do you guys recycle? buddy lives in edmonton, and nothing gets recycled in the 'burbs....is this true everywhere or just in the one red neck town?
Recycling Prairie Style
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vanni i am serious! do you guys really, or are you just giving me a load? on the island everything is recycled, and everyone recycles....even bodies! ha! i am interested to see whether it's just buddies interpretation and downright hate of the city that is causing these nasty comments.
Well, I'm not a suburbanite, but I can attest that we do in fact recycle, here in the city proper...
Also, I've been to some rural towns that have central recycling locations set up...
Also, I've been to some rural towns that have central recycling locations set up...
Also, we have a business set up to recycle concrete and asphalt and then re-sell it...and then we have Re-Store, which is a place that sells refurbished building materials with the proceeds going to Habitat for Humanity...
I just found out something shocking though...
Glass Goes From Blue Box to Landfill
I just found out something shocking though...
Glass Goes From Blue Box to Landfill
RE: Recycling Prairie Sty
We have two blue boxes here, galiano. A compost heap too. I'm not sure what the situation is in the small towns, but all of the larger centres have some sort of recycling.
We have two blue boxes here, galiano. A compost heap too. I'm not sure what the situation is in the small towns, but all of the larger centres have some sort of recycling.
thanks vanni, i knew i could get the run down from ya....yeah, buddies just another misplaced westcoaster bitching about having to live in edmonton. gawd help us! i don't think i can take another call about a)weather; b) red necks; c)lack of 'good' health food stores; d) ram trucks!
not necessarily in that order either!
not necessarily in that order either!
RE: Recycling Prairie Sty
We recycle all organic stuff into the compost heap ... and take the glass and cans to the recycling bins in the city...
Not so hard to do on a farm just outside of the city...
We recycle all organic stuff into the compost heap ... and take the glass and cans to the recycling bins in the city...
Not so hard to do on a farm just outside of the city...
My husband is from Manitoba and they are born to recycle. For example if the muffler has a hole in it, the can of peas you had for supper will be part of the muffler before breakfast. He re-built his old Ford Truck from can goods, mention a mechanic and he hits the pantry looking for parts. I was amazed at the things Prairie People think up and re-use. Cheers.
suburb of Montreal also called La Prairie. Once I was driving and saw the sigh "La Prarie, 10 KM." I was astonished, how come 10 KM. :lol:
I don't know where in Edmonton your "buddy" lives, but we recycle everything!! My family has way less garbage that goes to the dump! For bigger items, there are recycle bins all over the city! In fact, I believe the Edmonton was either the first or one of the first cities in Canada to introduce recyling because of landfill problems. So I don't know where your buddy gets off saying that there is no recycling because that's simply not true.
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Rural area here. We have a transfer station not too far away and we recycle corrugated cardboard, other cardboards, newspaper, general paper, glass, general plastics, milk jugs, and metal cans there. I have a friend with a recycling business, so my old tvs, can openers, old wiring, steel, copper, aluminum, etc. go to his place.
Compost goes outside and the chickens pick through it while the remainder gets heaped for the worms.
What little is left is garbage and I flatten it with the cat and bury it.
Compost goes outside and the chickens pick through it while the remainder gets heaped for the worms.
What little is left is garbage and I flatten it with the cat and bury it.