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 Do you recycle, compost or 're-purpose'? And in what ways?
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tmholding
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| Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 1:18 am Post subject: Do you recycle, compost or 're-purpose'? And in what ways? |
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Do you recycle, compost or 're-purpose'? And in what ways? What are the challenges you have encountered or tips you can share with others?
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Jewell2009
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| Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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We do all of the above. City bins for both composting and recycling. Compost onsite for lawn and hedge trimmings to make for rich brown soil. Repurpose? of course! Keep anything long enough and it becomes on antique and quite collectible 
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toni
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| Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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We have a 95 gallon barrel from the city for recycling papers, cardboard, paperboard, bottles, cans, plastics, etc. The shredded pieces from mail or papers with info we don't want anyone to have get recycled at the local school, it's part of a fund raiser they have going on in the district.
Randy devised me a waste water system that drains the washing machine into a side garden bed. I use an organic laundry soap so it doesn't hurt the plants.
The local grocery stores all have collection barrels for plastic grocery bags, the heavy plastic that covers cases of bottled water and other assorted plastic wrapping that no one else will recycle.
I use cloth bags, some I have made and some are store bought, for groceries and at other stores.
Our trash is picked up every Wed and the recycle barrel is emptied every other Wed. Our recycle barrel is out there every pickup day but our trash barrel is only out there about once a month and then it is only half full.
They also picks up yard waste for a large composting operation.
I have a compost barrel but I am ashamed to have to admit that I have been ignoring it with the excessive heat this summer.
Repurposing......if you could see my craft room and our back room your would see way too much stuff that we keep because one of us truly believes that one day we will need it for something else. And that doesn't count the stuff I hang onto for possible garden art. 
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gardenmama
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We recycle all glass, plastics 1-7, tin and aluminum, card board, box board and papers..also all grocery bags.
I repurpose used tires in my garden...
I also transform tin cans into tinmen.
We try to turn old things into a new again by using old parts and making new and interesting things.
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Christer Johansson
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| Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 5:16 am Post subject: |
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I live in an apartment, but I recycle everything; plastic, paper, compost, metal, glass etc.
I try to re-use as much as I can, but sometimes you have to throw away
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Toni4Roses
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Location: Chicago
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| Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 4:44 pm Post subject: Recycling and composting |
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I have started to collect items for composting. My brother-in-law has been composting for a few years now. What kind of paper is safe for composting?
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