Generating Less Waste


	Generating Less Waste

egsnyder

3-17-2009 3:17 PM

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waste, garbage, stewardship

egsnyder says:

Some good tips here from the City of Ottawa.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c9aa1a83-8802-46c8-8e07-2efe54e6e731/FD101EF3-1D7F-4DEE-A1ED-5DEFC18D5803/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://ottawa.ca/residents/environment/community/springcleaning/litter_facts_en.html" href="http://ottawa.ca/residents/environment/community/springcleaning/litter_facts_en.html" style="font-size: 11px;">ottawa.ca</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ottawa.ca/residents/environment/community/springcleaning/litter_facts_en.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/ottawa.ca/img/9DF7AD0A-2815-42D5-B927-71D2C1CB5C10" alt="Rethink garbage" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ottawa.ca/residents/environment/community/springcleaning/litter_facts_en.html"><B>We all need to generate less waste. That's the first step in reducing what goes to Ottawa's landfills. The next is to reuse and recycle more often. The following list describes decomposition times and proper disposal methods:</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ottawa.ca/residents/environment/community/springcleaning/litter_facts_en.html"><UL><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> Newspapers - 6 weeks = Recycle (<A  href="http://ottawa.ca/city_services/recycling_garbage/recycling/blackbox_en.html">Black Box</A>)</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> Cardboard box - 2 months = Recycle (<A  href="http://ottawa.ca/city_services/recycling_garbage/recycling/blackbox_en.html">Black Box</A>)</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> Banana peel - 2 years = <A  href="http://ottawa.ca/city_services/recycling_garbage/compost/index_en.html">Compost</A></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> Cigarette butt - up to 15 years = Garbage</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> Plastic grocery bags - 100 years = Reuse or <A  href="http://ottawa.ca/city_services/recycling_garbage/takeitback/index_en.html">Take it Back!</A> to any Loeb retailer in Ottawa</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> Aluminium can - 200 to 500 years = Recycle (<A  href="http://ottawa.ca/city_services/recycling_garbage/recycling/bluebox_en.html">Blue Box</A>)</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> Disposable diaper - 450 years = Garbage</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> Styrofoam cup - up to 1 million years = Garbage</LI>
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