Re: [GreenYes] recycling plastic number 5's and 6's.

["Sarah I. Wolpow" <swolpow@abacus.bates.edu>]

I sometimes wonder about the cost/benefit of mailing things out to get them
recycled. Trucking is such a huge source of pollution, it may be better
environmentally to simply landfill the plastic rather than burn fuel to get it to
a recycling plant... Any thoughts?

Stephan Pollard wrote:

> Same goes for us folks in Fayetteville, Arkansas.  We'd be appreciative if
> responses to Ben's email could be shared with the group.
>
> Also, is there anything we can do with 4's?
>
> Stephan
>
> The Eden Sterling Company wrote:
>
> > Hello. My name is Ben Randolph. I am new to this list. We strive in our
> > household to recycle as much as possible. Here in Cincinnati, Ohio we can
> > find no place that takes plastics marked with a 5 or 6. We want to know if
> > there is someplace we could mail these plastics to that would recycle them.
> > We don't have that many, but over 3-4 months they would add up to be quite a
> > lot. Or if someone knows of a place in Cincinnati that we might have
> > overlooked.
> >
> > Peace,
> > Ben Randolph
> >
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