Your Questions About Recycling
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Richard asks…
What is the difference between recyclable plastics?
My town allows us to recycle plastics with numbers 1-7 on the bottom the container. But what exactly is the difference between plastics with different recycle numbers on them? Are they just different kinds of plastics or what?
The Expert answers:
Some plastics cannot be mixed together. The numbering system is used to identify them. See the link below…
You might be surprised to know that much of the plastic collected for recycling ends up in landfills anyway.
Daniel asks…
are social security numbers recycled?
when some one dies does the goverment reissue that pesrons social security number and if they dont how do the keep from running out of numbers?
The Expert answers:
“We do not reassign a Social Security number (SSN) after the number holder’s death. Even though we have issued over 420 million SSNs so far, and we assign about 5 and one-half million new numbers a year, the current numbering system will provide us with enough new numbers for several generations into the future with no changes in the numbering system.”
Susan asks…
i am looking for computer recycling company directories.?
Hello, i need to find a bunch of computer recycling companies. I need there address and numbers. Do you know of a sight that may have a list of companies across the us. Your help is highly apprecoated. Thank you
The Expert answers:
Hope these work for you
Michael asks…
Can i get my reused cell phone number again and after how long?
So I’m going to cancel my current account with T-Mobile to start a new one, so i can get discounts on new phones. My problem is that I’m not allowed to keep my number because I already have a T-Mobile account and the discounts are only for new accounts. My question is will i be able to request my same cell phone number(because they recycle numbers) and after how long? haha that was technically 2 questions! Thanks!
The Expert answers:
Your plan probalably won’t work, because by “new customer” they usually mean someone who hasn’t had an account with them in the last year.
And numbers get recycled after 6 to 12 months.
Helen asks…
how commom are recycled phone numbers?
My husband has what I am guessing to be a recycled phone number. He gets periodic calls asking for some guy with a culturally African American name. Once he got a text from an African American woman with a picture attached (nothing naked Thank GOD…just a scarf and jacket) and the text read, “what do you think?” Also some random mass Christmas texts and some collection calls. Some have happened even a few years after he has had his phone. Odd? What are your stories and how common is this
This is a cell phone not a land line…wrong topic.
The Expert answers:
“Recycled” phone numbers are used all the time.
There are only so many available numbers in an area. Each area code has a meaning and there are only so many possible licensed numbers. When a person moves, changes a number, etc. That number opens up and WILL be used for new customers.
So “how common” is it? It is an everyday thing. It is normal operating procedure.
I had a line that used to belong to a pool hall. THAT was a pain in the @$$. I was getting phone calls asking if the kitchen was open at 1AM and stupid stuff like that.
So I solved my problem by keeping my old number everywhere I go. I haven’t changed it in almost 10 years.
Ruth asks…
RECYCLED PHONE NUMBERS?
Why do they do this.
If your paying full price for a new number simply to not get bother, but now strangers have this number, because of who had it before?..
Can I get my money back? And get a new number for free? Cause this is bs -.-…
The Expert answers:
Phone companies recycle phone numbers all of the time. You are not guaranteed a new phone number when you activate your phone. If you are receiving harassing phone calls from people who are trying to contact the person who previously owned that phone number, you can tell your provider and they have to give you a new phone number for free.
When you get a new phone through a provider like AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon and Sprint request a brand new phone number. If you are using a prepaid phone, they do not have to give you a brand new phone number and generally will give you a recycled phone number.
Chris asks…
do they still recycle mobile numbers?
I just looked up my boyfriends new number cos I couldn’t remember if he’s on t-mobile or o2 and the website said the number was registered in 1997!so either he’s had that number for years and he didn’t want me to have it or it’s recycled-it’s o2 and contract if that makes a difference oh and it’s an 07808 number-have they been issuing those numbers recently?I know 074 and 075 are pretty new but I haven’t come across anyone with a new phone that has an 07808 number
The Expert answers:
Hi iceicle
Yes, they do, if they didn’t they’d eventually run out of numbers.
Also they collect some memorable numbers that they can sell as premium numbers e.g. The numbers that are like 07775 778 779. When they do expire though you can get them re-activated if no one else has taken the number before then.
There are over 40 MILLION unused phones in the UK, with sim cards in most. These are just left for dead so they have to expire at some point. If you think about it there wouldn’t be a phone recycling business otherwise.
Surveys state that only 10% of people have actually recycled their phone through ebay, gumtree or mazumamobile-like stores.
Hope this helps.
Carol asks…
Do networks recycle mobile numbers?
I had someone harassing me off a number a few months ago, I was told it was a guy I knew in my class. Now, my friend said she had a new number, shockingly, it matched my harasser’s number. She claims it wasn’t her harassing me and this number of hers is brand new. Is it possible that my harasser had a number, somehow got rid of it, and she ended up with this number? Or is she lying and it’s been her the whole time? We have a small class and it seems too weird for 2 people in the same class to have ended up with the same number in the space of 4 months.
The Expert answers:
It’s her. It takes 6 months for a mobile number to cease and a whole two years after inactivity before its recycled.
Laura asks…
Do we recycle social security numbers?
If we don’t already, will we have to in the future?
Since the US keeps growing, and the 9 numbers in a social security number can only go up to 999-99-9999, won’t we have to start over someday? Or will the numbers become longer?
The Expert answers:
No Brandon. There are 999,999,999 possible combinations. That’s about 3 times as many as there are people in the US. But lots of them are used for businesses, trusts, estates, etc.. (They have the same number of digits, just a dash in a different place.) Also, there are some numbers they don’t assign (like 000-00-0000)Each state was originally assigned some 3-digit numbers for the first 3 and businesses were also assigned some prefixes. They have already run out of numbers in some places. That’s why they have been assigning the remaining numbers randomly. Soon they will run out completely.
They say President Obama is using the SS # of some person who died decades ago. Probably it wasn’t assigned to him though, unless there was some mistake.
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