[CyberTOPS] Recycling

Sun Oct 26 14:32:10 CDT 2008

Like Janet said, recycling is encouraged here in NYS.  I take my plastic pop
bottles and aluminum pop cans to our local supermarket.    They don't take
pop cans, pop bottles, beer cans and bottles at the recycling center.   If
the person bringing them to the recycling center is a visitor to our area,
they'll give them directions to our local supermarket.   The supermarket
does the same if the people bringing a wine bottle to the service counter
for recycling. :)

-----Original Message-----
From: cybertops-bounces at cybertops.net
[mailto:cybertops-bounces at cybertops.net] On Behalf Of Janet
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:17 PM
To: gottaget2kops at yahoo.com; CyberTOPS
Subject: Re: [CyberTOPS] Recycling

Here in New York where I live they encourage recycling.  I have a trash man 
and they give you a barrel and a recycle bin.  I also collect cans when I 
walk.  It is only 5 cents here.  If I bend over for a penny I can bend over 
for a nickle can.  I just need to call and have them come pick up my cans as

I have a lot on my porch.  If you take them to the recyclable center they 
charge you to drop them.  Sure doesn't encourage people to recycle.

Janet
TOPS # NY 102, Canton

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Yvonne Ghedotte" <gottaget2kops at yahoo.com>
To: "CyberTOPS" <cyberTOPS at cybertops.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:01 PM
Subject: [CyberTOPS] Recycling

> Hi all,
> In the US, not all cities have recycling centers or programs. In my city, 
> we used to have curbside recycling, but with city budget cuts, that has 
> ended long ago. Do I let that stop me? NO! I found a recycling center in 
> the neighboring city (Dearborn Heights) and I take it there and sort it 
> into the proper bins. Am I supposed to? No, because I am not a resident of

> that city - but I do it anyway because I care enough about the future of 
> the Earth and I think it sends a great message to my son - who from time 
> to time helps me with this. The problem is that many of our cities do NOT 
> have recycling centers...if they did, I really think that more people 
> would recycle. I do not get any money for the things I take to the center,

> but I do it anyway. I like only having to haul one can out to the curb on 
> pickup day...LOL!
>
> Recycling IS also part of the school curriculum here in the States from 
> Kindergarten on up. But - it is difficult to cultivate a recycling 
> community if your city is not actively involved. The numbers are appalling

> to me, but it is what it is. I can only do my part to make sure my son 
> knows that it is an important part of being a responsible citizen. 
> Hopefully this will catch on and the numbers will make a dramatic 
> improvement. In Michigan, we also get 10 cents a can/bottle for plastic, 
> tin, glass bottles or cans and I am always amazed at how many 'dimes' I 
> find when I walk my dog, etc.
>
> Making my own kind of music,  Yvonne
>
>
> --- On Tue, 10/21/08, Lori - cyberTOPS Owner <cybertops at telus.net> wrote:
>
>> From: Lori - cyberTOPS Owner <cybertops at telus.net>
>> Subject: Re: [CyberTOPS] Fundraiser question!!
>> To: "HUGHES, GEORGE" <GEORGE.HUGHES at tenethealth.com>
>> Cc: "CyberTOPS" <cyberTOPS at cybertops.net>
>> Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 8:51 PM
>> We don't have glass "soda" bottles -- we have
>> the 500 ml (16 oz), 1 litre
>> (1 quart) or 2 litre (2 quart) plastic bottles that we can
>> recycle, as
>> well as the cans.  I think our "POP" is sold
>> equally between the 500 ml
>> and the pop cans.  We can also recycle any beer bottles or
>> cans, as well
>> as any wine cooler bottles, etc.  In the larger centers,
>> you can return
>> more than we can here in a small town, but we can still
>> take our
>> cardboard, newspaper, magazines, white paper, food cans,
>> juice boxes,
>> glass jars, etc. to a recycling center, but we don't
>> get any $$ for them.
>>
>> I think I read in a newspaper that 60% of Canadians
>> recycle, where it's
>> only 20% in the US.  The numbers might not be right, but
>> the spread was
>> because I was really surprised at the difference.  I would
>> have thought
>> the US would be ahead of us in that department.  It's
>> part of the
>> curriculum in the schools here, from Kindergarten all the
>> way through high
>> school.  At the school I work at, the special ed. room
>> collects all the
>> recyclables (pop bottles, cans, juice boxes) in special
>> bins, and we
>> raised enough $$ last year to pay for a cooking program for
>> 8 kids 2x a
>> week for the entire school year!!!  At 5 cents a can, 10
>> cents for the 2
>> litre bottles, it all adds up!
>>
>> HUGHES, GEORGE wrote:
>> > What are these POP bottles you speak of? LOL! I always
>> laugh when I read POP anything because you don't hear
>> that down here in Texas. Plus our "pop"
>> doesn't come in bottles except at rare places. It's
>> just cans and I WILL start collecting those. I have a
>> neighbor downstairs that is alwaysssssssssss drinking on his
>> patio. I'm gonna tell him, "Hey dude save your cans
>> for me....or just throw them up to my balcony when you are
>> done! LOL!"
>> >
>> > Our chapter is Adopting a Highway soon so we will save
>> any cans we see while cleaning up.
>> >
>> > I recycle all paper because we have a shredder here at
>> work but I don't recycle anything else even though I
>> know I should. Might just make some changes soon!!!
>> >
>> > George :)
>> -- 
>> Lori Russell
>> CyberTOPS Owner
>> 2008 is my year to lose weight!
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