your friends may well be right--that ain't my specialty. But clean plants can
be done (vote Democratic--no matter who wins the nomination! And remember:
Friends don't let friends vote Republican!) and those old essentially
oil-filled tires could replace a lot of other fuels.
and we have to do something with them!
---McG
----- Original Message -----
From: Vicki Garrett
To: Mike McGrath
Cc: Linda Casto ; [email protected]
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 12:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Community_garden] growing potatoes in old tires
Hey Mike,
I almost always agree with everything you say, but . . . I have friends
working hard to keep toxic waste incinerators out of low-income and minority
communities. As much as you work to keep toxic petrochemicals and metals out of
our garden soil, they're working to keep them out of our lungs. They would
argue that there aren't sophisticated enough processes to eliminate all those
toxins, and combustion often creates more (dioxins, etc.). Waste-to-energy
sounds like a great idea, but until we quit using toxic stuff, we're stuck with
toxic waste.
But I agree with everything else ;-). ---Vicki
On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Mike McGrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Zinc and cadmium are the big contaminants that leach out in high amounts;
but I just find the whole idea repulsive, period. They're old, dirty and
made with toxic petrochemicals and metals.
Tires can--and should--be recycled professionally and burned for fuel in
clean plants; its the perfect way to dispose of them.
And hey--how about growing potatoes in DIRT?! There's an idea!
---McG
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Casto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 11:07 AM
Subject: [Community_garden] growing potatoes in old tires
>A member on a garden website I belong to is recommending growing potatoes
>in old tires.
>
> I know there are contaminants that come from old tires but I don't
> remember what. (This was in a discussion in the last week or so).
>
> I'd like to be able to post something in response to this recommendation
> letting folks know what kind of contaminants they are turning loose in
> their gardens.
>
> Thanks
>
> Linda Casto
> Glenwood UMC community garden
> Columbus, Ohio
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