[Robotgroup] Residential Geothermal HVAC and Solar Energy..?

[Def Egge]

At 17:31  2008-05-19, you wrote:
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 >"The city does collect newsprint and cardboard as part of the
 >residential curbside recycling each week."
 >
 >Which city do you live in austin? I was told by 3 sources starting
 >with the
 >company on the side of the truck, the city, and the garbage company 

 >that
 >ONLY plastics, paper containers where recycleable, they won't take
 >cardboard
 >boxes or anything large like that, even if you break them down. You 

 >can
 >sneak a pizza box in once in a while etc. But, the curbside guys 
don't
 >want
 >paper or cardboard in general, they will take it in container form 
or
 >you
 >might be able to slide it in, but the policy as far as the guys
 >running
 >steiner's garbage and recycling was no paper.
 >
 >Andre'
 >
 >----- Original Message -----
 >From: "Def Egge" <robodigest at innervate.com>
 >To: "The Robot Group Mailing List" <robotgroup at puremagic.com>
 >Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 1:33 PM
 >Subject: Re: [Robotgroup] Residential Geothermal HVAC and Solar
 >Energy..?
 >
 >
 >At 13:04  2008-05-19, you wrote:
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 >
 >[trimmed]
 >
 > >I have been recycling for years, CA is years ahead of texas
 > >in this respect. Austin doesn't even recycle paper which is
 > >a crime.
 >
 >[trimmed]
 >
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 >
 >The city does collect newsprint and cardboard as part of the
 >residential curbside recycling each week.
 >
 >If your needs run to printer / photocopy paper, many of the AISD
 >campuses have "Anything that tears" dumspters in their parking
 >lots.  The public is welcome to use them.
 >
 >Since I cannot twirl a dead cat by its tail without hitting one of
 >the 100+ AISD campuses, it is convenient for me.  I also have the
 >paper recycling - standard and secure / shredded - at St. Edward's
 >University.
 >
 >If it suits your needs, securely box or bundle your paper (so that
 >papers are not capable of blowing out of the boxes nor out of the 
bed
 >of my truck) and bring it to one of our Thursday evening meetings.
 >
 >
 >--
 >
 >All the best....
 >
 >Mike
 >
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Unless they've changed that in the past month, they've (the City of 
Austin ... 78749) been recycling my cardboard and newsprint for the 
past 15 years.

http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/sws/recycling.htm

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Current recycling guidelines:
Place your recycling at the curb by 6:30 a.m.
Keep your recycling about 5 feet away from your garbage, if they are 
collected on the same day.
Rinse containers and put the lids in your garbage.
Separate paper from the rest of your recycling. Put the paper in a 
brown, paper grocery bag or a second recycling bin.
Flatten corrugated cardboard, cut or fold it to 2 feet by 2 feet, and 
tie it into manageable bundles with string or twine. Put pizza boxes 
in your garbage cart.
On windy days, flattening aluminum cans and plastic bottles will help 
keep them from blowing out of the bin. Try placing a brick or another 
heavy object on top of your paper recycling, or if you put paper in a 
recycling bin, stack the second bin with your cans and jars on top of 
the paper recycling bin.
Only recycle the following items. For more detailed information, 
click on the listed items.
Newspapers, magazines, catalogs, junk mail & office paper
Aluminum, steel & tin cans
Glass bottles and jars, all colors
Plastic bottles (#1 and #2) -- no other shaped plastic containers 
than bottles
Corrugated cardboard.

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All the best....

Mike