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Originally posted by nani1970
First off I recycle.
BUT, as I have posted numerous times before, I work for a major business in Hilo, that throws out tons of items that could be recycled, ie; bikes, items with lots of hard plastic,
And absolutely tons of plastic, in many forms.
While we are all running around recycling and putting forth our efforts, these companies are just throwing the stuff out, and then Guess What, more of the same stuff comes in on the next delivery, to be sold, returned and thrown in the dumpster.
UGH! Who throws out bikes! get me to that dumpster. There is barely ever a legitimate reason to throw out a bike.
Well I was feeling down, troll like, and not so good about myself for giving up and not doing my part in this recycling age we live in. So I did what I always like to do when feeling down a bit, I went shopping on top of more shopping. I bought so many clothes items at SEARS, the cashier was nice enough to give a small discount but NO bags. Then he looks at me and says or asked if I would like to keep all these hangers?. I Replied oh no thanks I got plenty hanging in my closet. That's when he fired back "Well we just throw them all away". Probably thousands of these hangers get thrown away daily from these types of stores. I felt some what bad enough to change my mind and take those hangers after all, They can hang with the others. Why don't these larger stores our community supports recycle more themselves or offer recycling binds for more options?.
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Gypsy…….They don't care about you or where you live.
That's why they don't care if the clothes hangers end up on south point. They just want your money.
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@Gypsy
You must have some other planet that you can call home. One with unlimited resources, clean air and oceans, abundant food in the form of animals, fish, fruits, nuts, and vegetables. Hence you don't care enough to recycle AND you admit to dumping your opal (green waste) on other people's property.
Wow. just wow.
I bet you have no trouble driving into Hilo to get beer though.
And let me guess, malama da aina means nothing to you.
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Off on a tangent, yet somewhat related...
Back when I was working construction, in the mid 1990's, I used to buy all my work clothes from the Salvation Army Store when it was across the street from the Central Fire Station, near Lincoln Park. For $1.50 I would buy killa kine aloha shirts to wear to work, on my Davis Bacon job on Hakalau bridge. The DOT big-wigs used to show up on the job & come straight to me and ask questions, but I was just a laborer, albeit an extremely clean-cut worker, and when they asked me hybolical questions I'd give um da spiel I heard the big boss say previously, "we need to use heavier impact hammers on the expansion joints, but our worries involve inducing harmonic vibrations which may induce spalling thus detrimentally affecting the structural integrity of the superstructure..."
That's when our foreman would walk up and let the DOT bosses know that he was in charge, and that I was merely a laborer... (boss looked like a hippy/biker - long beard, scruffy)
We had a lot of laughs over these situations, but we completed the job ahead of schedule, and I never got paid as well since then.
So yeah, one person's rubbish is another's treasure.
Recycle!
"Life is labor, and all that is good in life comes from that labor..."
"Life is labor, and all that is good in life comes from that labor..."
You know what is REALLY inconvenient ?
Not having an ecosystem and planet left.
Fixing things is a concept of the past, people are so used to throwing away and can so easily buy new, they treat the planet the same way.
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I love how they rip you off by the weight count vs the real count.
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I am not trying to start a war, but why exactly don't we burn the trash, put really good filters on the smokestacks and then somehow only have to figure out an ecological way to break down the filters into non-toxic substances? I mean, it should all be chemical reactions, and we should be able to figure this out.
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I got two non-recyclers in my family but I am getting them with the program.
I also have a compost pile, and recycling bins, and I recycle all I can. Not just trash, but stuff. Repurposing is great. Lots of good ideas on pinterest.com Lots of ideas on to reuse plastics on there too.
I got one of the family members to recycle because it ups the beer budget. I also got him to compost once he realized it is awesome for his plants. Once we started doing art projects with recycled materials using power tools he was in!
I changed the second ones mind when I had recycled his used 2x4's (pulled the nails out and stacked them in my yard) and then on a late Saturday afternoon enabled him not to have to drive to Home depot for a few boards.
it isnt just about trash, but what else can you recycle, and reuse? I went by the HMSA construction site in Keaau and saw a ton of nice decent sized pieces of lumber in their trash container. I wondered why corps dont recycle more? Save them money.
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Corporates see recyling as a liability issue -- you could hurt yourself scavenging, or you could sue later when your reuse of materials somehow results in injury. Cheaper to just throw everything away.
Plastic can be processed into construction material, commonly used for park benches and playground equipment, these can be seen in various places on-island, but the processing involves two more trips across the ocean when it should be happening locally (thinking "solar furnace in Kau", direct-fired via mirror array). Glass is even easier.
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