scrounge at his local dump.


You got something against recycling? ;-)

My county gives us two bins for our recycling, one for paper and the
other for bottles, cans and jugs.

We do all in one here but I think they just pull out the metal and
burn the rest in the waste to energy.

My wife asked them about glass, plastic and metal seperation and they
said they didn't care. When she asked they had pallet after pallet of
seperated material awaiting someone to come and pick up what they
wanted. They couldn't sell it because nobody wanted it.

The one thing she did learn was that the recycling centers hate the lids
of cans because they can affect the machinery.

They gripe the most here about plastic bags. They are certainly
recyclable but they gum up the sorting machine. If you shoved them
down inside a plastic bottle it would not be a problem.

Here we are told to place in the recycle bin only plastic with the number 1 or 2 in the little
triangle. Plastic bags have no triangle , so don't go in the bin. Most grocery stores have recycle
bins for plastic bags.


The fact is sorting at curbside is a waste of time... it's all put
together before it's all sorted again

Personally I think we should separate the metal from the stuff that
burns and throw glass in the trash (here).
That is where it ends up anyway.

Giving the metal to a scrapper is probably more efficient and cheaper.
I do if it is anything but aluminum cans that the waste company has a
market for.
In a lot of places recycling is worse for the environment than simply
throwing it away.
How can it possibly make sense to truck paper and plastic 1000-1500
miles to recycle it with diesel going for $4 a gallon?
They just make a show of trucking some away to make the greenies feel
good. I am glad they burn most of it here to make electricity.

Here they ask us to clean out the food before throwing in the bin. Ever wonder how much water it
takes to clean out a peanut butter jar?

On Wed, 23 Jul 2014 22:07:12 -0400, KC wrote:

On 7/23/2014 9:29 PM, Poquito Loco wrote:
On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 23:25:18 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 21:32:01 -0400, BAR wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 18:23:06 -0400, BAR wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 08:49:08 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

Hopefully this time Snottie won't build with materials scrounge at his local dump.


You got something against recycling? ;-)

My county gives us two bins for our recycling, one for paper and the
other for bottles, cans and jugs.

We do all in one here but I think they just pull out the metal and
burn the rest in the waste to energy.

My wife asked them about glass, plastic and metal seperation and they
said they didn't care. When she asked they had pallet after pallet of
seperated material awaiting someone to come and pick up what they
wanted. They couldn't sell it because nobody wanted it.

The one thing she did learn was that the recycling centers hate the lids
of cans because they can affect the machinery.

They gripe the most here about plastic bags. They are certainly
recyclable but they gum up the sorting machine. If you shoved them
down inside a plastic bottle it would not be a problem.

Here we are told to place in the recycle bin only plastic with the number 1 or 2 in the little
triangle. Plastic bags have no triangle , so don't go in the bin. Most grocery stores have recycle
bins for plastic bags.


The fact is sorting at curbside is a waste of time... it's all put
together before it's all sorted again

My mom lived in Seattle. That place provided little different colored bins for all the different
materials. God help you if you put out more trash than what would fit in your bin. You paid through
the nose.

On 7/24/14, 3:50 PM, Poquito Loco wrote:

Here they ask us to clean out the food before throwing in the bin. Ever wonder how much water it
takes to clean out a peanut butter jar?

Get a pet raccoon, like we had when I was a young teen. Our raccoons
loved peanut butter and would work assiduously to get every bit of it
out of the Skippy jar.

On Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:44:53 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 24 Jul 2014 15:52:01 -0400, Poquito Loco
wrote:


My mom lived in Seattle. That place provided little different colored bins for all the different
materials. God help you if you put out more trash than what would fit in your bin. You paid through
the nose.

Here the regular trash man takes anything you can drag out to the
curb. I disposed of all of the materials from a couple of big remodels
right there. You only have to organize it in bundles 50lb or less
(OSHA rule)
I had 15 white buckets full of tile and concrete one time. They got
even with me and took the buckets. Next time it was in plastic bags.

We used to have a special pick up for white goods but these days the
scrappers will have them before morning.
They will tag a big TV or other stuff the scrappers don't take and
pick it up later.

The only special bin we have is the recycle and that is one of those
65 gallon wheeled Totems that they pick up with a claw from the truck.

If you consistently have more than would fit in one, you can get a
another one.

We also have a horticulture pickup once a week. The 50 pound rule
applies there too but no limit of the number of bundles.
We had 22 out there last week.

They pick up our 'horticulture' stuff weekly also. No limit to the number of bags that I know of.
I've had 25-30 bags of leaves out there at a time, they get 'em all. If I have a large amount of
heavy stuff I can call for a special pickup...get two free ones a year. They send out a truck with a
clamshell and pick it up.

No complaints about the trash service, but they wait too long to start the streetside leaf
vacuuming. By the time of the first pickup, about 3/4's of the leaves have already been raked up,
bagged, and put out with the regular trash.

You've been talking about a boat you aren't going to build.

And Krausebag, you've been talking about a Yale degree you don't have, eh?