Your Questions About Recycling

question about the Gulf Oil Spill?

what is happening to the oil that its been spill? is it been recycle and send to the consumer? or it is getting wasted?
cnn just announce that the “leak” is no longer a leak, its gushing 70000 barrels a day, bp has no solution for the disaster. how long until we ran out and economies collapse?

How Many Needless Road Journeys Do You Make In A Week?

Multiply that by the 26 million cars on Britain’s roads and you have a lot of wasted resources, ie oil reserves.

Road pricing would mean people would think of every car journey as a cost. So before nipping out in the car to recycle those used wine bottles, have a think, could you not do it on the way to work instead.

More fuel saved and cleaner environment.

How dangerous is it to use recycled bacon grease for frying fish, meat, etc. on a strict low cholesterol diet?

My aunt who came out here from the Philippines to live with us, does most of the cooking and is TOTALLY oblivious to how unhealthy using recycled grease is and what it does to your arteries, her coming from the countryside on a farm and all. I use olive oil whenever frying; mostly fish, but can’t always supervise the kitchen. I shouldn’t have to. My mom’s boyfriend has a stubborn habit of saving the grease instead of tossing it. If I see it, I’ll get rid of it. This stupidity is a combination of not wanting to waste anything and the desire for the flavor that the grease puts into whatever your’re frying. That’s gonna give someone a heart attack as he’s already found out. I’d sure hate to lose anyone to heart disease on the count of someone’s cluelessness/retentiveness. Suggestions please!?

Sustainability? Where?

Recycle oil, paper, aluminum, produce less waste, saving water is good and helpful, but every year we want more and more economic growth,

The bank does not know how many of grew 10%, the economy in underdeveloped countries grew by 5%, China has grown to the equivalent a11%

Record in selling cars, phones, clothes, electronics, export and import records, records of livestock production, agricultural record in paper production, meat.

increasing investments in production and consumption….

something is not wrong in that calculation?

will be sustainable as a race this way?

Remove and return very little in my opinion is not synonymous with sustainability, and to you?

How is the earth spirit Gaia feeling, nowadays?

I’m at the supermarket the other day, an elderly lady is going out of her way to stuff a bundle of recycled plastic grocery bags into the receptacle.

I think about how corporations across the country illegally dump toxic waste into aquifers, bays, rivers, and the ocean. Similarly, overseas in China and elsewhere, governments and businesses (really, the same thing) illegally dump radioactive waste, sewage, plastics and other non-biodegradable substances into areas of human and animal habitation.

Of course there’s the occasional oil spill, where a supertanker might break apart and let loose millions of gallons of crude oil, which suffocates fish and birds and other wildlife.

Given these largely human-made circumstances, how is the earth spirit Gaia doing?

What to do with stale french fries?

My husband brought two L bags of french fries from McDonald’s, but obviously he had carried them with him for a long time, and the potatoes were anything but crispy. They tasted like wet straw. I don’t like french fries myself, but hate to waste food, especially that much. Any idea how can I cook them/recycle them , if possible without using vegetable oil or butter, or anything alike.

TIres that last for a lifetime why are we not using them?

I was watchingon tv way back probably 10years ago where tires have been made to last a lifetime they dont rot or hardly wear out .Alot of oil can be saved we dispose of alot of tires in America and recycle but we create more waste .

How do you justify using plastics and anything else that is made form oil?

Quite interesting reading about peoples thoughts in this section when they proclaim to be so called animal lovers and justify preaching and hating people for being omnivore despite what they do to help the planet if you are not vegetarian you are not even trying at all. Yet these same people and many others who have moral obligations choose to use oil products and as this is aimed at vegetarians in which most depend on it heavily than using any animal product. How do you justify our even avoid using as little plastic or other oil products at home. A product that we heavily depend on and one that devastates the ecosystem it is near enough impossible to recycle or decompose and a product that when drilled for companies are legally aloud to dump small amounts of nuclear waste which builds into a big problem when they use it too much?

I AM AWARE THAT NOT ALL VEGETARIANS ARE STUPID AND MORE AWARE OF SITUATIONS LIKE THIS THAN OTHERS, THIS QUESTION IS AIMED AT UK ISSUES, TO PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT AWARE AND PEOPLE WHO ARE AND CAN OFFER SOME INFORMATION HOW THEY AVOID OR REDUCE THE USE OF OIL PRODUCTS AS MANY MANY THINGS ARE MADE WITH OIL.

Can any of you answer these questions?

1. Using inexpensive, home-built, non-approved equipment is a good alternative for recycling refrigerants.
True or False

2. The NFiPA 704 system uses a numerical value between _____ and _____ to indicate the level of hazard for that particular chemical.
A. 1; 10
B. 1; 20
C. 0; 9
D. 0; 4

3. Which of the following fluids can be mixed with used oil for recycling?
A. Cutting oils, gear and petroleum-based cooling oils
B. Wastewater
C. Paints, paint thinners and paint wastes
D. Antifreeze

4. The Top 10 list of environmental challenges in a mechanical repair shop includes all of the following, EXCEPT:
A. Batteries, tires & air conditioning
B. Scrap glass and plastic
C. Floor drains, absorbents and spills
D. Antifreeze, oil & other similar fluids

5. Chemicals that contain CFCs do NOT generally include:
A. Disinfectants not in an aerosol propellant
B. Aerosol propellants
C. Paint solvents
D. Fire retardants

6. Used or non-functioning catalytic converters must be kept by the repairer for ______ after removal from the car and tagged with the car make, date of removal and repair order number.
A. 24 hours
B. 15 days
C. 6 months
D. 2 years

7. Damaged or used batteries should be:
A. Stored on sturdy, acid-resistant shelves, no more than one high
B. Immediately placed in an acid-resistant container
C. Covered in large quantities of baking soda
D. Soaked in a neutralizing agent

8. Only shop owners and supervisors are considered legally responsible and may be criminally liable if they knowingly allow or participate in environmental violations.
True or False

9. Which of the following is NOT one of the three ways to recycle antifreeze?
A. On-site recycling
B. Subterranean recycling
C. Mobile recycling
D. Off-site recycling

10. Contaminated rags are recommended for disposal in landfills.
True or False

11. A blue NFiPA label indicates:
A. Special information
B. Health hazard
C. Flammability
D. Reactivity

12. Which of the following is NOT a good way to handle used oil filters?
A. Pay to have an employee to dispose of filters
B. Locate a scrap recycler who will take used filters
C. Throw used oil filters in the trash
D. Locate a used oil filter recycler in your area and professionally recycle the filter

13. Pollution or waste that is generated from a business is called a:
A. Pollution path
B. Toxin trial
C. Hazard load
D. Waste stream