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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 08:42 PM Original message |
Bottom Drops Out of Recycling Industry |
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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. I work in Public Works |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. Like everybody else, a lot of the companies are talking layoffs. |
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Truth Teller (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. Off to the Greatest |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
4. i hate to say good but good |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 09:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Let's not recycle because it causes crime? |
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DUlover2909 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 09:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I can see where he's coming from. He's angry. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 10:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. "she's" angry but yeah that's it, they're ripping out our houses, we can't rebuild because of this |
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DUlover2909 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 10:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. sorry. I thought about the gender after I posted. Bad habit. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. don't worry about it |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. the crime in question is destroying new orleans, they're killing us, they're KILLING us |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 11:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. That sounds like a really awful situation |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Thanks pitohui. So much we don't know going on in NO |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 09:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Catalytic converters have palladium in them |
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DUlover2909 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. How do catalytic converters work? What do they do? |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 11:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. i know that they are a pollution control device. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 05:46 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. toxic combustion by-products are converted to less-toxic substances. |
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pam4water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 09:45 AM Response to Reply #19 |
39. I like the explanation on this page: |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 11:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
33. You are thinking of rhodium |
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pam4water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 09:32 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. There is some palladium used. It used to be mostly platinum. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. Don't blame the crackheads |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 12:46 AM Response to Reply #4 |
36. Is scrap the same as recycling? I know that sounds stupid, but I'm asking sincerely. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
5. This sucks |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
9. The "free market" fails to do the job again. nt |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
10. The smartest thing would be for the municipalities to create |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
11. I was getting $3 a pound for No.1 copper in the summer. |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
12. The smartest thing would be for the municipalities to create |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
13. We need to stop thinking there is something wrong with every industry |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 10:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. the industry isn't failing but this an industry that's unpopular and has created enemies |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 08:52 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. The problem, of course, is that we tolerate too much poverty in the U.S. |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Unfortunately we do have to lock doors in Canada |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. I am sorry to hear that. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 12:09 AM Response to Reply #16 |
34. Japan has recycled plastic and cardboard for decades |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
20. recommend |
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sftwrngnr (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
28. So whats next...? |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. We can't afford not to |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
29. I need glasses so badly. Read: "Bolton Drops out of Recycling Industry" |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. LOL! We, for sure, don't want to recycle HIM! nt |
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JohnAB (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
35. Recycling Industry |
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outofbounds (578 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
37. Metals seem to be the problem |
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