Why? from what I understand it takes more resources to recycle than to create from raw materials. Same for the new lightbulbs, they last longer but I'm starting to hear that they are going to cause problems in landfills years from now. Damned if you do, damned if you don't!!
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Anonymous
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July 9, 2007 7:55 AM
This town does not make recycling a priority. They have cut back on collection times. There are four WEEKS between paper pickups. I stopped complaining b'cause doesn’t do any good. I do what I can then throw the rest into trash. Library doesn’t have separate recycle containers and town hall has them only for show. We used to have a drop off location but no more. Apathy. Who handles this for the town anyway?
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Anonymous
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July 9, 2007 12:06 PM
4 weeks??? Is your calendar working properly?
Posted by
Anonymous
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July 9, 2007 1:37 PM
June 20 to July 18 is about 4 weeks. What calendar are You using?
Posted by
Anonymous
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July 9, 2007 2:27 PM
That's a 1 time occurance because the 4th of July fell on a Wed. Maybe they should have adjusted for that, but c'mon is it the end of the world?
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Anonymous
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July 9, 2007 9:53 PM
to poster 7/9 at 8:53 above do u work at the town? this kinda "who cares" view is not wat we need typical bureaucrat or republican or both Live Earth got it rite so use hybrid wheels and green buildings its more than attitude its OuR FuTuRe some of us care.
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Anonymous
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July 10, 2007 12:01 PM
This is poster 7/9 at 8:53 pm... No, I don't work for the town. My "who cares" attitude is not about recycling, it's about having a one time occurance where there's a 4 week window between pick-ups. But, as Anonymous 7/9 6:55 AM points out, it may take us more resources to recycle than not, so how is that saving the earth. And what are you doing on this 90+ degree day to save energy? I'm sure you and your tree hugging friends are all sitting in air conditioned houses, watching your cable TV, while you surf the net! Al Gore and Live Earth did a whole lotta nuthin'.
Ron: Interesting fact about recycling newspapers, but makes you wonder why the cost of purchasing recycled paper products is usually higher. I think it might be because your only counting the cost to make the paper, not the all in cost of collection and preparation before making.
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Anonymous
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July 11, 2007 8:23 AM
Anon July 11, 2007 7:23 AM
I spoke with someone who is in the paper manufacturing business and he thinks you might be talking about "natural" or unbleached products like the brown coffee filters which you see alongside the white ones in the supermarket and which are more expensive due to the lower demand.
Virtually all paper products, including the high quality stock used in catalogues and magazines, are made with at least some recycled paper content.
Without recycled newsprint the price of all paper products would be significantly higher, and that doesn't even take into account the environmental benefits.
PS: Why be anonymous when discussing something as uncontroversial as recycling?
This is bigger than just recycling, it's also about conservation. We've all read about the great program that's been instituted in town for conserving water, don't you think the next step should be to work at expanding to include other natural resources? Also, I don't think the water conservation program goes far enough. The town should impose stricter limits on watering of lawns, 2 days a week is plenty. And there should be limits on watering in the days after a soaking rain, can't figure out why I saw sprinklers on this morning after yesterday's rain. People should also try to water at the most beneficial time of day; in the early AM.
Why is everyone so caught up in "Anonymous" postings?
Posted by
Anonymous
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July 12, 2007 8:27 AM
Trees are a crop like corn. Use them and quit worrying.
Posted by
Anonymous
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July 12, 2007 9:48 AM
finally my 100 pounds of paper got picked up. probably totalled 140 after the heavy rain.
Posted by
Anonymous
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July 18, 2007 1:04 PM
I didn't know trees could grow to maturity in one year I aways thought a 100 year old tree actually took 100 years to grow. Silly me.
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Anonymous
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August 8, 2007 12:32 PM
To "silly me", most paper is made from wood pulp which is harvested by paper companies similarly to other crops like corn. Wood, including paper products, is a renewable resource which can be grown in short cycles like many other crops. The idea that the newpaper you are reading comes from old growth redwood forests in the Pacific Northwest is naive and uninformed. You may read your newspaper "silly me", but you are not informed on the facts.
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Anonymous
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August 12, 2007 7:29 PM
The Montville Animal Shelter is in need of newspapers without any ad's, color inserts etc. Feel free to drop some off there!
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Anonymous
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August 16, 2007 2:34 PM
And is all that lumber also a yearly crop? You site one use of wood and ignore the primary use of trees. By the way I read my newspaper on line so while I may be using power I am not harvesting any trees.
