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To: blackdog
For many years, the secret in Seattle was that paper recylcing was shipped to Taiwan for incineration.

Taiwan got electricity, and we got the bill: Garbage costs went from about $10 / month to about $30 / month.
33 posted on 03/04/2003 8:05:29 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Peace is Good, Freedom is Better!)
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To: Brad Cloven
All those ships from China don't go back empty after supplying Walmart ya know! They haul our garbage.

BTW, since I have a farm....I shred my junk-mail and paper waste into animal bedding which is later composted after enough manure is added. I cut my own meats. I collect my own eggs. We have an outdoor toilet(seasonally permitted). I found the best shower we have is the one we use on livestock(this was after an unfortunate skunking episode). We drain grey water into the garden. We put up our own canned goods in glass jars. Even construction debris like old plaster and drywall gets crushed and spread on the fields. Chickens and goats will provide you eggs and milk merely by eating what you throw away.

Recycling is for those chained to an urban environment and feel bad about it.

42 posted on 03/04/2003 8:20:01 AM PST by blackdog ("But that's what I do" A quote from my Border Collie)
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