[Chat] excellent video on our stuff

2009-05-13 Thread Christine Gray
http://www.storyofstuff.com/ Speaking of recycling, this video is about the real cost of our stuff. Christine Gray -Original Message- From: chat-boun...@charlesvillage.info [mailto:chat-boun...@charlesvillage.info] On Behalf Of Linda Forlifer Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 2:17 PM To: T

Re: [Chat] recycled cans in plastic bags

2009-05-13 Thread Linda Forlifer
No plastic bags for recycling. The plastic bags jam up the machines that sort the types of recycling, so putting your cans in plastic bags costs us money. The workers have to empty the bags to avoid jamming the sorting machine. Linda >>> Joshua Fruhlinger 5/13/2009 1:32 PM >>> Hello all- No

[Chat] Fwd: Daytime Walkers: Friday 10am

2009-05-13 Thread SLG2700
--- Begin Message --- Charles Village Daytime Walkers Friday, May 15th 10am at the Charles Village Community Benefits District office (2434 St. Paul). Please join us for a brief training for neighborhood walkers, and then take a short walk (20 minutes) around Margaret Brent Elementary/Middle

[Chat] recycled cans in plastic bags

2009-05-13 Thread Joshua Fruhlinger
Hello all- Now that we have single-stream recycling, we don't have to put our cans in plastic bags like we did before. But are we *forbidden* to put them in plastic bags? I've been dumping them out of the bags and into my bins, bu it would be easier for me if I could just put bags of can