Your Questions About Recycling
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Paul asks…
Recycling bottles and cans.?
I need to recycle cans and bottles! Problem is: I don’t know where to go. I live in San Diego near Poway.
But anyways,
How much do I get per bottle/can?
I have almost 4 trashbags full of bottles and a bag full of cans (pre-crushed)
I know I probably won’t get much, but how much do you think i”ll get? And where do I go?
The Expert answers:
In our city we take ours to the supermarket, behind Stater Brothers, if you have alot of them and they are crushed then you will get paid by weight…faster recycling, but if you have the time and want to get more oney don’t crush them and bring them to one of their recycling places where you can put one can at the time in the machine…takes longer ….usually behind some of the supermarkets you can find the recycling places. Check in you area and see if you have a Stater Brother I’m sure they will have it..also make sure that the bottles are recyclable…not all of them are. Hope this helps.
Donna asks…
Anyone know of any programs that give grants, state or gov. help for recycling of lights that contain Mercury?
My company is in North County San Diego, CA, we convert old lights in commercial buildings to new energy efficient lights. The recycling is so expensive and you can’t just throw them away. Does any one know of any program, grant, innexpensive place or anything about the recycling of light bulbs that contain mercury? Thanks so much!
The Expert answers:
No, usually you build this into your pricing. We have to pay for all sorts of items, but we get paid for others. You just have to work smart enough so that the net is in your favor.
Betty asks…
Where can you get a recycling bin?
I live in San Diego and when we moved (still in sd) we didn’t bring our big blue recycling bin that the garbage man picks up. Where can we get a new one? Through the city????? Help the earth is in my hands 🙂 🙂 🙂
The Expert answers:
Contact these people
http://www.sandiego.gov/environmental-services/recycling/
And the earth isn’t in your hands.
Nothing you do will change the earth.
Michael asks…
Redemption vs. Recycling?
I live in San Diego Ca. I’m getting ready to return glass and aluminum for recycling. Should i be looking for a place to redeem (collect the deposit) or do recyclers take the redemption value into consideration? … The cans are crushed, the bottles are not, if that makes a difference
The Expert answers:
Hi,
When you bring your cans and bottles to the redemption center, they ARE recycled. The system in California is such that recyclers service all of the centers. In return they are paid out of the unredeemed funds that the “bottle bill” generates. On the flip side, if you deposit your cans and bottles in a curbside program, your municipality is getting the redemption value back. I’m not 100% sure I answered your exact question, but all of the material, either curbside or redemption center, is being recycled.
Robert asks…
How can we recycle paper at the office where I work?
I work in an accounting office and as you can imagine, 98% of our trash is all paper. There are several other offices in the area where ours is located so I would have assumed there would be some of kind of recycling bin… but there isn’t. Is this something I would have to bring up with the management of the building so we could begin getting these services? I live in San Diego (Southern California). Any kind of direction would help.
I should have mention we shred everything. While I love the idea of using both sides or saving paper for note-pads, the information we have is high-sensitive material and almost 100% of the time needs to be shredded.
The Expert answers:
I would call your recycling company first, to see if they would provide their services to your office buildings. Then go to management with the facts & how it can be done. It wouldn’t hurt to get online & find out some percentages…Let them know how much paper goes to waste, and the benefits of recycling it…Just a thought…my $.02
Good luck & God bless…Keep up the good work
John asks…
ciao a tutti …help me !!!!?
anybody know where i can trow away some wood and aluminium materials in san diego 92109
recycling or anything else
sorry about my english i m italian
thx everybody that will answer
The Expert answers:
THANK YOU for being open to recycling them! There is a website called Earth911.org that everybody interested in recycling should bookmark.
For the wood click here – http://earth911.org/search-recycle?what=wood&where=92109&max_distance=25
For metal I could only locate places in another zip code. I found a place in 92110 that should take any scrap metal. Http://earth911.org/search-recycle?what=Nonferrous+Metal&where=92110&max_distance=25
I live in Virginia but am willing to donate my time to help anyone willing to recycle. Hope this helps you.
James asks…
Can somone tell me where can I recycle X Rays?
I have around 25 to 30 X Rays that I don’t need anymore since my dad passed away, is there a chance that there is a place in San Diego CA where I can recycle them?
The Expert answers:
My dad used to get piles from the Doc where he used to work. I would have to take out the paper and he would drive them to a scrap yard.
Call around many scrap yards take them. I used to get good money for them.
Nancy asks…
Where do I go to recycle?
I live in San Diego and I don’t know where I can go to recycle all my plastic, glass and paper products I consume. Is there a place I can go. Can I trust the recycle bins at my health food store? Please, I just want to know what to do to make sure my trash gets recycled. I’m trying to do my part in protecting our Earth.
The Expert answers:
Earth911.com
Steven asks…
Which UCs am I most likely to get into?
I’m really freaking out right now because the deadline is getting nearer and I’m starting to have serious doubts about whether or not I’ll get into my desired college (UC Davis). I would also like to get into UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, San Francisco, UCLA, and UC Irvine. I applied to San Diego State and San Francisco State as my back ups. Please provide some feedback and maybe a chance based on percentage on whether or not I’ll get in to any of the colleges. I realize that the way colleges admit students can be weird, but I just want your personal opinion.
GPA: 3.96
Class Rank: 34/645
Top 5% of Class (Missed ELC by literally 1 student!)
SAT 1: 1870
Math 2: 620
Literature: 580
Biology: 590
Varsity Track Captain (4 Year Varsity)
Varsity Soccer (4 Years as Well)
400+ Volunteer Hours (Community Hospital & Animal Shelter)
2nd Degree Black Belt
9 Years of Piano
Raised $5000 in Recycling Club (Founder)
I realize that my SAT IIs are really low and my SAT I could be better, but I retook them last week and am retaking them again in December.
Thanks
The Expert answers:
You’ll probably get into Davis, but know that they ignore your freshman year when they calculate your GPA, so you might wanna double-check that. I’m applying there too, i might meet you there.
If you mean UCSF by “San Francisco”, you should know that that’s a grad school.
UCLA and UCSD will probably depend on your essays. I’d say you’re likely to get into Irvine, and almost definite for UCSB.
This is just my judgement.
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