Topic of the week: Plastic

I'd be happy if recycling was conveniently available statewide. I take my recyclables from home to work with me and over to the town recycling center there. I have to admit that a lot gets by me at home. If we had curbside recycling (we have curbside pick-up), we'd be much more likely to catch those cans and bottles that don't make it.

Be the change you wish to see in the world. --Gandhi
Pointing at Naked Emperors

and I thought they were very creative in their recycling efforts. Rather than have an 'extra' cost on purchased cans and bottles, they collected them separately during trash recovery. They had a plant for all those plastic bottles, where they would be cut up into small pieces. All that waste was sold to companies that re-make them into containers. Same with the aluminum cans. So the county did make some money for their efforts, and every household had their county hampers to be used to put out their waste once a week. They also had some kind of incinerator that converted the burning of trash into electrical energy, which saved some expense on their electric bill. The county population was about 200,000, which is probably similar to some of the larger cities in NC. So it would be more practical for more densely populated areas. Just another option for a problem that will need to be resolved someday.

I thought you were talking about this:

According to the Fed, Americans are now carrying $951.7 billion in revolving credit card debt, up 5.9% from a year ago. The average household with credit card debt runs a balance of about $8,000.

Of course, that's not what the banking industry is about. Lenders collected a record $18.1 billion in credit card penalty fees last year, up 69% from 2003, according to consulting firm R.K. Hammer Investment Bankers in Thousand Oaks.

"Keep the Faith"

Mr. McGuire: I want to say one word to you. Just one word.
Benjamin: Yes, sir.
Mr. McGuire: Are you listening?
Benjamin: Yes, I am.
Mr. McGuire: Plastics.
Benjamin: Just how do you mean that, sir?

"jump in where you can and hang on"
Briscoe Darling to Sheriff Andy

I think that there has to be some way to replace petroleum based products. It has become the curse of our environment, from plastic bags caught in trees littering our country side to creating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Even worse is the recent revelation that Bisphenol A or BPA, the chemical that makes up plastic water bottles, baby bottles, water cooler bottles among others, could be causing developmental and neurological problems.

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.

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wish I could look at it to see what you did.

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.

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High school kid decomposes plastic.

There is a god after all.