Posted on 12/15/2018 6:15:01 AM PST by mkleesma
Christmas is a time of celebration, but once the party's over, plenty of garbage is hauled to the curb. Environmental group Zero Waste Canada estimates that from mid-November to mid-January, the average Canadian generates about 25 per cent more trash than during the rest of the year. The reason: people buy more stuff over the holidays, and a lot of it from shiny wrapping paper to glittery cards typically can't go in your recycling blue bin, so it's destined for the landfill. To help Canadians celebrate a greener Christmas this year, here are some of the season's worst offenders and tips for cutting down that holiday trash. Beware of slick gift wrap To avoid unnecessary waste, opt for the plainest wrapping paper. Different materials generally need to be separated before recycling, so any gift wrap involving foil, laminated or metallic coating or sparkles will likely be rejected by your blue bin program. "Even though it's made of paper, because there's this other coating, whether it be plastic, whether it be wax, it kind of messes up [the recycling process]," said Calvin Lakhan, a research scientist at York University in Toronto. While metallic wrapper paper has a special shine, it's bad for the environment. (CBC) Blue box programs also generally don't want tinsel or gift leftovers such as bows, ribbons, cellophane and tape because these items are made of materials that are difficult to recycle. On top of that, ribbons and tinsel are a recycling facility's worst nightmare because they can get stuck in the sorting machines. "It will get literally jammed inside of the wheels and then it causes massive disruptions to the system," said Lakhan.
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Mine is destined for my fire place. Ashes to be spread on my yard.
Thankfully, we’ve never had all that garbage recycling. It’s only been the last 15 years we’ve had garbage pickup. Before that, we burned and buried it. It costs about $60/mo for our one or two bags a week. Ridiculous.
Just ANYTHING they can think up to steal our joy. Gads. I’d rather have a million bucks than their dispositions....
Easter and Christmas are the biggest days of the year for atheists.
I have 6 or so truck tires along with 8-9 passenger tires, waiting till I feel froggy. No need to wait for any particular date. Loggers came through our area this past summer and took out some 2000 acres of woods. They will be back in the spring(?) to replant. That may be my best time to burn debris so as to help nurture the rebirth of our forest. I'll give them young trees all the CO2 they can handle.
Yes they are.
Great idea if you have a quilter in your life, wrap their presents in Fabric they can later use.
I’d suggest watching STINKS on Netflix streaming about the Chems in the chinese crap. All it has to have is the word FRAGRANCE and it becomes a Trade Secret.
“Great idea if you have a quilter in your life, wrap their presents in Fabric they can later use.”
Or a Japanese wrapping cloth(Furoshiki) for the non-quilters.
Reusable.
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Unless it requires more than one trash container on pickup day....where’s the problem? As long as there is ANY trash,there will always be some landfill problems. Burning it would simplify that one,but the “environmentalists” apparently think that is akin to murder, & is just not permitted in many areas.
[What a joy-less, soul-less group of people.]
And intent on making everyone else around them just like themselves.
How environmentally-friendly!!!
[Id have a daily burning of tons of junk mail]
I got a free sample of Pantene in my junk mail.
Well, there really is no such thing as junk mail!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G3wkyqp3Kc
For ladies who sew make grocery bags as many places are starting to do away with them. Put tissue paper on top to hide the item. Canvas or quilted would work well. Canvas you can paint on to personalize them to the person getting the gift.
That's all I needed. Anything you read after that is strictly for entertainment purposes.
Great idea——more personal also.
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I am a follower of Jesus, not Gaia.
JoMa
Yes. Nixon was a RINO before the acronym:
EPA. China. 55. On and on.
Just proves that RINOs are still mostly hated by the left.
A warning to those considering either procedure get a GOOD rep Doctor, not a run you through like a herd of cattle. Or 1 of those cheap places.
The doc who did my first Cataract that sat in the center of my field of vision was supposed to be a A+ one. Left the Cornea like a Football, nicked a nerve and put in the Wrong lens. 18 yrs of H**L of burning and pain. Until Lasix fixed it, it’s not Perfect, but so much better, but the DRY EYE is a KILLER pain wise. And you get that with BOTH procedures you just aren’t TOLD that.
Another word of advise USE a OPTOMETRIST for your Refraction. That is his/her speciality, make sure you tell them where your vision was SET if you have lasix especially if it is not the typical settings.
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