Your Questions About Recycling

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Depending on how many you need most print shops have overstock on different materials. (left over from other jobs) and they can make them into any size card you want and emboss them to fold and furnish you with envelops to match.
My sister owns a printing company and I raid her back room when I need card blanks.

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Same here! I would like something in harmony with my own values, a job that gives back to the greater good is the only kind I can feel proud to have. In my mind I think of a green job as working at an electronic recycling center breaking down electronics into it’s component parts or working at a facility that cultivates algae that is to be used for jet fuel, or sewing candy wrappers together to make a purse & selling them on ebay or trying to find/match buyers & sellers of recycled material in the most efficient manner possible. I think anything that promotes sustainable, renewable resources in a way that doesn’t itself cause unreasonable pollution could be a green job.

I imagine your education would vary depending on what you felt happy doing. Could you be happy being a quality control person in a recycling facility? Or do you want to invent a diesel engine powered by natural gas? A lot of jobs have yet to be invented since this is a new way of thinking for us. I think degrees in Organic Chem., Conservation, Anything related to biology, environmental law, etc. I’m sure there are so many fields out there that you can relate green jobs to that the possibilities are endless.

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Start your own business, sell something. Be a writer or blogger. Sell advertising/google ads on your web site. Buy and Sell on ebay. Start a dog/walking sitting business or in home day care. Be a sitter or companion/helper to the elderly. Collect scrap metal/aluminum cans and recycle it for cash. Some jobs that make money are not glamorous, but you do have your freedom.

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Some areas of businesses are much more forgiving than other; consider anything in the entertainment industry, construction or recycling industry.

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In addition to what temtem told you — If you have WiFi, find a nice *friend*, try here or online forums, get their friend code, and exchange fruit with them. Your Fruit sells for $100 bells to your Nook, other kinds of Fruit sell for $500 to your Nook.

When you get Fruit, don’t sell it, plant it, and then shake down the fruit when it grows in a few days, and plant that. Don’t plant too close to other trees, and after a few days if it grows (it usually does) you’ll have more fruit, and so on. Once you have a few trees, sell the fruit, more will grow on the trees. Also, don’t forget to plant your own town fruit too, in case a *friend* would like it.

Buy a Shovel, Fishing Rod, Slingshot and Watering Can when Nook has them! You’ll want them to make $$$.

If you get Coconuts (gift or show up on shore), plant them on the beach shore, near where the grey and sand meet and when they grow, plant the new coconuts and soon you’ll have a bunch of $500 coconuts to sell to Nook.

Fish fish FISH! Fishing can make you A LOT of bells. Some fish are worth big bells to Nook. I got 2 string fish yesterday, each worth 15,000 bells. Most are worth less, but I paid off my first mortgage in like 2 days of fishing and I don’t play that often. It’s my son’s game. = )

Dig for Fossils (looked for cracked ground) and then take them to the Owl dude in the Museum to check. He’ll want to keep them if they don’t have them in the museum, but take it back and sell to Nook.

Be friends with the Animals and they’ll give you stuff you can sell. Sometimes they’ll ask you to Deliver something for them, when you do, they will usually give you a gift later.

Go to the Recycling Bin in the Town Hall, it’s to the right. Look inside and take anything, and sell it. Cans, Old shoes and Tires aren’t worth anything.

Go to your Gate and talk to the Guard on the left. Ask him about Lost & Found and then you’ll see what they have. Take it and sell it, it’s yours. I don’t think Pit Fall Seeds are worth anything, but they are funny. Bury them and see if someone falls in them.

Buy a Slingshot and shoot down Balloons with Gifts floating in the sky. You’ll hear a whoosh whoosh sound, look up. You can sell the gift. Practice with the slingshot beforehand.

Bang Rocks with your Shovel. There is one Money Rock a day. If a Coin pops out, keep hitting the rock and you will get LOTS of bells, thousands. Coins and then Bags of $$ will come out. Yippy! You have to keep close to the rock and whack it quickly.

Shake non-fruit and pine trees and sometimes a Coin will fall out. Sometimes a Beehive will, so then try to run into a building, or you’ll get stung and you’ll gross out the animals. The stung eye goes away when you save, and you can find quite a few coins by shaking trees.

Go to town and put something up for Auction when you have friend codes and friends visiting.

When Joan the Turnip Lady shows up in town on Sunday between 6am and 12n, you can buy Turnips from her. Sometimes you make money, sometimes you might not, the price changes at Nooks every day. If you can check every day at Nooks, you’ll likely make money. They go bad in a week and Nook doesn’t buy turnips on Sunday, so sell beforehand!

Joan also has one Red Turnip Seed, mine have cost 1000 bells. Plant it in front of your home and water it (watering can) every day, lots. Then in 5 or 6 days, dig it up with your shovel and take it to Nook. It probably goes bad in a week. I got 16,000 bells for my one red turnip.

To learn more, go to http://www.animalcrossingcommunity.com/ or get a strategy guide.

Have fun!

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No body buys films and then puts them on TV(or gets given them for free), common misconception by the layman, think about it once you have made it you have nothing to bargain with.

TV shows are commissioned by TV channels which in turn is subcontracted to a production company.

Most channels barely make anything themselves its all made by independent production companies, you’re best bet is to try to get your show commissioned through a production company, good luck its a cut-throat world. I do know of a company that buys the rights to your film so its no longer yours, you sign over all rights and they then make money buy selling it as achieve footage, they are called journeyman.

And you should get paid, there are paid professionals working in the TV industry and offering working for free is part of what destroys the quality (sorry I have to say that as I am a professional lighting cameraman). Not to mention you will not be taken seriously at all if you want no money.

I remember Ch 4 used to do a 2 or 3 min wonder or something, if they ever do something like that again you could try that.

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Recycling by the Numbers

The symbol code we’re familiar with—a single digit ranging from 1 to 7 and surrounded by a triangle of arrows—was designed by The Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI) in 1988 to allow consumers and recyclers to differentiate types of plastics while providing a uniform coding system for manufacturers.
The numbers, which 39 U.S. States now require to be molded or imprinted on all eight-ounce to five-gallon containers that can accept the half-inch minimum-size symbol, identify the type of plastic. According to the American Plastics Council, an industry trade group, the symbols also help recyclers do their jobs more effectively.

Easy Plastics to Recycle

The easiest and most common plastics to recycle are made of polyethylene terephthalate (PETE) and are assigned the number 1. Examples include soda and water bottles, medicine containers, and many other common consumer product containers. Once it has been processed by a recycling facility, PETE can become fiberfill for winter coats, sleeping bags and life jackets. It can also be used to make bean bags, rope, car bumpers, tennis ball felt, combs, cassette tapes, sails for boats, furniture and, of course, other plastic bottles.
Number 2 is reserved for high-density polyethylene plastics. These include heavier containers that hold laundry detergents and bleaches as well as milk, shampoo and motor oil. Plastic labeled with the number 2 is often recycled into toys, piping, plastic lumber and rope. Like plastic designated number 1, it is widely accepted at recycling centers.

Plastics Less Commonly Recycled

Polyvinyl chloride, commonly used in plastic pipes, shower curtains, medical tubing, vinyl dashboards, and even some baby bottle nipples, gets number 3. Like numbers 4 (wrapping films, grocery and sandwich bags, and other containers made of low-density polyethylene) and 5 (polypropylene containers used in Tupperware, among other products), few municipal recycling centers will accept it due to its very low rate of recyclability.

Another Useful Plastic to Recycle

Number 6 goes on polystyrene (Styrofoam) items such as coffee cups, disposable cutlery, meat trays, packing “peanuts” and insulation. It is widely accepted because it can be reprocessed into many items, including cassette tapes and rigid foam insulation.

Hardest Plastics to Recycle

Last, but far from least, are items crafted from various combinations of the aforementioned plastics or from unique plastic formulations not commonly used. Usually imprinted with a number 7 or nothing at all, these plastics are the most difficult to recycle and, as such, are seldom collected or recycled. More ambitious consumers can feel free to return such items to the product manufacturers to avoid contributing to the local waste stream, and instead put the burden on the makers to recycle or dispose of the items properly.

Hope this helps!

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Most communities have a number of salvage companies. Some have large scale, recycling companies. In general, the pay is low, the conditions poor, and the risk of industrial injury/death high. Also check out garbage hauling and solid waste handling companies. There is a growing industry and market for used building materials which is a bit better.

You say that you are very eco-conscious…..There are a lot of jobs out there that are environmentally related and as we increase our “green” culturalization they exist in virtually every field. Many require some level of training and education. You might start in more of a salvage type of job and use that to fund some training and education in another field.

You might also find a paying position in or out of the environmental field and use that to help you fund your passion for diverting recyclables from trash cans, along roadways, etc… Funding your passion of course means putting a roof over your head, food on your table, and clothing on your back. Then use your free time to personally divert recyclable items. But, you could even further your passion by educating folks about which items they are tossing that are recyclable and, provide an easier means for them to do so.

Or, you could spend that free time turning landfill stream destined items into usable items that you re-sell. If/when/as you do so don’t forget to include items of function and use. Some folks are able to “re-hab” all sorts of things like lamps, construction debris, furniture, and more. With a paying job, you could choose to do your own litter patrol, work with others on habitat restoration, or anything you could imagine too.

You might also find some different aspect of eco-friendliness that floats your boat better or, kindles your passion all the more. For example, in some areas with just a few months study one can earn a water quality certificate then go on to do entry level, water quality testing. Of course, testing water quality comes in different levels of responsibility, education, and tasks ranging from a couple of month certificate to a Master’s Degree.

At this point, getting a recycling or salvaging job might be a great beginning opportunity. But, do consider widening your vision and looking for other and additional opportunities related to your passion of eco-consciousness.

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Recycling involves processing used materials into new products in order to prevent waste of potentially useful materials, reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, reduce energy usage, reduce air pollution (from incineration) and water pollution (from landfilling) by reducing the need for “conventional” waste disposal, and lower greenhouse gas emissions as compared to virgin production.[1][2] Recycling is a key component of modern waste management and is the third component of the “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” waste hierarchy.

Recyclable materials include many kinds of glass, paper, metal, plastic, textiles, and electronics. Although similar in effect, the composting or other reuse of biodegradable waste – such as food or garden waste – is not typically considered recycling.[2] Materials to be recycled are either brought to a collection center or picked up from the curbside, then sorted, cleaned, and reprocessed into new materials bound for manufacturing.

In a strict sense, recycling of a material would produce a fresh supply of the same material, for example used office paper to more office paper, or used foamed polystyrene to more polystyrene. However, this is often difficult or too expensive (compared with producing the same product from raw materials or other sources), so “recycling” of many products or materials involves their reuse in producing different materials (e.g., cardboard) instead. Another form of recycling is the salvage of certain materials from complex products, either due to their intrinsic value (e.g., lead from car batteries, or gold from computer components), or due to their hazardous nature (e.g., removal and reuse of mercury from various items).

Critics dispute the net economic and environmental benefits of recycling over its costs. Specifically, critics argue that the costs and energy used in collection and transportation detract from (and possibly outweigh) the costs and energy saved in the production process; also that the jobs produced by the recycling industry can be a poor trade for the jobs lost in logging, mining, and other industries associated with virgin production; and that materials such as paper pulp can only be recycled a few times before material degradation prevents further recycling. Proponents of recycling counter each of these claims, and the validity of arguments from both sides has led to enduring controversy’