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Article #8000Re: Plastic Recycling and Products Thereof
From: Michael P. Anderson
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1993 17:45
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1993 17:45
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In article <ll9e0rINNcbu@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> tut@cairo.Eng.Sun.COM (Bill "Bill" Tuthill) writes: >If anybody knows where to find recycled plastic fences, please >let me know. If we can't find anything recycled, I think we'll >just put up a cedar fence. A cedar fence is better than a redwood fence. And yes, plastics recycling is a ruse put on by the plastics industry. There is a non-profit corp. called Waste Management, Inc. which is trying to change this. They have a system whereby one can *mail* un-recyclable plastic back to the manufacturer, telling them to either remove the recycling stamp 1-7, or start taking the plastic back from communities at no charge. Here's the new credo: you built it / manufacture it, it's yours for life. MPA
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10df74,b7ff5bfef76ef991 X-Google-Attributes: gid10df74,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-01-14 14:54:19 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!agate!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!csus.edu!ucdavis!gvgpsa!gold.gvg.tek.com!zorba!mikea From: mikea@zorba.gvg.tek.com (Michael P. Anderson) Newsgroups: ca.environment Subject: Re: Plastic Recycling and Products Thereof Message-ID: <5837@gold.gvg.tek.com> Date: 14 Jan 93 17:45:14 GMT References: <ll9e0rINNcbu@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> Sender: news@gold.gvg.tek.com Organization: Grass Valley Group, Grass Valley, CA Lines: 16