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Posted by JosephKK on July 26, 2008, 11:21 am
On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:02:42 GMT, "Vaughn Simon"
>> I was joking ("you stole my idea!") but it *is* true that a lot fo people
>> throw away a lot fo useable, and even *good*, things.
> When I have something 'good" to dispose of (or something profitably
>recyclable) , I just put it out at the curb early. For mechanical/electronic
>items, I sometimes even leave a note so folks don't have to guess about its
>condition. It is virtually never still there when the trash man comes.
>Instant freecycle.
>Vaughn
Similar to my experience, when i have a bag of soda cans and bottles i
try to set it out early enough for the "trash can / dumpster" divers.
One time it was in sight of one, the gratitude was embarrassing.
Posted by krw on July 27, 2008, 5:43 pm
news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, vaughnsimonHATESSPAM@att.FAKE.net
says...
>
> > I was joking ("you stole my idea!") but it *is* true that a lot fo people
> > throw away a lot fo useable, and even *good*, things.
>
> When I have something 'good" to dispose of (or something profitably
> recyclable) , I just put it out at the curb early. For mechanical/electronic
> items, I sometimes even leave a note so folks don't have to guess about its
> condition. It is virtually never still there when the trash man comes.
> Instant freecycle.
I've found that putting a $10 sign on the item works better. No one
wants it if it's worth nothing. If it's worth $10, free is a
bargain.
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Posted by Michael A. Terrell on July 18, 2008, 6:06 pm
Kris Krieger wrote:
>
> I've often thought that today's landfills will eventually be tomorrow's
> resources.
The local landfill is being used for the methane.
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Posted by Eeyore on July 18, 2008, 6:53 pm
Kris Krieger wrote:
> >
> > Now consider a landfill. Where else can one find that concentration
> > of virtually every element on the periodic table. At least every
> > element in commercial use. Why, there's steel and aluminum and gold
> > and silver and platinum and everything else. In relative abundance
> > too.
> You stole my idea! <L>
> I've often thought that today's landfills will eventually be tomorrow's
> resources.
Some are being used as methane resources but I think it's maily just burnt
off for safety reasons. Some bright UK developers decided to build houses
on landfill you see and some of their houses blew up.
Now, used more intelligently, that methane might be put to good use.
Graham
Posted by clare at snyder dot ontario do on July 19, 2008, 1:12 am On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:53:24 +0100, Eeyore
>Kris Krieger wrote:
>> >
>> > Now consider a landfill. Where else can one find that concentration
>> > of virtually every element on the periodic table. At least every
>> > element in commercial use. Why, there's steel and aluminum and gold
>> > and silver and platinum and everything else. In relative abundance
>> > too.
>>
>> You stole my idea! <L>
>>
>> I've often thought that today's landfills will eventually be tomorrow's
>> resources.
>Some are being used as methane resources but I think it's maily just burnt
>off for safety reasons. Some bright UK developers decided to build houses
>on landfill you see and some of their houses blew up.
>Now, used more intelligently, that methane might be put to good use.
>Graham
Running 6 or 7 big CAT generators at the Waterloo Regional landfill
IIRC. The old facility in Kitchener fueled BestPipe for years.
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>> throw away a lot fo useable, and even *good*, things.
> When I have something 'good" to dispose of (or something profitably
>recyclable) , I just put it out at the curb early. For mechanical/electronic
>items, I sometimes even leave a note so folks don't have to guess about its
>condition. It is virtually never still there when the trash man comes.
>Instant freecycle.
>Vaughn