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    From Ed Vance@1:2320/105 to All on Tue Oct 29 20:58:00 2019
    Howdy!,

    I put used Plastic in the Recycle Bin but have wondered if I could sell
    that stuff as I do used Soft Drink Cans.

    I've called a few local Recycle places but was told they don't collect
    Plastic.

    I figure if the Company my City hires (Pays?) to pick up whats in the
    Recycled Bins, it must be worth something to them or they would toss it
    in my garbage can for the Garbage Truck to pick up when it comes around.

    73 de Ed W9ODR . .


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  • From Joe Mackey@1:123/140 to Ed Vance on Wed Oct 30 06:37:48 2019
    Ed wrote --

    I put used Plastic in the Recycle Bin but have wondered if I could sell
    that stuff as I do used Soft Drink Cans.

    I imagine it would take a lot of plastic bags to get anything for them.

    I've called a few local Recycle places but was told they don't collect Plastic.

    A lot don't, unless its in bulk. Say by the ton. Which isn't feasible
    for individuals.
    I use cloth tote bags. Not for some eco reason but simply because I
    don't want to fool around with dozens of plastic bags for a few items.
    Go to a store for milk, bread, etc and they put one or two items in a
    bag. I can fill a tote with all that and have only bag to lug around.
    Joe

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  • From Nancy Backus@1:123/140 to Ed Vance on Sat Nov 2 21:37:00 2019
    Quoting Ed Vance to All on 10-29-19 20:58 <=-

    I put used Plastic in the Recycle Bin but have wondered if I could
    sell that stuff as I do used Soft Drink Cans.
    I've called a few local Recycle places but was told they don't collect Plastic.
    I figure if the Company my City hires (Pays?) to pick up whats in the Recycled Bins, it must be worth something to them or they would toss
    it in my garbage can for the Garbage Truck to pick up when it comes around.

    City recycling is partly to reduce how much garbage goes into landfills
    (which costs the city even more than dealing with recycling... there are avenues for the city to pass on large amounts of plastics which can be
    then melted down an reused in other ways... The recycle places that pay consumers for their materials want to make a profit on those materials,
    so they are more likely to just take things like aluminum and sometimes
    steel and the like... They used to take newspaper, but now that, and
    all the other sorts of paper, are again just something that the city
    recycles mostly to keep it out of landfill, and that, in the quantities
    they collect, can be passed on to places that can reuse them in some
    way.... :) I don't think the city gets much for paper or plastic, other
    than the fact that they wouldn't have to pay tipping fees for the
    landfill... :)

    ttyl neb

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