RE: [greenyes] Recyclables List

["Kendall Christiansen" <KChristiansen@no.address>]

good time to think about human waste (and food waste) recycled via
sewers and wastewater treatment systems into biosolids... interesting
metaphor for extended producer responsibility -- farmers taking back
biosolids as fertilizer...
 
for really gross, but educational, explanation of how it all happens,
see "Sewage in Your Face"  at
http://www.sandiego.gov/mwwd/kids/index.shtml
 
kendall

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From: Amy Bauman [mailto:abauman@no.address] 
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 12:32 PM
To: 'Amy Hemmert'; greenyes@no.address
Subject: RE: [greenyes] Recyclables List


Not to split hairs, but the recyclability of most things is generally
driven by local markets.  I doubt a 6th grader would really discern
this, but if the only recycling market for something is located in
Indonesia, is it really recyclable?
 
A Kirkegaardian ponderable.
 
Another interesting question for your friend's class is: are there
things that *shouldn't* be recycled, even if there is a market?  Toxics,
contaminated items, etc.  It's a nice way to teach kids about barriers
which should be there vs. perceptions that are there for no reason.
Also a nice way to distinguish between reuse and recycling.
 
Good luck

	-----Original Message-----
	From: Amy Hemmert [mailto:amy@no.address]
	Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 11:22 AM
	To: greenyes@no.address
	Subject: [greenyes] Recyclables List
	
	
	I just received the following email from a 6th grade teacher
visiting our site. She's looking for a complete list of what materials
are recyclable, regardless of what's recycled in a particular area of
the country. Anyone know where she can find this information?
	 
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	I am gathering a number of samples of different items and plan
to ask my class to research which are/and which are not recyclable. 
	EXAMPLES :
	 --  the lining bag of most cereal boxes, which seem to made of
wax paper.       
	-- styrofoam
	-- tin foil 
	etc..  
	Would you know of a reliable place /site where I could get a
listing of those materials/items which CAN be recycled -- even if the
facilities for it are not currently available?
	Thank you.
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	Amy Hemmert
	Obentec, Inc.
	amy@no.address
	831-457-0301
	www.laptoplunches.com
	www.wastefreelunches.org
	 
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