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At a goodwill truck

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Try here
Van Zandt County Line –
You can recycle a good 70 percent of all of your trash. It’s usable … Plastics, paper, cardboard, and cans to Tyler; sometimes, she fills the back …
Www.vzcountyline.com/TomGeddie/0703Recycle.htm –
alby

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Its not about the money mannnnnnnn!

Corporate greed mannnnnnnnnn!

Save the earth, that’s the payback.

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105 Scrap Metal Recycling
11595 Highway 105 E
Conroe, TX 77306-5373
(936) 441-3090
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Here are some “green” ideas:
– Purchase CFL bulbs for your house (which will save in more $$ in the long run)
– Purchase organic or locally grown foods
– Purchase recycled paper for your printer
-Buy a new water bottle that you can refill, instead of buying a new one constantly
– Purchase cloth napkins to use with meals instead of using paper ones
– Purchase a cheap set of silverware to use with meals away from home, instead of getting plastic silverware from restaraunts
– Purchase tubberware and bring it to restarants when you know you will have leftovers
– Use the extra money to buy non-toxic biodegradable cleaning supplies
– Use the money to purchase a non-disponsable razor
– Purchase a low-flow shower head or faucet
– Purchase and replace the air filter in your house
– Purchase a reusable coffee mug to use at to-go coffee shops
– Purchase a canvas bag to use at grocery stores
– Purchase a hot water heater blanket

The list could go on and on. Many of these ideas would save you $ in the long run, buy saving you energy

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There is over 3 pages of Scrap/recycling companies in NC, listed at this website.
You may have to choose the nearest one to you; give them a call and make enquiries:
http://www.thomasnet.com/north-carolina/recycling-services-66560988-1.html

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New york’s new recycling law requires a $.05 deposit (which you get back by recycling) on personal sized water bottles (not jugs or anything) and flavored waters that dont contain sugar. Thats it nothing else.

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Look in the yellow pages of your phone book under bottle depots.

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It doesn’t look like Jacksonville has a “redemption center” but J & E Salvage buys scrap metals- Aluminum, brass, copper etc.

J&E
2012 Blue Creek Road
Jacksonville, NC 28540-7712

Additional Business Information
Tel: (910) 347-5865

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Just because water is recycled in the water cycle doesn’t mean it happens right away. It can take days or weeks for the cycle to go.
Here in NC there was a state wide restriction on water use during the summer of ’08 due to the drought we had.

Below are some ways to waste water.
Leaving water running for unnecessary amounts of time
Dripping faucets
washing cars continuously
watering lawns constantly

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I wouldn’t use this, as I am guessing there is salt residue in this waste. Salt will kill your plants in high enough concentrations.

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I also like to do this but it was not easy why dont we use grey water potable system for evry home it saves around 400 litres water/day all u have to do is just connect all ur ro,washing machine and sink veg bowl and and than pump it to roof separate tank from there connect it to all toilets flushes and taps used for cleaning ur house poarches ,ramps or society pathways and even bathwater could slightly filtered and used to water plants i made estimate in india all cost near 200$ to make one system in west that cost slight high but it will work and save water after all u save near 400 litres per day for watering plant and flush out and cleaning poarches
for biogas it cost slight high investment and maintainance also not easy that could be better done on city scale for performance

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At the water treatment plant, solids are settled out. They are left to compost with good bacteria. Liquids are aereated and chlorined to kill germs and released into a water system. Other things that are dissolved can be precipitated or evaporated out.

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Waste water is fine as long as it doesn’t contain any harmful chemicals. I use neat washing up liquid on my plants as an alternative to aphid treatment so dishwashing water is fine.

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It would be cheaper to replace the water with fresh. You can use the old water directly onto your garden or other vegetation areas.

Otherwise, you would have to build some kind of expensive filtration system to recover the waste and reuse the reclaimed water, which I and maybe most others have no idea how to do. Maybe a nearby settling pond to allow the waste to settle to the bottom as you skim off the top layer of water?

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I would be happy to use recycled waste water for many purposes, such as in my garden, for washing and cleaning in the house, but not for drinking.
I live in Australia.

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Usually not within the municipal waste water treatment system (assuming you have one). In most cases, it’s only treated to a permissible standard for discharge.

Of course, unless the astronauts take it with them, all water remains within the water cycle. However, the overwhelming majority of that water isn’t readily accessible for use as fresh water.

Laslty, regardless of where the water goes, all water supplies have a fixed capacity and they require energy to pump the water to you. If you’re wasting water, you’re also wasting energy and capital.

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Why clean recyclbles there’s no need the company will take care of that for you. If it’s cans or bottles well why worry? The cans they will be smashed flat so who will care how it looks. Bottles well they will be cleaned out by fastory machines so why bother cleaning. Yes save clean water, when the waer is dirty the port of your town will clean it it is very expensive to do those actions. Companies who use a lot of water and if it real dirty by cleaning up equipment or say for instances throwing garbage into there gutters it is better to use a shovel and broom to clean up the mess. Using all that water to push the garbage in the gutter will cost you money and time. The more garbage you put into the gutter the higher your water bill will be.(example $100,000 a month). Not your home bill but that example is for big companies who do production

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My husband and I run our city’s Recycling Center, and we think this is the very best source for recycling information:

http://earth911.com/

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I can list problems about recycling! My husband and I run our city’s Recycling Center, and here’s my rant:

1. It’s hard to find volunteers to work at our Recycling Center. Who wants to work outside in the ice, snow, rain, thunderstorms, heat, and humidity for free?

2. People put trash in recycling bins. What have I found in our paper recycling bins? Bags of household garbage and yard waste; used contraceptives; used syringes; televisions; used carpet; lumber; broken glass; beer bottles full of urine; dead animals; clothing; and hazardous chemicals.

3. People burn down recycling bins. Really! We have lost two recycling bins due to arson.

4. Not everything is recyclable. We have brochures and signs that say what items we don’t take, and people want to argue with us about it. They wait until we’re not looking, then throw the non-recyclables into the bins anyway. Then I have to climb into the bins to get the non-recyclables out.

5. Our recycling center has open and closed hours. City laws state you cannot leave anything outside a recycling bin when we’re closed. We have signs posted saying not to leave anything outside a bin or it will be thrown away. People leave things anyway, which we have to throw away.

6. A recycling center is not a dumping ground. People dump, often while we’re watching, things like old swimming pools; barbecue grills; loads of branches and brush; dishwashers; lawn mowers; furniture; and even hazardous wastes like used motor oil.

7. Recycling bins cannot be left unlocked. Not only will people put trash in them, they will steal the aluminum out of them. People often pry open our locked bins, ruining the doors, just to put garbage in them or to take the aluminum out.

There are a lot of problems involved in running a volunteer Recycling Center! Is it worth it? Yes! I spend every single Saturday helping the people in my town recycle their cardboard, paper, aluminum, steel, tin, plastic, and glass. I spend hours calling people on our volunteer list so that every shift will have enough people.

I am doing all this so our future generations won’t look around and see nothing but landfills and garbage.

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Google:
litter fact sheet derm qld gov au

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Recycling started before the dark ages when people figured out ways to use leftovers, reuse spent materials and did not waste anything.

Prehistoric peoples utilized every portion of an animal that they killed for food. The plains Indians used every part of the buffalo; food, clothing, shelter, and ornaments/religious symbols, etc.

All things can be recycled, those that are made from more natural fibers, materials would be easier. Wood and cotton would recycle much easier than synthetic materials. Metal, glass, and plastic can be melted and reformed.

Some things that are discarded instead of recycled, remain in the environment for many years, sometimes thousands.

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There is a “puddle” of plastic debris several miles in diameter traveling the Pacific Ocean that has had reasonable press over the past 5 years or so. It has actually been growing for more years than the past 5 or 10 years. There is at least one guy/organization that is doing some on-going monitoring of it but, more than that have come and gone. Some of the materials surely come from beach litter. Some of the materials pretty much trace themselves to assorted boats and cruise ships. But, a number of the materials have come from what is suspected to be cargo containers lost overboard in storms from the top decks of cargo ships. There are little hints that some of the materials are in actuality plastics collected, gathered, and being transported over-seas for recycling from the ships themselves. And, I seem to remember seeing a report on TV some years ago showing mounds of plastic bottles in some forgien country along side a water way down which many were flowing toward the sea. The existing plastic debris puddle is growing at an increasing rate and seems to lock in the plastic that attaches to it. Many of the plastics themselves are breaking down resulting in what is claimed to be resulting chemical contamination and pieces falling to the ocean bottom. It is estimated that there are an astounding number of tons of plastic in the debris pile which is now of unknown/questionable chemical content. There is a guy who removes a couple of tons per year but, that at this point it would take a concerted effort to eliminate the existing pile.

While this is the general story, I have few direct facts. You can certainly pick up facts by doing a periodical lit search at the library. You could probably pick up a number by searching the internet as well as the major news reporting agencies both in this country and others.

In terms of recycling, there are a number of different angles. One is the prevention of the plastic contributed from beach side, boats, and cruise ships; many of these contributions are recyclable. One is the prevention of the loss of plastic from the decks of cargo ships. Another is the irony of plastic bound for recycling over-seas ending up in the debris heap. Another is the whole issue of exporting recyclables over-seas only to have them handled with less environmental care than we would use in our landfills; this issue has several different aspects, each with a story of its own. Lastly, there are the issues revolving around the concept of removal of the existing debris float/pile/ puddle/reef. There is the cost involved in gathering it onto ships, who would do so, and who would/should be financially responsible. Once “captured” there is so much plastic it is hard to say if there is enough facility capable of handling the retrieved plastic. And, then there are the issues surrounding the chemical composition of the plastic that remains in the pile and whether or not it could actually be recycled. Of course cost and responsibility becomes a part of the equation.

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We have a great program at the energy exploration center in my town. One of the class tours we do has them look at garbage items and decide if they can be reused or recycled. They explore what the items are made of, for example cell phones contain lead and precious metals not to mention other harmful chemicals. They also rethink items like bottled water and come up with alternatives. Another fun activity is what we call a lunch dump. They eat lunch at the center then put their garbage into a can, they way the waste and then dump it into a small pool and look at what was tossed. Much of the food waste we feed to the worm farm, and look at some of the wrappers, like chips, candy and juice boxes which are all hybrids and can’t be recycled.

I’ve always thought it would be a great project to calculate how much waste is generated by a school just by eating lunch. How many pounds of food waste, how many juice boxes, lunchable containers, sandwich bags and bottles of water would be thrown into the garbage for a school year.

I think we focus too much on recycling, I saw a project done by a local school and everyone knew they should recycle, but less than 10% said they did. I like to focus on reducing waste and increasing demand for recycled products. I like the slogan complete the cycle buy recycled. I was able to buy everything my son needed for high school in recycled content.

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Very interesting article, thanks for sharing it!

While it’s obvious that it’s better to recycle than to dump used paper into a landfill, incinerators do pose an interesting alternative. This would be especially good if the incinerators were also producing electrical energy. Aside from the chemicals released to the air though, the article did talk about the huge amount of waste they need to keep the plants running. This is a major problem with it.

If employment virgin paper workers is a problem it would be more cost effective to provide job training so they can work elsewhere and to encourage other industries in those areas.

The major flaw with this article and the studies it was referencing is that it did not take into account the environmental impact of growing and harvesting wood for paper. As a former US Forest Service employee, let me describe a few things. First, although paper companies do grow trees on their own land, the Forest Service also grows trees for paper and sells them to companies. This takes up land that could otherwise be maturing into a more appropriate medium-age forest on already-owned government property, not to mention that paper tree lots are usually either aspen monocultures or aspen/balsam stands and provide very, very few benefits to the wildlife and none at all to endangered plants. Also, aside from the pollution caused by the logging machines and transportation, they also produce considerable ground compaction. This decreases the fertility of the soil over repeated clear-cuts because it is progressively harder for roots to grow. This negatively impacts the future of more natural plant communities there.

While I still think that recycling paper is better than the current alternatives, I think we should continue researching and improving the alternatives, reducing our consumption, and generally keep an open mind. The thing with science is that you can never prove something beyond a doubt, you can only disprove everything else. That means everything should be questioned, even the scientific answers that have become dogma to us.

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1. Recycling helps the planet
2. Less garbage which saves you money
3. Makes you feel warm and fuzzy [=
4. We are running out of room for our garbage this saves room
5. Good ju-ju or karma
6. We will run out of natural resources and recycling slows that process..
7. Hm mm Almost everything can be recycled so it not a burden,..
8. Saves everybody money in the long run

all i could come up with hun
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These types of things are usually handled by the local government. I would start with the city council member who represents your area.

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Here in West Virginia, we just take it outside and give it to the goats to recycle for us.

😛

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The clothes that I toss that are not GoodWill worthy just go in a black garbage bag and I put it all out with the trash. Quite simple.

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I cut up my 100% cotton flannel for rags, Find out if the place you are donating use old clothing for rags or if another merchant buys them for them. Maybe some can be recycled in you recycle bin.
If all fails put them in a trash bag and deposit them in the trash bin.
Old towels and sheets, can be donated to your Humane Society.

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Just buy 12 foot boards

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My town has mandatory recycling. They do not pick up. When I pay my taxes they give me a dump sticker and I have to take it there myself and sort it into the appropriate bins and not just paper, glass and plastic. We have to sort it into what kind of paper and what kind of cardboard(cardboard comes in several grades) and what kind of metal. Yes the cans too. Steal cans in one bin, aluminum in another. Same with glass and plastic. I would rather they pick it up and do it themselves . With the trash going into the compactor. We also have to pay to ecycle. That is to recycle electronics. It cost us $1.00 to put it in the ecycle bin. Then the state sells it to a company that recycles it.

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3. Yes, I do think that even a little change can have a great impact on the overall ecological footprint of the world. I think this because if you think about it, let’s say my family tries to reduce our waste by recycling, composing etc. Then that’s about two less garbage bags ending up in the land fill. If my family’s friends and their neighbors do the same then that’s hundreds of garbage bags and food waste being made into fertilizer to grow crops and water bottles or garbage bags being recycled into cups, furniture etc. That would sooner or later spread on and contribute to reduce out Earth’s total ecological footprint.

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If it all goes in the trash anyway, why do they have curbside recycling? Doesn’t the recycling go in the recycling truck? I recycle, it saves tons of money on trash bags.

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I had this problem too with my 5.25 floppys and my 3.5 discs.

I got creative and made things. There are a few sites out there that can give you ideas. Make bags, pencil holders and other geeky stuff that will make you the hit at the office.

Here’s a few links.

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You should shred all debt/credit card receipts and anything with an account number on it, like bills. If you have paper recycling like I do, then take that shredded paper and put it in the recycling; fewer people are likely to rifle through that recycling to find personal information.

So there’s 2 answers to this question:

1- If the garbage can is on private property, you can be charged with trespassing if you ‘dumpster dive’. However, for example, if you live in an apartment complex and you go into the big dumpster FOR the complex, you will not, because you live on the property.
2- If the garbage can is one like the big, green ‘Waste Management’ dumpster, there are some states where the content of what’s in that dumpster is ‘owned’ by Waste Management, so by going through it, you can be charged with trespassing.

If someone is going through your garbage on your property (the street is not your property and in many states, grass and driveway between the sidewalk and the street is not either), you should call the police. If it is not on your property (like if you left it for the trash man in the two places I listed above), then it’s in public property and you don’t have any recourse.

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I don’t have the instructions, but you might find some helpful information here:

http://www.ecorazzi.com/2009/01/05/bill-nye-the-science-guys-paper-recycling-factory-awesome-or-torture/

Good luck!

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In canada you get 10 cents for beer bottles and cans and 20 cents for wine bottles at the beer store in Ontario. A good deal for americans since the dollars are at parity.

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Recycling aluminum cans is a better idea than sending money to china, but I think that you would have to drink a lot of beer to recycle enough cans. Better still would be to check into how your electrical supplier produces its electricity. If it uses coal, install some solar panels on your roof. If it uses hydroelectric power or nuclear power, buy a Chevy Volt.

Larry Larry

“CO2 is an essential nutrient gas. Why are you worried about that?”

CO2”s biological role is irrelevant and does not mean that CO2 does not absorb infrared. The giant sequoias did fine on 270ppm CO2.

Tin Bear

“every time you exhale you emit liters of CO2 into the atmosphere…the production of beer, wine and liquor causes CO2 to be emitted into the atmosphere… Every plant and animal that dies and decays results in CO2 being emitted into the atmosphere… It is impossible to stop the emission of CO2 into the atmosphere. A very small percent of all CO2 emitted into the atmosphere every year is due to humans.”

When we exhale or make beer, the CO2 we release is from CO2 which was absorbed by photosynthesis. This is different from CO2 from fossil fuels which was stored million of years ago. This CO2 from fossil fuels causes droughts and will cause the sea level to rise if we continue to add it to the atmosphere.

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Check your towns local websites – they’ll have info for you

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Certain metals — e.g. Copper currently — sell for enough to cover the cost of recycling. Others do not. If they do not, there is little point in doing so.

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Tesco will give you 500 points for an old phone.If you have 6 that will equal 3000.

3000 points = £30 pounds or £120 in deals = weekend away or family visit to theme park etc.

Check it out!

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If they are completely empty, you should be able to put them in the blue bins for recycling. They recycle them in my town and I can’t imagine why they wouldn’t recycle them in yours 🙂

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Quick and easy solution would be double sided tapes, especially carpet tape, but plain ‘office’ tape would work well enough. Plastic-based carpet tape is about the closest match for the adhesive.

I’ve wondered about the possibility of something like Velcro dots, which would serve a double purpose of replacing the weak stick-um and serve as a visual aid for locations.

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I have seen boots and shoes used as planters.

Http://www.ehow.com/how_4615939_planters-old-shoes-boots.html

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Recuva at CNet.com downloads……….free program

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The Recycle Bin has a maximum size, beyond which it will automatically delete the oldest files.

There may also be a Scheduled Task (usually for Disk Cleanup) that is clearing the Recycle Bin.

System optimizers such as CCleaner also check for recycled files to delete.

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You can often successfully recover deleted files from a PC, phone or camera memory card or USB Memory stick, it just depends on what’s happened since the files were deleted.

When you delete files the data itself isn’t deleted, just the index entry that says where the data for those files is located. The space containing the deleted files is also now marked as free space so it is available to the system for any new files to be written there instead.

If and when that happens, then it becomes too late to recover your deleted files so it is very, very important to not save any new files or data to the device concerned.

If the deleted files are on a memory card or USB memory stick, just don’t save any new files to it.

One of the easiest ways to see if you can recover deleted files is to try some file recovery software. Recommended asoftech recovery as it saved my life many times.
Http://www.asoftech.com/apr/

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While in your recycling bin, look for the button “empty my recycling bin” or something of that sort. Clicking that will permanently delete everything in there. If you don’t see it, right click in the recycling bin folder and you should see it there.
Hope I helped!

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1) Leave an anonymous note (if you are worried about talking to them) and let them know what belongs in the trash and recycling. Make it friendly (so they don’t feel like they are being attacked). Who knows, they may not even know!

2) Report it to the city, and the city may deal with it (depending on where you are from)

3) Tell them you are going door-to-door giving out updated lists of what belongs in the garbage and recycling. You can even say you are part of a local environment group or something. It’s not as intimidating as talking neighbor-to-neighbor…

4) As another user said, many cities offer incentives for correct recycling. Research it. Call your local city center and find out what they think you should do.

Good luck! : )

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Unless a computer forensics specialist got a hold of your hard drive, you should be fine.

Just to be safe you should format the hard drive before you toss it out when you get rid of that computer.

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In my town we toss all our recyclables in a bin, take them to the curb, and watch the man that ust tossed our garbage into a truck, through the cans and newspaper to that verry same truck. Oddly enough people don’t feel it necessary to recycle.

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There are programs to recover files after you deleted it. Some are free ., one of them is ”recover my files” google it and you will get the link for download. Its free

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You cant del that file without a act of congress ( it takes a whole lot of dooing to just deleate it) you may have a virus

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Wish there was a simple answer to this. Say a national uniform recycling deposit act!!!

The link below shows what states have deposits and how much they are. Most seem to go with $0.05, but Michigan is $0.10.

Most of the other states go by a per-pound rate that seems to be around $0.67 on average.

Be warned though — don’t try to drive a few thousand cans and bottles up to Michigan to get the deposit rate (as in the “Seinfeld” episode). Bottles being returned are now scanned to see if they came from the state. You could possible be fined for trying to “sneak” out off state bottles / cans in.

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*Not that I know of, but for aluminum, you can call the three local salvage yards; Karco (Carbondale), T&T Recycling (Hurst), and Gary’s Metals (Carterville). Each will generally have slightly different prices, depending upon local competition and market values, which may fluctuate daily, weekly or monthly.

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By weight, it would be the aluminum cans. It can go for over $1.00 a lb. Paper products have never brought that much in.
Exception: if there was a deposit paid on a plastic bottle ( 5 cents in some areas) you would get alot more be recycling that if you got the deposit back, or if the deposit was figured into the price per pound at the recycling center.
At one time newspapers paid like 10cents per foot stacked (years ago- dont know about now)
Yup, i’d go with the aluminum. (but still recycle all you could)GL

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I used to work for a recycler and it is best to shop around.
Go to www.kitco.com and you can see the latest prices paid by the big dealers. Don’t expect the same. Lol

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They pay by the pound, so you will have to call around and see what they are pricing at this time.they change prices all the time due to the markets and what they can (the recyclers) get for the
cans.

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Cans are $0.05 each and plastic bottles (2 liter sodas) are $0.10 each.
Hope this helps!

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That is a little above the average market price for loose Used Beverage Cans (UBC). Today’s spot was $0.29. Since there are about 33 cans at $0.05 a can in California, the equaling CA+ spot price would be $1.94.

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If there is an local recyclers you can call them and tell them whtat you have .There are also different grades of aluminum that means there are different prices .

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You are not going to pay for a tip at to the cab driver to the wedding with the recycle money. I bought a brand new one for my Corvette for less than $100.
Little late to be thinking about paying for a wedding with recycle money.

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It isn’t necessarily the job – many people have gotten very successful and wealthy in very strange “jobs”… The rode to success and wealth is much more aligned with how WELL you do any job you take on – attitude and ability are what really count. You can start as a janitor and wind up owning the whole recycling business – you can start as a CEO and run the business into the ground. Find the occupation you LOVE and do your BEST at it.

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Stop by your local recycle center and see what they accept and how they want it separated. Most centers want lids off of bottles and some want them rinsed.

I set up a second can in the kitchen for most of my glass, plastic and cans. I found that if I didn’t make it easy my family wouldn’t do it. I set up a second sorting area near my outside garbage can. I made it my sons job to take care of the recycling and he gets to keep the money.

The easiest things to recycle in my area are newspaper, cardboard, glass, plastic #1 and soda cans. The others we have to go out of our way to recycle, but we can recycle all plastics, bimetal cans and other paper.

When setting up your indoor collection areas, remember it can be attractive and fit your style. I’ve seen people use wicker baskets, canvas bags, colorful plastic bins or find places to put the bins out of site.

A couple other items to consider recycling. I donate all textiles to Goodwill, even stained and torn, what they can’t use or repair they give to a company that can use them as rags. I also have a worm farm to composte my kitchen green waste.

Any other recycle questions can usually be answereed at www.earth911.org

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Saves Natural Resources – By making products from recycled materials instead of virgin materials, we conserve land and reduce the need to drill for oil and dig for minerals.

Saves Energy – It usually takes less energy to make recycled products; recycled aluminum, for example, takes 95% less energy than new aluminum from bauxite ore.

Saves Clean Air and Water – In most cases, making products from recycled materials creates less air pollution and water pollution than making products from virgin materials.

Saves Landfill Space – When the materials that you recycle go into new products, they don’t go into landfills or incinerators, so landfill space is conserved.

Saves Money and Creates Jobs – The recycling process creates far more jobs than landfills or incinerators, and recycling can frequently be the least expensive waste management method for cities and towns.

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Recycling paper produces numerous direct and indirect benefits:

Conserves resources (i.e. Saves trees)
Prevents emissions of many greenhouse gases and water pollutants
Saves energy
Supplies valuable raw materials to industry
Creates jobs
Stimulates the growth of greener technologies
Reduces the need for new landfills and incinerators

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That’s already being done in some places around the world. I.e. Here in Adelaide, Australia where I live all the general waste is sorted at a plant in Wingfield such as metals, building waste, plastics etc that people have thrown out rather than placed in their recycling waste bins. And it is a respectable job getting paid about three times of what you stated as some workers requiring a loader / forklift / truck license and so on.

Also, on every drink beverage container whether it be glass, plastic or carton; each have a 10cent return deposit on them to encourage recycling. This 10cents is added on the initial cost price of the drink(s) and is a great incentive to encourage the correct disposal and more so recycling of waste products. At the moment the current container return statistic here is at 80% which is fairly impressive.

As for the dead bodies part, I don’t know where about you come from but yes you may have a point. In the rare case of finding a body in the trash the chances of actually recovering one would be greater at a waste plant which sorts.

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Bb sitting
micky ds
fast food resturaunts
walk dogs
chores
maid
odd jobs
the good ole lemonade stand
bake sale
tutoring
house watching
buy grocery’s for the old (of course they give u the money)
wrk at library
recycle!
Wash cars
make crafts then sell them

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Yes water recycles.
Oxygen is recycled from CO2 by plants.
Fossil fuels are recycled from plants there are many things that are already recycled. The plants do a great job..

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Recycling is sort of like exercising: we all know we should do it, but not all of us do it as often as we should—and some of us don’t do it at all. However, there are lots of reasons why you should make an effort to recycle as much as possible. If you haven’t been diligent about recycling your garbage, here are seven good reasons why you should start.

It cuts back on global warming. Our planet is starting to feel the effects of global warming already—and we need to do whatever we can to lessen the impact. Production of certain materials from scratch can release significant amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere. Aluminum production is a prime example—producing new aluminum creates 95% more CO2 than recycling old aluminum cans. In addition, recycling paper saves trees—for each ton of paper recycled, 17 trees are saved. Each of these trees can extract around 250 pounds of carbon dioxide from the air in a year.

It makes us more energy-efficient. It often takes a great deal more energy to create something from scratch than to recycle it. For example, it takes twice as much energy to burn plastic as to recycle it; it takes 64% more energy to make paper than to recycle it; and recycling just one pound of steel can save enough energy to run a 60-watt bulb for one day.

It keeps our landfills from overflowing. We’re fast running out of space for landfills—especially near cities. Seaside cities have been dumping trash into their oceans for decades to circumvent the problem, but with widespread marine ecological collapse, this is no longer a viable option. Worse yet, it’s difficult to find land in suburban and rural areas whose residents will allow landfills to come into their areas without a fight. The squeeze for landfill land is only going to get worse in the future.

Recycling gives us some hope for this bleak scenario. Studies show that 60% to 75% of garbage in landfills can be recycled. That means that if everybody recycled, we’d have 60% to 75% less garbage in our landfills, and we’d need at least that much less land for garbage disposal.

It improves the quality of our groundwater. The garbage in landfills is usually not treated in any way—it’s simply thrown in a big hole and buried over. Much of this garbage is not environmentally friendly or readily biodegradable—and it’s no surprise that contaminants can get into our water. Rain and other runoff from landfills gets into our streams, rivers, lakes, and other waterways, damaging fragile ecosystems. It’s also a major reason why it’s not safe to drink from streams and rivers when you’re hiking and camping—even when it looks like you’re in a pristine environment. Recycling reduces the trash in landfills, and the more we recycle, the more our water systems can start becoming as pure as they look.

It reduces air pollution. Many factories that produce plastics, metals, and paper products release toxins into the air. Recycle these materials, and there will be less need for companies to manufacture new materials—saving on the amount of pollution dumped into our atmosphere. In addition, disposing of certain recyclable materials can also produce significant pollution. For example, plastics are often burned in incinerators. Plastics are made with oil, and that oil is released into the atmosphere when the plastic burns—creating serious greenhouse-gas emissions.

It creates jobs. From manufacturing to processing, from collection to invention—it’s no secret that recycling is a growth industry, earning billions of dollars annually. Our need to recycle is only going to grow more urgent as populations grow and as technology changes. Recycling creates far more jobs than landfills do—enough jobs to make a big difference in a small town.

It adds to property value. It’s obvious that a landfill near your home can decrease your property values significantly. Recycling reduces the amount of land needed for landfills. This reduces the number of houses near landfills, keeping property values up and homeowners happy. The more people recycle, the fewer landfills we need—and if enough people pitch in, recycling should pay off for everybody.

It’s good business. Pitting business against the environment is a lose-lose situation: everybody suffers. And yet, that’s how the debate has been framed in politics and the public sphere for years. This is a shame, because the truth is that recycling just makes good business sense. Industrial factories and processing plants save plenty of money on energy and extraction strategies when they use recycled materials instead of virgin resources. They also ensure that basic resources don’t become a scarce commodity, keeping demand and prices down and ensuring that their business can continue for decades to come.

One person can make a difference. With so many good causes, it’s easy to get discouraged—especially when the problem is so widespread that it’s hard to see what difference your individual effort is making. Many people think this is true with recycling, too—but the truth is that small acts of recycling make a big difference. For example, recycling just one large newspaper would save around 75,000 trees. On average, each person in the U.S. Produces around 1,600 lbs. Of waste each year. If you recycled all of that, you could save around 1,100 lbs. Of waste per year—that’s over half a ton—just by yourself!

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Aslam-o-Alikum,
How are you sister? I hope this link helps:

http://careers.stateuniversity.com/pages/21/Wastewater-Treatment-Plant-Operator.html

I hope I helped

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Theoretically, nothing *has* to go to a landfill. Practically, though, landfilling is the best choice for much organic waste. Bones can’t be composted; animal remains and waste (especially of carnivores and omnivores) shouldn’t be composted. Many plants have to be kept out of compost because of toxins that don’t break down in the short period of time most compost heaps are kept.

There’s also the economic point. Our city has stopped recycling plastic bags because they damage recycling sorting equipment so badly that they can cause millions of dollars of damage. Another city I lived in doesn’t have public recycling – and private recycling usually costs about $600 a year per household. $600 a year is $600 too much for most people.

I hope I never hear “save the planet” again. We aren’t saving the planet by recycling: we’re just making our modern lives a bit more sustainable. The planet will be here a billion years after humankind dies out.

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I live in another state, but here they won’t give you the deposit back on crushed cans or bottles. Maybe just try taking them in and see what they say. Good luck.

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There’s a plastic recycling center in downtown Philly.

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My family of 3 also puts out 2-3 white bags per week. I would rather recycle, but it is very inconvenient in my area. Living in an apartment, I would think they could easily stick a few recycling bins out back near the trash for us to use. … But now that you have pointed it out, and now that I have a car so I can actually drive my stuff to a place that does recycling, I’ll see about giving it a try.

I occasionally hear rumors that a recycling truck comes by once or twice a month or so. But I haven’t actually seen it. Not sure what kinds of limits they would set – guess I’ll have to call about that.

For the trash pick up we don’t have any limits other than certain items (like old furniture) can only be picked up once a month.

I do try to minimize how much we throw out. But my efforts don’t always work with 2 other people in the house with their own ideas of what should be thrown away and how.

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Threaten to treat her like an animal if shes going to behave like one. Tell her you will be drenching her with freezing cold water next time she comes around.

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In addition to composting to reduce the volume of your waste (and thus the number of plastic bags), you can reuse other kinds of bags, such as large bags from dog food, mulch, shipping bags, etc. That might otherwise be thrown out empty.

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Lol our only start when a bin bag if they stopped making clothes

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Some are, some aren’t. If they are made from a plastic composite, then there’s a good chance. Check to see if there is any sort of recycling symbol on the bag. If they are cloth, then they probably aren’t recyclable. Regardless, think of how many plastic bags you saved while using those reusable bags!

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Veuillez lire ce qui suit avec attention:
L’Ontario a des règles très strictes en ce qui concerne les ordures et leur recyclage.
Vous n’avez droit qu’à 4 sacs à détritus par semaine.
Les détritus ne sont autorisés que dans des sacs à détritus, les sacs clairs ou bleus ne seront pas repris.
-Les verres doivent être ensembles et séparés du reste des détritus.
-Tous les papiers doivent être rassemblés et séparés du reste des déchets (utilisez les sacs bleus ou clairs).
-Tous les plastiques doivent être également rassemblés et séparés des détritus (utilisez les sacs bleus ou clairs).
-Toute nourriture pouvant pourrir doit être mise dans les sacs compostables fournis et ceux-ci doivent être déposés dans la grande poubelle verte.
Lorsque le service sanitaire constatera un non-respect de ces consignes, les déchets ne seront pas repris.

[sorry I didn’t understand very well what you wrote in your last sentence about the upstair bedroom, if you clarify what you wanted to say, I’ll be able to translate it 😉 ]

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You can’t delete the recycle bin, how you made it?

Just right click on anywhere of your desktop screen > select properties/personalize > on the top left select change desktop icons.

You should be able to see the recycle bin, tick it and save.

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Files are pretty much gone forever when they’re deleted from the “Recycle Bin.” It may depend on how long ago the files was deleted from the Recycle Bin ad how many times it may have been written over on the hard drive. You could try a free software call recuva. It does a fairly good job, but you can’t expect miracles if it has been a few weeks since you deleted this file. It doesn’t hurt to try! Here’s a link to recuva. Good luck!

Http://www.piriform.com/recuva

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What OS you use ? And why do you need recycle bin in safe mode ? You can delete files later too.

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B the icon does change there’s a empty icon and a full icon anyone who disagrees can go into their desktop icons and check that out for themselves.

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Sara,

Once you delete the “Recycle Bin” the files are gone.

You Can retreive them with special Security Tools, but it is a chore.

Better to just let them be gone.

M

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Not that I am aware of, but a professional programmer might be able to.

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Check out the link.

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Don’t worry, go this site and download this software…. It will help u to recover ur deleted data….

Http://www.powerdatarecovery.com/download.html

install it, and press Undelete recovery….and recover

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The first two posters are talking out of their backsides. They know nothing about computer security.

Saying the police cannot get it back is idiotic, of course they can!
When you delete a file it is not gone from the hard drive, it is in a sector ready to be over written, it can still be recovered.

Try this program – it’s free and works in most cases:

http://www.tucows.com/preview/509871