Comments on: It Ain’t Easy Bein’ Green in Atlanta (and GA)

By: DCR

DCR — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:07:05 +0000

The Dekalb Famers Market IS NOT 1-stop recycling. Believe it or not, they do not recycle plastice grocery bags, even though they do issue them if you don’t have reusable bags. They don’t recyle the plastic containers that they depense bulk foods in such as sugar, beans, etc. They also only take certain plastics, not all. Mostly number 1 and 2. There is no place to drop off plastics with numbers 5 and above or no number at all. I agree, having to park your reusable bags and go back to get them is a drawback. I assume this is for security reasons. But if you want to steal something, you can put it in your purse or eat it while you walk around. Is anyone concerned about the plastic containers that are not sealed in any way (rice, beans, etc.)? I love this market but more safety and health rules should be in place.

By: abby

abby — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:59:49 +0000

okay Burdell – I’ll embrace the beer cans, but mostly because Yuengling has cans, and you can smoosh them down to fit in your recycling bin better (now that they come every other week, this is a necessity).

According to the revised chart (http://tinyurl.com/9t75j3 – it’s a pdf), curbside recycling doesn’t come till week after next. Don’t know about everyone else, but they skipped our place this week. I guess we’ll end up heading to Your Dekalb International Farmer’s Market’s recycling area (which I have checked out, and is pretty huge and thorough).

By: maigh

maigh — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:37:31 +0000

@james – Totally!

@bking – How sad is that? Shouldn’t a place where we’re responsible for shaping humans be better about shaping responsible habits? Life is about more than grades.

@designbot – hell yes it should be a design bot and I don’t know about the size thing. Sounds like someone has an idea that could make a mint…

@jamsmooth – good to know, thanks!

@georgepburdell – damnit, where did my other 0 go? Thanks for the edit, I didn’t even notice it was missing!

By: georgepburdell

georgepburdell — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:33:28 +0000

If 150 bars have 50 bottles a night, that’s 7500 bottles, not 750.
And since I’m a huge aluminum nerd, here are some aluminum can recycling facts:
Aluminum can stock is 100% recyclable.

It takes 92% less power to recycle aluminum that to create it from mined raw materials.

An aluminum beverage container can go from consumer to recylcer and back on store shelf with beverage in as little as 60 days.

PBR and schlitz cans are waaaaay more hipster than bottled beers…

By: jamsmooth

jamsmooth — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:42:18 +0000

Sevananda no longer accepts or collects any recycling. They did at one point but there is a big sign saying "do not bring your recycling" there.

By: designbot

designbot — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:54:56 +0000

Why do you have to put in a special request with the city of Atlanta to get a recycling bin? Shouldn't they be issued by default? And why does the recycling bin only have 1/10 the capacity of the regular trash can, yet is picked up half as often? I could recycle about 3/4 of my trash, if it would just fit in the bin, but it's only big enough to hold one bag.

By: bking

bking — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:33:52 +0000

GSU has recycling bins in the hallways and stuff for the many, many bottles of coca-cola that get drunk during class and the reams of paper that get wasted on syllabuses (syllabi?) when you could just email the dang thing. The problem is that the recycling cans become trash cans because students just throw whatever into them. I have no idea if anything is really getting recycled.

By: james

james — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:11:40 +0000

i’ll give a shout out to taking public transportation or riding a bike