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new coke can -Reply (2 msgs)
new coke can -Reply -Reply
Recycling Times coverage
trail building with recycled products
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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 10:39:19 -0700
From: fullcirc@halcyon.com (David L. Stitzel)
Subject: new coke can
As if the existing issues addressed by GRN weren't sufficient, Coke is now
piloting a new ribbed can that uses 20% more aluminum, all in the name of
marketing. One spokesperson said gleefully that it now takes fewer cans to
make a pound of aluminum for recycling. So much for waste prevention.
David Stitzhal, MRP
President
Full Circle Environmental, Inc.
8355 Wolcott Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98118
206-723-0528
206-723-2452 fax
Fullcirc@halcyon.com
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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 14:52:46 -0500
From: Pete Pasterz <Pete.Pasterz@USDWP.MSU.EDU>
Subject: new coke can -Reply
Yeah, it's actually an effort to make a can in the shape of the refillable
icon coke bottle.
(Apparently its already marketed in Germany). With all the effort and cost
coke incurs to
preserve and perpetuate this icon image, you'd think it would be
economically feasible for
them to refill "the REAL thing"!
Pete Pasterz
pasterz@pilot.msu.edu
>>> David L. Stitzel <fullcirc@halcyon.com> 04/24/97 12:39pm >>>
As if the existing issues addressed by GRN weren't sufficient, Coke is now
piloting a new ribbed can that uses 20% more aluminum, all in the name of
marketing. One spokesperson said gleefully that it now takes fewer cans to
make a pound of aluminum for recycling. So much for waste prevention.
David Stitzhal, MRP
President
Full Circle Environmental, Inc.
8355 Wolcott Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98118
206-723-0528
206-723-2452 fax
Fullcirc@halcyon.com
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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 16:41:08 -0400
From: Wayne Fenton <Wfenton@city.london.on.ca>
Subject: new coke can -Reply
How intriguing! If they had been REQUIRED to make their cans heavier in
order to support recycling markets (I.e., less cans/ton) we would never
hear the end of the complaints. But in the name of marketing...
I'm sure it must work, though. I feel absolutely COMPELLED to go out and
buy a Coke right now, just because the can has ribs!!!
>>> David L. Stitzel <fullcirc@halcyon.com> 04/24/97 01:39pm >>>
As if the existing issues addressed by GRN weren't sufficient, Coke is
now
piloting a new ribbed can that uses 20% more aluminum, all in the name
of
marketing. One spokesperson said gleefully that it now takes fewer
cans to
make a pound of aluminum for recycling. So much for waste prevention.
David Stitzhal, MRP
President
Full Circle Environmental, Inc.
8355 Wolcott Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98118
206-723-0528
206-723-2452 fax
Fullcirc@halcyon.com
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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 14:32:22 -0600
From: George Dreckmann <GDRECKMANN@ci.madison.wi.us>
Subject: new coke can -Reply -Reply
Ya gotta love the beverage industry. As I have been pushing for the use
of recycled content, they tell me they don't do it because of cost. Well its
about 2 cents per bottle. I'll bet this new can cost more than 2 cents
extra.
Also, they big eco-reason they tout switching from aluminum to plastic is
the gas saved by hauling a lighter container. I guess the environment
goes out the window when some marketing genius gets an idea.
Take two and hit to right.
George Dreckmann
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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 07:53:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: "David A. Kirkpatrick" <david@kirkworks.com>
Subject: Recycling Times coverage
For GRRNers not subscribing to Recycling Times...some recent coverage available
from their website:
Grassroots Recycling Network takes action to force "corporate responsibility"
Challenge to Coca-Cola To Cut Waste Goes Unanswered
By Kim A. O'Connell
"The Coca-Cola Co., based in Atlanta, has not responded to a public
challenge to take voluntary steps toward reducing waste from soft drink
bottles and cans.
The challenge was issued in mid-March by the Grassroots Recycling
Network (GRN), which brought together a national coalition of advocacy
organizations, including the California Resource Recovery Association, the
Institute for Local Self-Reliance, the Sierra Club National Waste Committee,
and the Georgia Sierra Club."
Full text: http://www.wasteage.com/coca.htm
Environmental Groups, Businesses Call for Totally Chlorine Free Paper in the
U.S.
By Kathleen M. White
"A coalition of more than 200 environmental organizations, public interest
groups, and businesses is urging the U.S. EPA to adopt standards that would
require the pulp and paper industry in the U.S. to install totally
chlorine-free technology in their manufacturing facilities."
Full text: http://www.wasteage.com/chlorine.htm
Other articles on GRRN and related issues are available on their website at:
http://www.wasteage.com/default.htm#recycling
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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 17:56:55 -0400
From: "ZERO WASTE AMERICA, Inc." <lynnlandes@earthlink.net>
Subject: trail building with recycled products
Inga: Trails should be made from natural, organic, non-toxic substances =
that will do no harm. Some of the items on your list, particularly =
plastic, are not natural or safe.=20
Lynn Landes
www.ZeroWasteAmerica.com
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From: Bob Harsell[SMTP:riverboy@injersey.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 1997 1:54 PM
To: Inga VanNynatten
Cc: greenyes@UCSD.Edu
Subject: Re: trail building with recycled products
Inga VanNynatten wrote:
>=20
> Greetings!
>=20
> I am looking for case studies of trails built with recycled products.
> If you know of any trails in your area, please contact me. Information
> on product cost, durability, appearance, and site suitability would =
also be
> most appreciated.
>=20
> Example products could include:
> glass cullet
> glassphalt
> recycled asphalt product (RAP)
> recrushed cement
> plastic lumber
> compacted flyash
> china or porcelain
> any other innovative re-use of resources to build trails and\or trails
> ammenities.
>=20
> Thanks!
>=20
> Inga VanNynatten
> Intern, NPS-Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program
> 512-339-9679
Dear Inga,=09
The greenway and trails movement has consequences resembling=20
those of urban sprawl. People continually "move further out" to escape=20
conditions they have helped to create but are loath to correct. Often,=20
simply because they are derelict and unnoticed, certain small areas that =
remain, in otherwise suburbia or sprawl, are suddenly noticed by =
somebody=20
and consequently loved to death with trails.=20
Who suffers? The wildlife. Most wildlife does not want to buddy=20
up with humans. The greenway and trail movement is further intrusion on=20
what little space we have left for them.
The introduction of the recycled materials you mentioned into the=20
last refuge of urban wildlife is a step that should be considered from=20
the point of view of wildlife.
Bob Harsell, Director,
Arthur Kill Watershed Association
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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 07:52:29 -0700
From: F.L.Kirkland@worldnet.att.net (by way of cdchase@qualcomm.com (Carolyn
Chase))
Subject: Trivia?
I am in search of trivia information about or associate with landfills
(i.e. trash person in landfill, or size of landfill.
Floyd
email: F.L.Kirkland@worldnet.att.net
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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 06:13:34 -0700
From: "Michael D. Van Ham" <mvanham@sylvis.com>
unsuscribe
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