RE: [GreenYes] why people recycle?

["Stephen N. Weisser" <steve1092@yahoo.com>]

i usually use Toms of Maine toothpaste which I know is recyclable
aluminum...I believe Most of them are plastic tubes or multi-layed material
however so they can't be recycled.


Steve Weiser
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From: owner-greenyes@grrn.org [mailto:owner-greenyes@grrn.org]On Behalf
Of don hughes
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 6:10 PM
To: Chris Sparnicht
Cc: GreenYes
Subject: Re: [GreenYes] why people recycle?


Metal toothpaste tubes are made of aluminum; I don't think the Aluminum
recycling industry really cares if there is some toothpaste stuck inside.
It all gets heated up, & melted down!
DH
 At 12:20 PM 07/31/2001 -0400, Chris Sparnicht wrote:
>Does anyone actually recycle their
>toothpaste tubes? I.e. some come in a foil
>tube that technically, you could cut open
>and wash out.
>
>Does any toothpaste come in a truly
>recycleable tube? I mean they may say
>'recycleable' on the outside, but does
>the recycle center actually take them in
>your area?
>
>I ask because the course of this thread
>seems to imply that we are 'locked' into
>stages of convenience. I recycle as much
>as I can - I even rinse my aluminum foil,
>but not my toothpaste tubes.
>Anyone else do that?
>
>Chris
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "debra lombard" <dlombard@earthlink.net>
>To: <greenyes@grrn.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 11:49 AM
>Subject: [GreenYes] why people recycle?
>
>
>> [snip] I think it
>> is because they feel as if they are too busy to rinse that foil off or
>> too busy to figure out which bin to put their plastic container in. I
>> have tried to encourage people to recycle. I think it works sometimes
>> but many times those that do not recycle will not even if you make it
>> really easy for them.
>[snip]
>
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