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By: You Can Item in Your Wallet | The Lakes in the Village

You Can Item in Your Wallet | The Lakes in the Village — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:26:10 +0000

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By: The environmental impact of cash and credit. | Blogging Planet

The environmental impact of cash and credit. | Blogging Planet — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 08:58:51 +0000

[...] Until some enterprising young sustainability expert decides to tackle a proper life cycle analysis—one that takes into account not just the raw materials and transport issues but also the impacts of manufacturing the final products—the question of cash vs. credit will remain little more than an eco-nerd parlor game. In the meantime, focus on those spending habits where you can have a direct, immediate impact, like cutting out paper billing and opting for e-mailed gift certificates over the plastic variety. You can also ship your expired PVC cards to Earthworks, a company that will recycle them into new gift cards. [...]

By: TriskelionAZ

TriskelionAZ — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:19:28 +0000

I aggree with DC Dealy. That is a very good idea. If only your words would get to the right people maybe this can happen.

Jeffrey:
No. He meant putting the PVC in a storage area where it will not seep any chemicals into the ground and after it piles up we can reuse that PVC to create other products.
Thereby recycling.

By: Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:55:19 +0000

JC Dealy,
I’m not sure I understand you correctly, but what you’re saying is, not recycle, use everything we have until nothing is left, and then go back to the dumps and recycle that material. Pardon me, but that doesn’t make any sense at all. The purpose of recycling is to reuse things, reduce what we have to take from whatever source. That way it stays were nature intended it to. So we don’t have to rip apart the landscape, the earth, or whatever to get at what we want. Just use what we have already taken, reuse, reuse, reuse that way it’s there if we ever really need it. Huh?..

By: MPA

MPA — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:28:39 +0000

Do they accept shredded cards if they are made of PVC?

By: Barbara Canney

Barbara Canney — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:18:01 +0000

Not to be negative because this sounds like a great program but I would be hesitant to mail off all my identification like that. Expired or not, the numbers still follow the card. How can you make me or anyone comfortable with this?

By: Raquel Fagan

Raquel Fagan — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:42:12 +0000

Hey Harmony, Thanks for catching our oversight. We added a link into the story. You can also find the info in our Earth911.com recycling database. Thanks, and happy recycling!

By: Harmony

Harmony — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:56:10 +0000

Great article, Trey ~ but “Where’s the beef?” We need to know WHERE to mail our spent cards for recycling, and WHERE to suggest retailers buy recycled cards! Help us take action! THANKS (:

By: JC Dealy

JC Dealy — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:17:46 +0000

Think.

Since PVC is practically indestructible and virtually recyclable forever, why front load the process?

Would it not make more sense to mine the stuff at a future date from a singular collection point? Mining dumps will very likely be viable in the future, and far more efficient then investing (wasting all the energy) on the front end of the process.

Of course we may not get the immediate gratification of feeling that we are greening the world. However, in time it will be far more efficient to deal with the consolidated material later, all at once.

Think. Your feeling is killing the planet.
Anthropogenicagent.