Re: [at-l] Recycling near the AT...

[Rick Bombaci <rpb@eoni.com>]

At 06:30 PM 2/21/00 -0500, Nyce, Greg wrote:

>Greetings - The last couple years i've been fortunate enough to be able to
>realize that my trips have been "totally green" and THAT is often *not* a
>trivial matter away from one's familiar "stompin' grounds".  My definition
>of "Totally Green" is ***ALL*** glass bottles, aluminum and tin cans,
>plastic containers #1/2, and unsoiled paper are recycled properly -
>absolutely nothing is "littered" - and otherwise advisable environmentally
>conscience considerations are "the rule".

The item I felt worst about on previous long hikes was ... plastic bags.  I
actually mailed my used ziplock food bags home so I could reuse them.  Of
course I wondered whether I was consuming more energy to send them back
than would be consumed in manufacturing more bags...

R.
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