O/T: Earth Day

Lew Hodgett · 2008-04-22T21:12:22+00:00

The celebration of Earth Day by the local PBS station included showing a couple of unique recycling programs here in SoCal.1) Latex Paint.There is a latex only, paint recycling business in the neighborhood that produces a reconstituted paint product from old paint.They produce a few different colors, but mostly "off white".It is about 1/3-1/2 the cost of "new" paint and gets used on things like brick walls or other background surfaces.The professional painter will notice a slight variation in characteristics from "new", but probably not the amateur.The olds cans end up being recycled into rebar. (Same place confiscated firearms go)2) CarpetToday, almost all carpet is hydrocarbon based.This is the only location in the world providing this service.They recycle old carpet by stripping of the old backing, then reformulating what is left into carpet padding or other plastic padding applications including automotive.They process over 4,000,000,000 lbs of carpet annually at this one location. (Yes, that's BILLION with a "B").3) Dry CleaningThe elimination of Tri-Clor used in dry cleaning has been a primary objective of the SCAQMD as well as the EPA for some time.It is not only nasty but hazardous.A solution is available.Leave it to the Germans.They have developed a water based cleaning process that not only does a better job cleaning the clothes, but also uses less energy, is less expensive to purchase, and produces no hazardous waste.Ultimately, these are all profit driven businesses, but it clearly demonstrates there are alternates to our here to for wasteful life styles.Lew

O/T: Earth Day

Apr 22, 2008 25 Replies

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Pat Barber 18 years ago

Well, you could always say:

"Hey...we could be the first > Yep ... that explains why our wives were laughing so hard.

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Swingman 18 years ago

Can you get a job doing that? ... inquiring minds, and all that.

Might be a good retirement career, being harmless old men ...

... yeah, right! :)

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nailshooter41 18 years ago

I dunno... I might consider it. There was a claim on the second link that said something like "waking up feeling fresh and clean every morning" or some such.

What a relief it would be to not wake up with my hair in a snarl, white chin whiskers to shave, eyeballs glued together from allergies, throat raw from snoring, and stumbling down the hallway having to pee like a racehorse.

They might have something here...

Robert

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J. Clarke 18 years ago

If you snore that hard (and if you don't live in some nanny state like California where a diagnosis can get your driver's license revoked) you might want to talk to a pulmonologist about sleep apnea.

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