Your Questions About Recycling

Why don’t all states have a 10 cent deposit on bottles and cans?

Since Michigan introduced this way back in the 70’s I think, there are never pop or beer cans or bottles polluting the streets. In the mornings, there are guys picking them up behind the bars and on the side of the road, because a dime is a dime. When we travel, I am amazed at the amount of waste. Its not hard to recycle, why isn’t it done more?

Is it worth it to collect (can) pull tabs? If so, where is a good place to donate them to in Michigan?

Is there a charity or organization that will actually benefit from pull tabs? Does the donation make any difference, since one pound of recycled tabs is only worth a little over a dollar?

Answers would be great!

(I have no clue what category to put this in)

can i recycle an illinois can?

right now i live in illinois but i plan to move to michigan. am i allowed to recycle the illinois can? it does say michigan 10 cents on the can. but i heard that it has to be bought in michigan to count. is this true?

recycle cans?

Is there anyone who knows how you can get money through recycling pop cans and what not in the Grand Rapids area in Michigan?

Wackiest Warning Labels Ever?

Warning on a bottle of drain cleaner: “If you do not understand, or cannot read, all directions, cautions and warnings, do not use this product.”

That warning is the first place winner of the 2004 Wacky Warning Label Contest. The Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch, a group whose goal is to show that the fear of frivolous lawsuits has led to a loss of corporate common sense, sponsors the annual contest for the wackiest warning labels.

“Wacky warning labels are a sign of our lawsuit-plagued times,” Robert B. Dorigo Jones, president of the nonprofit Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch group, said in the news release announcing the contest winners. “It used to be that if someone spilled coffee in their lap, they simply called themselves clumsy. Today, too many people are calling themselves an attorney.”

Second place: On a snow sled: “Beware: sled may develop high speed under certain snow conditions.”

Third place: On a 12-inch-high storage rack for compact discs: “Do not use as a ladder.”

Fourth place: A 5-inch fishing lure with three nasty steel hooks advises it is “Harmful if swallowed.” Too bad fish can’t read!

Previous winners in the “Wacky Warning Label Contest” are presented here for your amusement and amazement:

* A warning on an electric router made for carpenters cautions, “This product not intended for use as a dental drill.”

* A warning label found on a baby stroller cautions the user: “Remove child before folding.”

* A bottle of prescription sleeping pills says, “Warning: May cause drowsiness.”

* A sticker on a toilet at a public facility in Ann Arbor, Michigan actually warns: “Recycled flush water unsafe for drinking.”

* A CD player carries this unusual warning: “Do not use the Ultradisc2000 as a projectile in a catapult.”

* An “Aim-n-Flame” fireplace lighter cautions, “Do not use near fire, flame, or sparks.”

* A label on a hand-held massager advises consumers not to use “while sleeping or unconscious.”

* A container of underarm deodorant says, “Caution: Do not spray in eyes.”

* A cartridge for a laser printer warns, “Do not eat toner.”

* A household iron warns users: “Never iron clothes while they are being worn.”

* A label with a hair dryer reads, “Never use hair dryer while sleeping.”

* A 13-inch wheel on a wheelbarrow warns: “Not intended for highway use.”

* A cardboard car sunshield that keeps sun off the dashboard warns, “Do not drive with sunshield in place.”

* A bathroom heater says: “This product is not to be used in bathrooms.”

* A can of self-defense pepper spray warns users: “May irritate eyes.”

* A warning on a pair of shin guards manufactured for bicyclists says: “Shin pads cannot protect any part of the body they do not cover.”

* A popular manufactured fireplace log warns: “Caution: Risk of Fire.”

* A box of birthday cake candles says: “DO NOT use soft wax as ear plugs or for any other function that involves insertion into a body cavity.”

* “Do not use snow blower on the roof.”

* “Do not allow children to play in the dishwasher.”

How come the homeless can self employ themselves by returning bottles to be recycled in only 11 states?

California – 5 cents
Connecticut – 5 cents
Delaware – 5 cents
Hawaii – 5 cents
Iowa – 5 cents
Maine – 5 cents
Massachusetts – 5 cents
Michigan – 10 cents
New York – 5 cents
Oregon – 5 cents
Vermont – 5 cents

Yes there are some people too lazy to do it but there always will be someone out there in need of money. Wouldn’t it help recycling if all 50 states had bottle deposit?

In-store Recycling?

In Michigan there are places in grocery stores where you can recycle your can, plastic bottles, and glass bottles. Does anyone know what other states have those? I now live in Minnesota and they do not but I will be moving to West Virginia and would love to know if they do since I hate throwing away things that I can recycle.

Can you take empty bottles from a store?

There is this store that puts big bags of recycled bottles and cans outside. There is this homeless man that goes and takes them. I was wondering if he was legally aloud to do that. I live in Michigan if that matters.
Thank You
I didn’t say I want to do anything about it. I was just wondering if he was allowed to.

cardboard and paper recycling units?

i am looking for a cardboard, paper, adn plastic recylcing unit. seperate of corse, but most of you have seen the ones at school, for paper, and i have looked on-line all over, for a recylcing unit in Michigan, that i got rent for my business, becuase it’s in a complex, many other stores could use it as well, but if you could give me a website/ emial/ phone number w/e, i just need most importantly a carboard and plastic one, i can live without the paper one, but those two, are pretty much needed, badly.