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RECYCLE. It's the right thing to do. Pursue holiness in dogma creationism and recycle as a regenerate creationist. I see it as sanctification processes this side of heaven. Many Christians have this attitude that the world is going to hell in a hand basket so just pitch it out the car window or send it to the landfill but (what’s your big “but?”) we are called to holiness as God’s people.
So many things can go to recycle centers or be reused.
Clean Styrofoam peanuts (what is commonly referred to among career recyclers as ghost-poop), Styrofoam peanuts…can be recycled. ECO-Cycle in Boulder takes Styrofoam #6 Block and rigid white foam insulation. Many packaging stores will recycle-reuse clean Styrofoam peanuts as well as bubble-wrap.
Aluminum of course recycles and many people are aware of aluminum because they can get money for aluminum. Glass also recycles and there are facilities that pay for glass.
More and more the city provides containers for homeowners to recycle.
The City of Thornton offers state of the art curbside recycling that includes...
1. Aluminum (pop/beer cans), clean aluminum foil, pie pans
2. #1 and #2 plastic which includes but is not limited to plastic milk containers, plastic pop containers, laundry soap containers and a myriad of plastics.
3. Kraft box...paper towel and toilet paper cylinders, cereal boxes, cigarette boxes, cake mix boxes, hamburger helper type dinner boxes.
4. Cans. Tin and Steel. (It’s a good idea to rinse these out and peel the paper label off of them). 5. Glass (again it’s a good idea to rinse these out before you put them out to be recycled.) 6. Newspaper, junk mail, magazines, catalogs, phone books, office paper, shredded paper.
7. Corrugated. Larger boxes.
8. Brown Paper Bags (from supermarket, lunch sack type brown paper bag)
Eco-Cycle
303.444.6634 (Boulder)
303.404.2839 (Broomfield)
303.772.7300 (Longmont)
e-mail recycle@ecocycle.org
http://www.ecocycle.org/
ECO-Cycle in Boulder will take televisions and old computers. These items you pay them to recycle and it’s a small amount.
At the Center for Hard-to-Recycle Materials (CHaRM)
5030 "old" Pearl Street in Boulder
They will take...
-Monitors & YV's 19" or smaller: $10
-Monitors & TV's 20" to 34": $15
-Consoles & Big Screen TV's 35" or larger: $30
-Computer Towers/CPU's: $8
-Computer Printers/Scanners: $8
-Keyboards, Mice, Cables: No Charge
-VCR's: $8
-Cell Phones: No Charge
-FaxMachines: $8
-Desktop Copiers: $8
-Large Copiers: .30 per pound
-Books and Manuals: No Charge
-#6 White Block Foam Packaging No Charge
-Printer Cartridges: No Charge
-Athletic/Regular Shoes: No Charge
-Textiles: No Charge
Boulders RECYCLE center (1901 3rd St between Arapahoe and Valmont; 303.444.6634 or 720.564.2220; open 24 hours) will recycle #5 plastic which is cottage cheese white plastic containers, yogurt containers, deli plastic containers. Some plastic containers from the deli are a #1 or #2 plastic. Whole Foods carries a #1 deli clear plastic container.
Sometimes the lid of a deli container is a #5 plastic and the container itself will be a #1 plastic.
This facility will take all recyclables mentioned earlier that city curbside will pick-up as well. I specifically go to this location for #5 plastic only because it is one plastic that Boulder does recycle but curbside where we live does not take #5 plastic.
Additionally, the Boulder and Longmont ECO Cycle Centers accept SCRAP Metal.
Another location to take your recyclables to is the
State Certified 48th Avenue Scale
3600 E. 48th Avenue
Denver, CO 80216
303.399.6351
Shrink wrap is not a recyclable plastic. Also the plastic that holds 6 packs of pop is not recyclable and it’s a good idea to cut these up. Otherwise birds get wrapped up/tangled up in them at the landfills and lakes and choke to death. Many of the clear hard plastic that we find in packaging that requires safety glasses and a chain saw to get the item (a pen) you purchased out of-are not recyclable, unfortunately. Not only does it require safety glasses and a chain saw but it’s a good idea to have some formal EMT training with the risk of lacerations from sharp plastic and the un-packaging process. It’s not for the faint of heart. Good luck. And just before you crack open the bottle of Wild Turkey and are running with a fistful of Prozac, if necessary, make an appointment with your pastor about the weeping, cursing and swearing that many times accompanies the hard plastic un-packaging stress related panic attack syndrome.
Please, if you are familiar with any local SCRAP yards let readers know.
SCRAP yards will pay for
COPPER
STEEL
TIN
ALUMINUM
GLASS
We are stewards of HIS creation.
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| May 07, 2007 |
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Never heard the term "dogma creationism", could you expound on that? When I see people pitch trash out their car window, it makes me sick, discouraged, angry, etc. I just don't understand that degree of laziness. We recently participated in a neighborhood roadside cleanup, it was great! We completely cleaned all the trash along the road for a 1/4 mile stretch. It looked very nice when we were done. But literally 3-4 days later you couldn't even tell it had been cleaned. Worse, like the very next day someone actually had the nerve to dump 4 large trashbags along the road. What was going through that mind at the time? Glad you have a heart of gratitude for God's creation! ~mike |
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| May 08, 2007 |
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I'm walking toward the trash can with my pepsi plastic bottle and I hear "That goes in the recycle bin! Did you rinse it out?" I'm thinking "I haven't even showered yet. You want me to wash the garbage?" Seriously - this is a stewardship issue. Thanks for the reminder. |
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| May 08, 2007 |
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Dogma Creationism
Let me explain this in terms that even I can understand.
It is just the opposite of Darwinism and the survival of the fittest. It's the opposite of the Cap'n Hook syndrome of "I want, I want, I want, me, me, me, and the now, now, now mentality. It is embracing, "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven." It is returning to the "arrival" of the fittest. It's Genesis 1 and John 1:1-5. |
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| May 08, 2007 |
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Mike of Mike n Laura aka Lucy and Ricky Ricardo
Yes, anger and discouragement accurately describe emotions related to seeing trash being pitched out the car window and your tireless clean-up efforts only to see the area trashed once again by ignorant and slothful persons sometimes commonly referred to as PIGS. A process of sanctification I say, this side of heaven calls us to be mindful of HIS goodness in our living here on earth. Me thinks St. Peter will be standing at the pearly gates wagging his finger at the trash pitching offenders of God's creation saying, "Lucy...you got some splainin tu dooooo." -SRM |
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