A Lot of Stuff… You Can Recycle
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Written by: catwomanseven
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Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 |
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There is an old comedy bit by George Carlin about the idea of "stuff". The bit talks about how we have so much stuff that finding places to put our stuff takes up much of our time. When we are at home we have our stuff set out exactly as we like it, and then when we go on vacation we take smaller versions of our stuff to make sure we aren't without it (I'm not doing this justice, go listen to the original).
If you think about it, your "stuff" includes just about everything, even your actual physical house. And frankly, your house, or home, is just a collection of stuff put together to make a dwelling. This includes everything from wood to bricks to paint to drywall to shingles, blah, blah, blah. Unfortunately, if you are looking to remodel your dwelling you're going to have a lot of "stuff" (i.e. garbage) to take care of. Luckily for you, though, you can recycle just about anything now-a-days.
I read something the other day about "shingle recycling" during remodeling. That's right, it's exactly what you're thinking: those old shingles that you are taking off and replacing with newer models can be ground down and reused again. There are actually companies now who will pick them up from your worksite and haul them off to a new life. It's frankly amazing not only that just about anything from your old torn down house can be easily recycled, but also how much of a business has sprung up around recycling the products. There are companies that make their living off of the "stuff" that we are throwing away. That is both capitalism and environmentalism at its best.
Most of these recycling companies don't charge, or only charge a nominal fee, to come and haul away stuff such as shingles, wood, dry wall or copper wiring. While you're not personally making a profit on the recycling of these products, a call to these recycling companies will save you money as it means that you have less garbage to throw away and thus won't have to rent those giant dumpsters that cost so much. So let's review: good for the environment, good for the pocket book and good for the economy: not bad for a bunch of "stuff" you were just going to throw away.
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Author Kim Green is very interested in reusing resources such as shingle recycling.
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