tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981782.post903135755935970613..comments2023-07-30T00:48:17.375-07:00Comments on Flotsam and Jetsam: Not fantastic....Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15654306738114455921noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981782.post-40112073741353678762007-11-25T17:49:00.000-08:002007-11-25T17:49:00.000-08:00update: possibly becuase I'm stubborn, I put the G...update: possibly becuase I'm stubborn, I put the G3 plastic remnants out for CRD recylcing collection this past week, and they were collected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981782.post-72852228007310841432007-11-21T08:39:00.000-08:002007-11-21T08:39:00.000-08:00dzl: The CRD rules are frustrating, for sure; ther...dzl: The CRD rules are frustrating, for sure; there's so much more that *could* be recycled. We don't have curbside recycling in our complex and the company that does pick it up has even more rules - no broken glass for example. Sigh. Why do they make us work so hard to do what should be straightforward?<BR/><BR/>Pastilla: aw, thanks for the trace. :) I have v. interesting contacts on Flickr!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15654306738114455921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981782.post-46224028042856951802007-11-21T08:30:00.000-08:002007-11-21T08:30:00.000-08:00V. interesting photo, triv.(Commented on dzl's fli...V. interesting photo, triv.<BR/><BR/>(Commented on dzl's flickr and left a greasemonkey trace in your honour).rcxchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03900018855915754882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981782.post-85791387880003033502007-11-19T21:43:00.000-08:002007-11-19T21:43:00.000-08:00it's interesting, the amount of plastic we produce...it's interesting, the amount of plastic we produce. I lived in Calgary a decade ago, and there was no city-wide recycling collection.<BR/><BR/>I just returned from a visit, and there is still none. All of the plastic, metal, paper waste they produce is thrown away, because adding a city-wide collection would have added $8 annually to everyone's tax roles. That's seriously the reason it was vetoed. (There is private recycling if residents choose to arrange something with a company.)<BR/><BR/>It's stories like this that make it all feel really futile when you decide to recycle the lid from the glass, or not.<BR/><BR/>As for computers, I just reduced a ten year old G3 to a pile of steel and a pile of plastic. I threw the circuit boards away, and gave the usable components away. I'd rather landfill the circuit boards than know some grandmother is chipping the bitty pieces off (ref: Manufactured Landscapes).<BR/><BR/>The plastic, all made from the same recyclable plastics as containers are, was refused by CRD recycling pickup, because it's not a container. -sigh-<BR/><BR/>The metal of the G3 was dropped off at Budget Steel, where it'll hopefully come back as Land Cruiser parts in a decade.<BR/><BR/>Ya, we're totally swimming in it.<BR/>-dzl / mikeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com