Re: recycling

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OK Rose,

Now you hit a nerve with me. New York wanted to barge it's trash down to my city and pay us to dispose of it. I signed a petition to keep it out of my city. It is a poor city and we struggle for tax dollars due to the number of people that live in poverty. The last thing we needed was trash we didn't have room to put anywhere. Arrgghh!!!!

But, now, due to the petition we sent to city council, the trash will get its home elsewhere.

The end.

Terri G. >> > I am fortunate to live in a town with curbside recycling. We don't even have to sort; just put it all in plastic bins & put the bins out by the street once a week. Before they started the curbside recycling, I had 3 big yellow stacking bins to sort aluminum, glass & tin, plus a box for the papers. They didn't take cardboard then, so I had to throw away the cereal boxes, when I couldn't think of anything to use them for. Then I had to load all that stuff into my car & take it to a central recycling place & unload it all. We also had to sort the glass by color. Needless to say, there wasn't a lot of participation in recycling! I couldn't do that now. We've had the curbside service for 3 or 4 years, and it seems to be working out well. They also have a place to take tree limbs, etc. & they are turned into mulch. The city uses the mulch, but residents can also buy it at a reasonable price. I think has been so supportive of recycling because of the nearly 20-year battle over a proposed landfill just outside of town. The site is so small that the landfill would only last for a few years, but the owners of the property just won't give up. It's right across the road from an elementary school & close to an airport, both of which violate state & federal guidelines. I really never worried too much about recycling until moving here & learning so much about the trash issue. Did you know that eastern states like New York & New Jersey have run out of places to put their trash, so they send it to the Midwest or put it on barges that apparently chug up & down the coastline. Homeless trash; so sad! The people wanting to build this landfill have admitted that they will be accepting trash from other states. We do need a landfill, but there are a couple of other sites that are much more appropriate. I think it's all about making as much money as they can before the landfill is full & has to close. Meanwhile, the taxpayers will be dealing with the consequences, including the extra stress on county roads not designed for it. So I guess I have become something of an activist on this issue, even though I can't work up much concern for the snail darter.> Ramblin' RoseModerator A merry heart is good medicine. Proverbs 17:22> > > To: Neurosarcoidosis@...: shadowme@...: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:27:08 -0700Subject: Re: [sPAM]Re: bottled water-- WARNING: ?political issue> > > > > > I tried the bottled water, I don't drink that much water so I quit. However I do the recycling bit. Cardboard, cans, bottles glass and plastic. All the cans bottles get washed before depositing them. The aluminum cans get crushed. We stack cardboard and papers separately and put them in the correct trash cans. I won't buy water but I could and maybe will to back to filtered water use with crystal lite drink packets. Thanks for reminding me.> Jackie> > [sPAM]Re: bottled water-- WARNING: ?political issue> > > Rose I totally agree with you. I also use filtered water, to help out the environment. I am all for going green.Love to ya, > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________> News, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Get it now!> http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx>

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Terri, it might wind up being "Hoosier trash."

Ramblin' RoseModerator A merry heart is good medicine. Proverbs 17:22

"How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these."

~ Washington Carver

To: Neurosarcoidosis From: mosaicgirl1@...Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:29:17 +0000Subject: Re: recycling

OK Rose,

Now you hit a nerve with me. New York wanted to barge it's trash down to my city and pay us to dispose of it. I signed a petition to keep it out of my city. It is a poor city and we struggle for tax dollars due to the number of people that live in poverty. The last thing we needed was trash we didn't have room to put anywhere. Arrgghh!!!!

But, now, due to the petition we sent to city council, the trash will get its home elsewhere.

The end.

Terri G. >> > I am fortunate to live in a town with curbside recycling. We don't even have to sort; just put it all in plastic bins & put the bins out by the street once a week. Before they started the curbside recycling, I had 3 big yellow stacking bins to sort aluminum, glass & tin, plus a box for the papers. They didn't take cardboard then, so I had to throw away the cereal boxes, when I couldn't think of anything to use them for. Then I had to load all that stuff into my car & take it to a central recycling place & unload it all. We also had to sort the glass by color. Needless to say, there wasn't a lot of participation in recycling! I couldn't do that now. We've had the curbside service for 3 or 4 years, and it seems to be working out well. They also have a place to take tree limbs, etc. & they are turned into mulch. The city uses the mulch, but residents can also buy it at a reasonable price. I think has been so supportive of recycling because of the nearly 20-year battle over a proposed landfill just outside of town. The site is so small that the landfill would only last for a few years, but the owners of the property just won't give up. It's right across the road from an elementary school & close to an airport, both of which violate state & federal guidelines. I really never worried too much about recycling until moving here & learning so much about the trash issue. Did you know that eastern states like New York & New Jersey have run out of places to put their trash, so they send it to the Midwest or put it on barges that apparently chug up & down the coastline. Homeless trash; so sad! The people wanting to build this landfill have admitted that they will be accepting trash from other states. We do need a landfill, but there are a couple of other sites that are much more appropriate. I think it's all about making as much money as they can before the landfill is full & has to close. Meanwhile, the taxpayers will be dealing with the consequences, including the extra stress on county roads not designed for it. So I guess I have become something of an activist on this issue, even though I can't work up much concern for the snail darter.> Ramblin' RoseModerator A merry heart is good medicine. Proverbs 17:22> > > To: Neurosarcoidosis@...: shadowme@...: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:27:08 -0700Subject: Re: [sPAM]Re: bottled water-- WARNING: ?political issue> > > > > > I tried the bottled water, I don't drink that much water so I quit. However I do the recycling bit. Cardboard, cans, bottles glass and plastic. All the cans bottles get washed before depositing them. The aluminum cans get crushed. We stack cardboard and papers separately and put them in the correct trash cans. I won't buy water but I could and maybe will to back to filtered water use with crystal lite drink packets. Thanks for reminding me.> Jackie> > [sPAM]Re: bottled water-- WARNING: ?political issue> > > Rose I totally agree with you. I also use filtered water, to help out the environment. I am all for going green.Love to ya, > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________> News, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Get it now!> http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx>

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Rose,

I hope not. Start a petition. Make them send it overseas; everything

else goes over there - hee hee.

Terri G.

>> > I am fortunate to live in a town with curbside

recycling. We don't even have to sort; just put it all in plastic bins &

put the bins out by the street once a week. Before they started the

curbside recycling, I had 3 big yellow stacking bins to sort aluminum,

glass & tin, plus a box for the papers. They didn't take cardboard then,

so I had to throw away the cereal boxes, when I couldn't think of

anything to use them for. Then I had to load all that stuff into my car

& take it to a central recycling place & unload it all. We also had to

sort the glass by color. Needless to say, there wasn't a lot of

participation in recycling! I couldn't do that now. We've had the

curbside service for 3 or 4 years, and it seems to be working out well.

They also have a place to take tree limbs, etc. & they are turned into

mulch. The city uses the mulch, but residents can also buy it at a

reasonable price. I think has been so supportive of recycling

because of the nearly 20-year battle over a proposed landfill just

outside of town. The site is so small that the landfill would only last

for a few years, but the owners of the property just won't give up. It's

right across the road from an elementary school & close to an airport,

both of which violate state & federal guidelines. I really never worried

too much about recycling until moving here & learning so much about the

trash issue. Did you know that eastern states like New York & New Jersey

have run out of places to put their trash, so they send it to the

Midwest or put it on barges that apparently chug up & down the

coastline. Homeless trash; so sad! The people wanting to build this

landfill have admitted that they will be accepting trash from other

states. We do need a landfill, but there are a couple of other sites

that are much more appropriate. I think it's all about making as much

money as they can before the landfill is full & has to close. Meanwhile,

the taxpayers will be dealing with the consequences, including the extra

stress on county roads not designed for it. So I guess I have become

something of an activist on this issue, even though I can't work up much

concern for the snail darter.> Ramblin' RoseModerator A merry heart is

good medicine. Proverbs 17:22> > > To: Neurosarcoidosis@: shadowme@:

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:27:08 -0700Subject: Re: [sPAM]Re:

bottled water-- WARNING: ?political issue> > > > > > I tried the bottled

water, I don't drink that much water so I quit. However I do the

recycling bit. Cardboard, cans, bottles glass and plastic. All the cans

bottles get washed before depositing them. The aluminum cans get

crushed. We stack cardboard and papers separately and put them in the

correct trash cans. I won't buy water but I could and maybe will to back

to filtered water use with crystal lite drink packets. Thanks for

reminding me.> Jackie> > [sPAM]Re: bottled water--

WARNING: ?political issue> > > Rose I totally agree with you. I also use

filtered water, to help out the environment. I am all for going

green.Love to ya, > > > > > > > >

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Hmmm, outsourcing garbage. I like it!

Ramblin' RoseModerator A merry heart is good medicine. Proverbs 17:22

"How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these."

~ Washington Carver

To: Neurosarcoidosis From: mosaicgirl1@...Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:58:43 +0000Subject: Re: recycling

Rose,I hope not. Start a petition. Make them send it overseas; everythingelse goes over there - hee hee.Terri G.>> > I am fortunate to live in a town with curbsiderecycling. We don't even have to sort; just put it all in plastic bins & put the bins out by the street once a week. Before they started thecurbside recycling, I had 3 big yellow stacking bins to sort aluminum,glass & tin, plus a box for the papers. They didn't take cardboard then,so I had to throw away the cereal boxes, when I couldn't think ofanything to use them for. Then I had to load all that stuff into my car & take it to a central recycling place & unload it all. We also had tosort the glass by color. Needless to say, there wasn't a lot ofparticipation in recycling! I couldn't do that now. We've had thecurbside service for 3 or 4 years, and it seems to be working out well.They also have a place to take tree limbs, etc. & they are turned intomulch. The city uses the mulch, but residents can also buy it at areasonable price. I think has been so supportive of recyclingbecause of the nearly 20-year battle over a proposed landfill justoutside of town. The site is so small that the landfill would only lastfor a few years, but the owners of the property just won't give up. It'sright across the road from an elementary school & close to an airport,both of which violate state & federal guidelines. I really never worriedtoo much about recycling until moving here & learning so much about thetrash issue. Did you know that eastern states like New York & New Jerseyhave run out of places to put their trash, so they send it to theMidwest or put it on barges that apparently chug up & down thecoastline. Homeless trash; so sad! The people wanting to build thislandfill have admitted that they will be accepting trash from otherstates. We do need a landfill, but there are a couple of other sitesthat are much more appropriate. I think it's all about making as muchmoney as they can before the landfill is full & has to close. Meanwhile,the taxpayers will be dealing with the consequences, including the extrastress on county roads not designed for it. So I guess I have becomesomething of an activist on this issue, even though I can't work up muchconcern for the snail darter.> Ramblin' RoseModerator A merry heart isgood medicine. Proverbs 17:22> > > To: Neurosarcoidosis@: shadowme@:Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:27:08 -0700Subject: Re: [sPAM]Re: bottled water-- WARNING: ?political issue> > > > > > I tried the bottledwater, I don't drink that much water so I quit. However I do therecycling bit. Cardboard, cans, bottles glass and plastic. All the cansbottles get washed before depositing them. The aluminum cans getcrushed. We stack cardboard and papers separately and put them in thecorrect trash cans. I won't buy water but I could and maybe will to backto filtered water use with crystal lite drink packets. Thanks forreminding me.> Jackie> > [sPAM]Re: bottled water--WARNING: ?political issue> > > Rose I totally agree with you. I also usefiltered water, to help out the environment. I am all for goinggreen.Love to ya, > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________________> News,entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Get it now!>http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx>>>>>>>>> __________________________________________________________> Discover the new Windows Vista> http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=windows+vista & mkt=en-US & form=QBRE> Explore the seven wonders of the world Learn more!