> Geoff Jennings wrote: > > > Eh. That's silly. Lexan is tough and lasts forever. To me that's more > > important than recyclable. > > Why I wouldn't express it as strongly as you, there is merit to this. I have > Lexan bottles that are still usable after over 15 years and that represents > about 3-4 recycled PE bottles each. Reduction is better than recycling in > general. > > It is possible to recycle polycarbonate - it just is not as easily done as other > plastics. > > Mike I was chatting with one of the lads who heads up the garbage collection and recycling for the City of Ottawa the other day, and he mentioned to me that most plastics can only be recycled once or twice. After that, they end up in a landfill somewhere. So, it would seem to me that getting something that last for a long time would be a lot better than getting something that can be recycled. -- Darryl *************************************************************************** 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 07 2006 - 13:23:32 PST
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