[Buxtehude]

<p>...standing in front of those really complicated recycling trash-can , feeling confused and paralyzed?</p>
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<p>I lose a lot.</p>
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<p>You know the kind I mean; they're at zoos, parks and school lunchrooms.</p>
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<p>They have a bin for paper (but not paper cups! it's for writing paper, it has a flat slot), a bin for mixed recycleables (huh?), and for regular trash.</p>
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<p>But my favorite, my holy grail, and my white whale is the magnificently annoying "compostables" bin. If you obsess over gardening and composting blogs, like I do, you know that some people try composting dog and cat shit. Not just kitchen scraps and autumn leaves, but carnivore shit. And what about your fancy "made from corn!" utensils and cups? They look like plastic. But they're actually...<em>corn.</em></p>
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<p>"Compostables" is too vague a description on a bin, at a zoo, where I was eating a corndog recently. Is my stick compostable? Is it regular trash? Oh, but it's made from wood, like paper, so perhaps I should try jamming it into the flat-paper-slot.</p>
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<p>So, you know how people like to say "did you know that the average person spends 5 years of their life waiting at red lights?"</p>
<p>Well, that makes me wonder how many years I've spent, and will spend in front of these damn recycling bins.</p>
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<p>It's too confusing, so I usually throw everything in the regular trash/waste bins.</p>
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<p><strong>If you have any recycling gripes, I guess I'll read them here.</strong></p>
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[Buxtehude]

<p>OH!</p>
<p>And some bin groupings have charts or guides describing which bin to use.</p>
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<p>Sometimes they look like treasure maps.</p>
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<p><em>Useless</em> treasure maps.</p>
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<p>I wish all of the recycling-bin-makers would form a council and get organized on their bins and what to name them. Each manufacturer has a different set of rules!</p>

 

[wherestheportojohn]

Earlier this month, I lost at least an hour fuming because there were NO recycling bins of any sort at the interstate waysides in Florida. (nor is there any at DS's apartment complex near Tampa)<br><br><br><br>
We were jawdroppingly amazed that there was no recycling to be found wherever we went in that state.<br><br><br>
....anyone from FL feel free to jump in here and speak up.....

 

[Buxtehude]

<p><br>
Well, having no recycling bins is bad too. There must be a happy medium.</p>
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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>wherestheportojohn</strong> <a href="/t/75032/how-much-cumulative-time-do-you-lose#post_2011711"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-bottom:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-right:0px solid;"></a><br><br>
Earlier this month, I lost at least an hour fuming because there were NO recycling bins of any sort at the interstate waysides in Florida. (nor is there any at DS's apartment complex near Tampa)<br><br><br><br>
We were jawdroppingly amazed that there was no recycling to be found wherever we went in that state.<br><br><br>
....anyone from FL feel free to jump in here and speak up.....</div>
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