Mandatory recycling
Posted By: Citychat on 2007-09-18
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What do ya'll think of a city making it mandatory to recycle? The city I live in (and will be moving from next month) has had recycling for a while, but it was by choice. I do not choose to recycle because of all the rules that go along with it - I do recycle newspaper and phone books for the schools - but not my household items - I think the city government is just going too far in requiring everyone to recycle. I think about the little elderly people who may not understand the rules or what can and cannot be recycled, etc. I'm not against helping the earth - I just don't think that the government should mandate it - it's alredy in the Bible - perhaps this could be made an issue of Church and State.
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Is a great idea! When I lived in WI we had mandatory recycling and the city would provide the bins for us and then pick it up once a week. I didn't mind that. Now that we've moved here to Utah, which is a National Park State, I cannot believe they don't do mandatory recycling here! After living in WI where there was recycling, it sure felt odd to just throw those plastic and glass and paper things all in the same garbage!
Teens recycling biz
Here's the thing. I have two teens and we live in a fairly rural area where job opportunities are limited enough as an adult, forget about being a teen looking for a job.
The kids came to me last night and have come up with a business idea for the two of them. Recycling.
Neither are quite old enough to drive yet. The eldest will be driving in about 8 months so any driving will have to be done by dear ol' mom of course.
My question is for anyone who regularly recycles. Is collecting for money even worth it? We already recycle but it is packaged separately and picked up with our other trash and WE pay them to pick it up.
Anyone?
Thanks
ANY money is worth recycling for! -sm
With the cost of groceries what they are today, and aluminum cans getting 5 cents ea., it adds up pretty fast. Even if I only have 2 grocery-bags' full of cans, I take them to the recycler just before I go shopping, and then I have an extra $2-$5 in my wallet - the equivalent of several good coupons!
I think it should be mandatory and here's why....sm
I've had 2 miscarriages. Prior to that I was able to see the ultrasounds. The 1st time we were expecting to see a normal growing baby and found out there was only a fetal pole and I subsequently had a partial spontaneous miscarriage. The second pregnancy we had the pleasure of seeing the baby's strong heartbeat, but then 3-1/2 weeks later on another ultrasound we saw that the baby had died and had no heartbeat.
Having seen a living heartbeat makes me even more convinced that women should have to see that when they choose to have an abortion that they are indeed ending the life of a person and not just as some people want to say "a thing".
While I lost both pregnancies I feel a closer bond to both babies knowing that at one time they were growing inside of me and my husband and I were able to see that.
I know that women get pregnant when they don't expect it, but ending the life of another person doesn't correct what happened. A good friend of mine gave birth after being raped because she could not end the life of another person because of what happened to her. She gave that child up for adoption so that a couple could have a child to raise. There are alternatives for women who don't want a pregnancy. I've also had 2 friends that had abortions and both of them say that they regret it because they often wonder what their child would have been like if they had not ended the child's life.
oh joy. there should be a retirement age, as in mandatory. NM
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Mandatory BBQ Rules!
BBQ RULES
We have entered the BBQ season. Therefore it is important to refresh your memory on the etiquette of this sublime outdoor cooking activity. When a man volunteers to do the BBQ the following chain of events are put into motion:
Routine...
(1) The woman makes the trip to the store, buys the food.
(2) The woman makes the salad, prepares the vegetables, and makes dessert.
(3) The woman prepares the meat for cooking, places it on a tray along with the necessary cooking utensils and sauces, and takes it to the man who is lounging beside the grill - beer in hand.
(4) The woman remains outside the COMPULSORY 3-METER EXCLUSION ZONE where the exuberance of testosterone and other manly bonding activities can take place without the interference of the woman.
Now here comes the important part:
(5) THE MAN PLACES THE MEAT ON THE GRILL.
(6) The woman goes inside to organize the plates and cutlery.
(7) The woman comes out to tell the man that the meat is looking great. He thanks her and asks if she will bring another beer while he flips the meat.
Important again:
(8) THE MAN TAKES THE MEAT OFF THE GRILL AND HANDS IT TO THE WOMAN.
More routine...
(9) The woman prepares the plates, salad, bread, vegetables,utensils, napkins, sauces, dessert and brings them to the table.
(10) After eating, the woman clears the table and does the dishes.
And most important of all:
(11) Everyone PRAISES the MAN and THANKS HIM for his cooking efforts.
(12) The man asks the woman how she enjoyed her 'night off ', and, upon seeing her annoyed reaction, concludes that there's just no pleasing some women.
Let's not have any slip-ups on this, 'kay?
Not mandatory because it is for girls, at this point sm
I have wondered for some while if there is not a connection between HPV and prostate cancer. Given that males are infected at the same rates as females (with HPV), it should be given to boys too...who give it to us! Now, if there is ever a proven link between prostate CA and HPV, you will see it be mandatory so fast it will make your head swim.
All you have to do it look at the procedures that are done for HPV infections of the cervix. I do them all the time. Girls at 16, 17, 18 in for their 2nd and 3rd conization of the cervix. The first one may cause an incompetent cervix, the 2nd one sure will and after a 3rd you won't carry a child to term. Did you know that a standard conization procedure removes the ENTIRE transformation zone and about 1/3 of the surface of the cervix? It does... The reason it is treated so aggressively is the extremely high rate of recurrence.
Vaccinate your daughter, do it now, do not pass "GO" and collect $200.
Just so you know, I see more HPV in the under 20 group, but there are plenty of married women in their early 20s with it and trying to get pregnant who have cone after cone.
Mandatory spay/neuter was just passed in Calif -
and although we already have too many laws, if we hadn't passed this one, no one would both to spay/neuter. There are SO many unwanted animals out there - often because people are too lazy, or too cheap, too uneducated about what really happens to most of these animals, (or all of the above). The mandatory spay/neuter doesn't include breeders (who will pay for a license), but helps to close down some of the backyard breeders. I once had a cat that was a beautiful purebred, confiscated from BYB who kept 100's of them in squalid, inhumane conditions.
New cervical cancer injection mandatory in Texas next year
Just heard starting next year in Texas young girls are being ordered to get the new cervical cancer injection, just passed by the governor of the state so I am sure there will be a lot of talk about this.
I agree with spay/neutering, but not with mandatory spay/neuter
If this was a feral, mandatory spay/neuter would have been useless here, not to mention it is an infringement on personal rights, it gives the government too much control. However, what is needed is tougher punishment for animal cruelty, or cruelty of any kind really. This kitten thing and the ball player with the pit bulls is just sickening, all should be punished. Quite frankly, due to the outside predators, my cats do not go outside, I fear what people could do to them more than anything else. I also did rescue for more than 20 years and now raise show cats. Mandatory spay and neuter would kill off the pedigree cats and dogs that some people totally adore. Yes, there are bad breeders, but there are far more good ones. In my 18 years in the cat fancy, I have seen some bad ones, but the good ones far outweigh the bad. Don't punish everyone for what a few are doing.
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