On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 12:21:01 -0400, wrote:

>On 27 Feb 2015 15:52:52 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>
>>On 2015-02-27, > wrote:
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>>> all our plastic is recyclable.
>>
>>Go with the myth. So much easier:
>>
>>"....(6.5%) were recycled ... 85.5%, were discarded in landfills."
>>
>>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasti...Other_plastics
>>
>>nb
>
>No myth here, people are always on the watch for any fiddle. It is
>only about a year ago that the last plastic type was added.
>
>Admittedly there are many individuals who ignore it but to overcome
>that we are going to start using clear garbage bags the more easily to
>fine those who won't.
>
>Even here in this condo building, garbage has to be sorted. We have
>green bins for compostable stuff and the other bins hold cardboard,
>blue bag recyclables, paper only, and we collect our refundable
>bottles etc and return them to source and with the money raised there
>we put new windows in the party room, mostly to save heat leaking out.

I think ground up plastic bottles are used to make Thinsulate.
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