On 9 Dec 2004 at 16:38, Steve Brown wrote: > I think cans last years when buried, but I guess it depends on what > they are made of. I thought most were made of aluminum or steel, but > not tin anymore????? They could be either aluminum or steel - tin is long gone. Our kayak club cleans up Franklin Island campsites in Georgian Bay every September and we deal with a lot of cans. The aluminum ones (beer and pop) will melt in the coals of a campfire but do not otherwise go away. The steel cans definitely rust more quickly if they've been burned. Since we clean every year, we can see the results of only one summer ("fresh" cans) or more (cans we obviously missed in previous years). I'd much rather see them carried out and recycled than burned and left behind. In Ontario provincial parks wilderness campsites, cans and bottles are banned - for a good reason. If people were more responsible, the ban wouldn't be there and the rest of us wouldn't be inconvenienced. Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Dec 09 2004 - 22:20:06 PST
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