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RE: [greenyes] Sorry - as a general lurker -
- Subject: RE: [greenyes] Sorry - as a general lurker -
- From: "Reindl, John" <Reindl@no.address>
- Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 13:19:15 -0500
Rather than weight or volume, I wonder if we shouldn't be looking at
environmental impact of various items.
For example, is it more important to divert a ton of glass, a ton of
aluminum or a ton of mercury (or even a hundred pounds of mercury)?
John Reindl
Recycling Manager
Dane County, WI
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michele Raymond [mailto:michele@no.address]
> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 1:04 PM
> To: Troy Glasner; greenyes@no.address;
> greenyes-sc.1041992863.epogmdeehlhmkfdmlgaf-troypam=magma.ca@no.address
> Subject: Re: [greenyes] Sorry - as a general lurker - you've caught my
> attention.., Fast Food, GreenDot
>
>
> Its a complex story.
>
> By weight, PS foam is not much in the US, but it is a bit
> bigger by VOLUME
>
> Most cities only look at WEIGHT
>
> If cities measured success by weight wed only be concerned
> about plastics
> at nearly 30% and paper
>
> GLASS is just 1.5% by volume not worth recycling in many areas
>
> Anything that is food contaminated is expensive to recycle
> period doesnt
> matter if its paper or plastic
>
> They tried to recycle PS foam and the economics were terrible
> So we now
> TRASH the heavier paper.
>
> Green Dot is a SYMBOL for financing owned by DSD Germany,
> licensed in 16
> countries including CSR in Canada
>
> It is used in Europe but companies cant take it off too well
> on global
> packaging so they are supposed to pay a fee in Canada for the license.
>
> No licensee in US -- pure politics I think.
>
> Its all a complex issue and it goes back 15 years.
>
> best of luck
> Michele Raymond
>
> At 10:54 AM 4/10/2003 -0400, Troy Glasner wrote:
> >Hello:
> >
> >As a "good corporate" citizen - why is it weird that
> corporations recycle
> >their waste office paper - but companies like McDonalds
> don't have "blue,
> >and black bins" for their recyclables - a ton of their cup
> tops could be
> >recycled and their fry, mcnugget and burger boxes could all
> be recycled -
> >and I think it is funny - but those old styrene containers
> that they got
> >rid of - are they not more recyclable than the burger
> wrap/wax papers?
> >
> >How much do the fast food chains contribute to landfill
> every year - I
> >once heard that the golden arches senior officials thought
> that waste was
> >good because it filled in all of the mining pits.
> >
> >Why is it so difficult for them to put in Waste containers
> that divide
> >materials - much of North American citizens divide daily - why can't
> >they??? Is there anything being done on this level? I know
> in Canada -
> >I've never seen a recycle bin in a fast food place - but I
> see recycle
> >boxes in shopping mall food courts all the time.
> >
> >I know first hand that recycling works - an ICI plant I
> think in Cornwall
> >Ontario - has Mega bails of recycled cardboard - and the
> smell of their
> >plant - while putrid - smells of wet cardboard. So
> something is going right.
> >
> >One more thing - has anyone heard of the GREEN DOT program?
> I know it is
> >used in Germany - but in Canada - I believe the GREEN DOT
> program is owned
> >by the Plastics Association or something.... Clarification
> would be great.
> >
> >Troy
> >
> >Troy Glasner
> >eKOS Building Solutions
> >Tel: 613 821-6223
> >Fax: 613 821-5909
> >E: troy@no.address
>
> Michele Raymond
> Publisher
> Recycling Laws International/ State Recycling Laws Update
> 5111 Berwyn Rd. Ste 115 College Park, MD 20740)
> 301/345-4237 Fax 345-4768
> http://www.raymond.com
>
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