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Plastic Bag Facts

WasatchGirl — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:41:46 +0000

Here are some plastic bag facts from the Mayor’s Green Team email as they strive to bring awareness about the importance of bringing your own bag to the grocery store and farmer’s market.

Plastic bags are made from petroleum OIL and natural gas.
Americans use more than 380 billion plastic bags annually.
The US imports 12 million barrels of oil annually to produce plastic bags.
Plastic bags do not biodegrade.
A plastic vortex twice the size of Texas swirls in the Pacific Ocean between San Francisco and Hawaii.
Recycling is not a viable option. Consumption can be reduced by carrying reusable bags.
The best alternative is reusable bags.
There are a growing number of countries that are banning or taxing plastic bags. In the U.S., cities are beginning to do the same.

Remember that a great alternative is Ruthie Pearl . =)

Stone Castle Recycling

WasatchGirl — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:20:12 +0000

My friend, the Greyhghost, gave me the heads up about a phenomenal recycling service in Utah. The company, Stone Castle, is in the computer and electronics recycling business specifically but recycles everything imaginable from monitors and hard drives to batteries, electronics, glass, plastics, microwaves, DVDs, cell phones etc. The company services Weber, Davis and Utah counties through a handful of location drops, but addresseses Salt Lake County with a pickup service. They pickup and recycle everything for free except monitors and tvs which cost a mere $5 fee.

To schedule a pickup appointment, call 801-731-9444 and tell them where you will leave the items. Fantastic!

Salt Lake Valley Recycling Guide

WasatchGirl — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 03:07:00 +0000

My friend Shaft gave me a copy of the 2007 Recycling Guide. I know it sounds silly, but I was real jazzed to be given a copy as it covers all drop-off locations and other recycling topics. The guide doesn’t specifically say what can and can not be placed in the home recycling bins due to the fact that the different areas of Salt Lake follow different protocol. I hopped on the Salt Lake Valley recycling website and noticed that in the actual Salt Lake area itself (where I live) the following can be placed directly in the bin.

plastics 1-7
plastic coated cartons
cardboard
cereal boxes
office paper
steel cans
plastic grocery bags
paperboard
magazines
paper towel tubes
aluminum cans
junk-mail
newspaper
phone books
shoes boxes

Good to know! This whole last year I thought only plastics 2-7 could be placed in the bin; I am glad to have this clarified. If an item can not be placed in the bin, there is a listing by item on the website of where it can be taken to be recycled. Another interesting section is in the Recycling Guide itself and states where to take unusual items like clothes and eyeglasses.

Thanks for the hook-up, Shaft. =)

Where to recycle glass in Salt Lake

WasatchGirl — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 00:32:00 +0000

As all you of Salt Laker’s know, you can not put glass in the recycle bin in Salt Lake. What you might not know is there are places where you can drop it off.

When I first moved to Salt Lake I called the recycling company and asked where I could drop off glass, but the two locations were warehouses and so far from my house I knew I would never actually make it there. However, just recently I found out that there is a collection area right by Hogle Zoo that takes white and colored glass.

To get there, drive up Immigration Canyon past Hogle Zoo. Right past the zoo on the same side of the street is a parking lot with a bunch of bins for recycling.