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| What do you recycle/re-use? | | Paper. | | 14% | [ 7 ] | | Aluminium cans. | | 12% | [ 6 ] | | Plastic. | | 8% | [ 4 ] | | Glass. | | 12% | [ 6 ] | | Clothing. | | 18% | [ 9 ] | | Furniture. | | 12% | [ 6 ] | | Water. | | 6% | [ 3 ] | | Food leftovers. | | 16% | [ 8 ] | | Other. | | 2% | [ 1 ] |
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skinflint
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Localisation : Queensland, Australia
|  Subject: Recycling  Wed 31 Jan 2007, 12:45 am | |
| This is mutiple choice so tick whatever suits.
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skinflint
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Posts : 1877
Localisation : Queensland, Australia
| | Subject: Re: Recycling Wed 31 Jan 2007, 4:21 am | |
| D'oh I suppose I really should've ticked furniture also. We don't really recycle what we already own but we have purchased a fair share of pre-loved furniture over the years so that's recycling too I guess.
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kim
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Age : 27
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| | Subject: Re: Recycling Wed 31 Jan 2007, 6:54 am | |
| I ticked clothing, as we give it to good will, furniture, we give it to who ever needs it, and food leftovers, we put them in compost.
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gayla50
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Age : 53
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Localisation : Western North Carolina
| | Subject: Re: Recycling Wed 31 Jan 2007, 11:24 am | |
| we do everything we can we try to be very green at our house.
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cheapy
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Joined : 12 Oct 2006
Posts : 389
| | Subject: Re: Recycling Wed 31 Jan 2007, 1:41 pm | |
| Gee,I only ticked three, but I really could have ticked more.
Paper & plastic & some glass gets recycled through our town-wide recycling program(we put it all in a bin, and it gets picked up by a recycling truck). Some glass I keep & reuse because it's too nice~ 
I have no qualms about hand-me-downs or shopping for clothes at the Salvation Army Thrift Store(does that count as recycling clothes?) & some things like towels,etc. I recycle as rags.
Furniture I don't recycle. I have a fireplace, but we don't actually use it..and we tend not to really buy much furniture(once every twenty years?  ). When we bought a new sofa & bed this past summer, I just threw the old ones out....I asked around first & nobody wanted them(Maybe they were just too beat up!!) We tend to "drive" our furniture into the ground, just like our cars I guess!! Hopefully our new sofa & loveseat & bed will last us forever!!(I REALLY want to make sure they do!!!) Now mattresses, that's another story. rugs?...Hhhhhmmmm....someday I'd like new rugs.(unless I can find really good-used ). Actually my living room area rug is a hand-medown from my sis who sold her house after her divorce & gave it to me. I based my whole living room color-scheme around it!!(cranberry).
And we are definitely a left-over food family!!! I don't really do much creating a different dish from left-overs, but we will eat it over & over again til it's gone or mostly gone.(I hear some people will not touch a left-over! wow.)
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cheapy
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Joined : 12 Oct 2006
Posts : 389
| | Subject: Re: Recycling Wed 31 Jan 2007, 1:45 pm | |
| oh,and aluminum cans get put into the recycling bin, also.
And we will recycle kiddy pool water to water the plants in the garden, or even rain water that's been collected. |
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Donna
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Age : 46
Joined : 12 Oct 2006
Posts : 1352
| | Subject: Re: Recycling Wed 31 Jan 2007, 3:40 pm | |
| Odd this is posted today,,hubby called me at work and asked to go thriftshoppin tonight to see if we can find another dresser for our room,,,love when hes frugal! 
Its such a fun project finding a pirce of furniture and fixing it up to suit our needs! |
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mmg2681
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Age : 27
Joined : 13 Oct 2006
Posts : 753
Localisation : Newton Falls, OH
| | Subject: Re: Recycling Wed 31 Jan 2007, 8:10 pm | |
| Glass, Clothing, Food Leftovers.
I would like to recycle more.
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GentleRain
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Age : 44
Joined : 12 Oct 2006
Posts : 685
| | Subject: Re: Recycling Thu 01 Feb 2007, 11:00 pm | |
| I checked everything but other,furniture(nobody would want ours)and water. I should have checked that one as I use leftover teapot water for ice cubes or plants.
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