http://www.triplepundit.com/2006/09/askpablo-bottles-and-cans-just-clap-your-hands/ Business, Better. Since 2005 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:40:20 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.triplepundit.com/2006/09/askpablo-bottles-and-cans-just-clap-your-hands/comment-page-1/#comment-14147 Arian Smith Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:53:32 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2006/09/askpablo-bottles-and-cans-just-clap-your-hands/#comment-14147 Brewing your own beer, soda and wine is certainly the way to go if you care about recycling. 2 liter bottles can be reused for the soda many many times. Beer bottles can be cleaned and reused as long as the glass seal remains intact (so treat your bottles well). Wine bottles will likely last even longer than beer bottles as they use a cork rather than a metal cap. Reuse first, then recycle. Brewing your own beer, soda and wine is certainly the way to go if you care about recycling. 2 liter bottles can be reused for the soda many many times. Beer bottles can be cleaned and reused as long as the glass seal remains intact (so treat your bottles well). Wine bottles will likely last even longer than beer bottles as they use a cork rather than a metal cap. Reuse first, then recycle.

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2006/09/askpablo-bottles-and-cans-just-clap-your-hands/comment-page-1/#comment-14146 todbrilliant Mon, 25 Sep 2006 20:17:17 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2006/09/askpablo-bottles-and-cans-just-clap-your-hands/#comment-14146 I know the above scenario doesn't make sense. Using aluminum cans to get bauxite. . .can't find any reference either. Will keep digging. Another one that gets me: Disposable blades v. electric shave v. straight blades. I know the above scenario doesn’t make sense. Using aluminum cans to get bauxite. . .can’t find any reference either. Will keep digging.
Another one that gets me: Disposable blades v. electric shave v. straight blades.

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2006/09/askpablo-bottles-and-cans-just-clap-your-hands/comment-page-1/#comment-14145 Pablo Mon, 25 Sep 2006 17:40:41 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2006/09/askpablo-bottles-and-cans-just-clap-your-hands/#comment-14145 Nick, I prefer not to use the term "footprint" since it is two dimensionsal and material intensity is three dimensional. Yes, Bauxite has a greater material intensity, and that is included in the material intensity factors provided by the Wuppertal Institute. The reason bottles and cans are somewhat close though, is because the bottles weigh a lot more. Nick,
I prefer not to use the term “footprint” since it is two dimensionsal and material intensity is three dimensional. Yes, Bauxite has a greater material intensity, and that is included in the material intensity factors provided by the Wuppertal Institute. The reason bottles and cans are somewhat close though, is because the bottles weigh a lot more.

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2006/09/askpablo-bottles-and-cans-just-clap-your-hands/comment-page-1/#comment-14144 Nick Aster Mon, 25 Sep 2006 17:18:29 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2006/09/askpablo-bottles-and-cans-just-clap-your-hands/#comment-14144 Pablo - but isn't the footprint of a bauxite mine vastly larger than that of a silica source? Not just in terms of carbon, but in terms of other effluent and massive impact on the landscape? Pablo – but isn’t the footprint of a bauxite mine vastly larger than that of a silica source? Not just in terms of carbon, but in terms of other effluent and massive impact on the landscape?

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2006/09/askpablo-bottles-and-cans-just-clap-your-hands/comment-page-1/#comment-14143 todbrilliant Mon, 25 Sep 2006 13:43:50 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2006/09/askpablo-bottles-and-cans-just-clap-your-hands/#comment-14143 Oh, don't forget to make sure the recycled aluminum content doesn't get earmarked for liquifaction and spraying directly onto the ground in stripmine operations. Some years ago, we found out that's EXACTLY what happened to the recycled cans in my wee town of Chico, California. My details are off (liquifaction, for example - it was mixed with something else and used as some sort of 'acid'). No, the recycle game is far from clear. . .keep on digging and you'll find lots of contaminated dirt! Oh, don’t forget to make sure the recycled aluminum content doesn’t get earmarked for liquifaction and spraying directly onto the ground in stripmine operations. Some years ago, we found out that’s EXACTLY what happened to the recycled cans in my wee town of Chico, California. My details are off (liquifaction, for example – it was mixed with something else and used as some sort of ‘acid’). No, the recycle game is far from clear. . .keep on digging and you’ll find lots of contaminated dirt!

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