I recycle as much as the council will allow at home - paper, cans, plastics, but not card for some reason. At work we recycle paper, which is a good thing cius we get through so much waste.

i recycle cans and glass bottles at home. we don't have the abilty to do paper and plastic in my area. that sux.

Saw a programme on TV a while back where they were interviewing this recycling Guru who only threw away a small supermarket carrier bag's worth of rubbish/garbage away every two weeks for a family of four!!! Of course he recycled the bag itself, but you get my drift!

This is my target! But with nappies (daipers) galore at the moment it is hard to keep it down to one bin liner a week

PREDOMINANT said:

i understand ...

do you try to buy products that come is containers that are easy to recycle...and/or made of recycled products ?

i try to when i can find them

Mach said:

I try to buy products that don't have containers, I hate all that packaging and glossy card (that I can't recycle).

Non recyclers won't answer, you know.
It's like asking "Do you wash your hands before cooking/eating?"

PANDURITO said:

oh ...

well that's okay


doesnt matter to me if they answer or not

I do and hate when people don't using the poorest excuses.

I loved Kathleen Turner in Serial Mom when she killed a neighbor for not separating her recyclables. ...
How I sympathised!

Mach said:

well maybe if they read this ...someone may realize they do or have ...afterall


re·cy·cle [ ree sk'l ]


verb (past and past participle re·cy·cled, present participle re·cy·cling, 3rd person present singular re·cy·cles)

Definition:

1. transitive and intransitive verb process for reuse: to process used or waste material so that it can be used again


2. transitive and intransitive verb save for reuse: to save or collect used or waste material for reprocessing into something useful


3. transitive and intransitive verb use again differently: to adapt or convert something to a new use


4. transitive verb reuse something: to use something again for the same purpose


5. transitive verb use again unimaginatively: to use something abstract again in the same form, often at the expense of freshness or originality
recycling the same old ideas


6. transitive and intransitive verb repeat process: to repeat a process, or pass something through a process again

bin in the livingroom for paper and flyers
bin in the kitchen for cardboard
bin under the cupboard for pop cans
bag in the basement for milk jugs
and i started a compost pile for kitchen waste

but the only way to recycle plastics here is to go with a private for hire company
and i tend not to use a lot of tin or glass so confess i don't save them

Do you recycle?

at home ? Yes

does your work place do it there ? Yes

do your friends ? I think pretty much everyone does it around these parts



or do you just toss everything that could be ... in a trash bag and send it off to the dump without futher thought ? Hell no! I think doing that is punishable by death in this city.

I recycle at home and at work.


M

I recycle but I'm guilty of not doing enough recycling off my own back

At work we only recycle paper

At home I recycle glass, plastic, newspaper, oil, magazines, cardboard, paper, aluminum cans, cell phones, phone books... Anything I can think of..
At work I do the same as well.

Yes, maybe more than we throw away.

My friend in LA (Santa Monica) says there's no system in place yet! But maybe he meant there's no system in his home!

9s recycles his jokes.



I recycle at home and at work we have paper recycling.