tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5843688607135360107.post2242151397785347406..comments2023-05-19T04:53:50.715-07:00Comments on 365 Days Of Trash: Some Waste Lite Holiday Tips For YaDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07273853131778107163noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5843688607135360107.post-42058250081686501672008-12-21T10:19:00.000-08:002008-12-21T10:19:00.000-08:00Cool, looking forward to it.daveCool, looking forward to it.<BR/><BR/>daveDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07273853131778107163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5843688607135360107.post-25439100915145276532008-12-19T19:15:00.000-08:002008-12-19T19:15:00.000-08:00Thanks Dave! I think you are right, it is corn. My...Thanks Dave! I think you are right, it is corn. My bad. We still can do better. We live in a state that recycling is viewed more as a chore than beneficial. BTW, thanks for all the ideas for the holidays. I will send you a note later with my favorite homemade hand sanitizer. Very useful, but not as harmful as the commercial type.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5843688607135360107.post-36918132158460491692008-11-30T22:51:00.000-08:002008-11-30T22:51:00.000-08:00Veronica,Sorry for missing this post. I don't kno...Veronica,<BR/>Sorry for missing this post. I don't know about the soy but I expect they are similar to the corn based. The way I look at it, if the manufacturing process is sound, and they sit there, so be it. On the flip side, if they break down, no bigee. If the plastic breaks down...bigeee. So i'd go soy/corn personally. Sounds like you are way ahead of the game though.<BR/><BR/>DaveDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07273853131778107163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5843688607135360107.post-2181762226149964432008-11-26T15:54:00.000-08:002008-11-26T15:54:00.000-08:00How about a nice crystal jug with home made lemon ...How about a nice crystal jug with home made lemon squash? I've never done anything else actually. I think I bought a bottle of water once on a trip about 10 years back but could never see the point. Anyhow, they look ugly on a table.<BR/><BR/>viv in nzknutty knitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00325560883289908412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5843688607135360107.post-79944308652581273312008-11-26T10:44:00.000-08:002008-11-26T10:44:00.000-08:00OfTroy (is your name Helen?)I haven't done a cost ...OfTroy (is your name Helen?)<BR/>I haven't done a cost analysis but i hear ya. People always complain about how much steel water bottles cost but then buy plastic water bottles. They are paying 1000x the amount for water but can't see the problem with it.<BR/><BR/>Weird.<BR/>It's all about education.<BR/><BR/>daveDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07273853131778107163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5843688607135360107.post-79162393182553258362008-11-26T10:41:00.000-08:002008-11-26T10:41:00.000-08:00Re: paper plates.have you ever done a cost analysi...Re: paper plates.<BR/><BR/>have you ever done a cost analysis on paper plates Vs dishes?<BR/><BR/>Even the cheapest paper plates (100 for $0.99 kind) are more expensive than Lenex china!<BR/>(can you still get 100 paper plates for $0.99? i haven't bought paper plates in ages!)<BR/><BR/>but a couple (not a family just a couple) will use up so many paper plates (and cups) in just a year, that it's cheaper to buy a super efficent dishwaher (and every day china/cups/flat ware) <BR/><BR/>(every day china And Lenex, everyday flatware (and silver ware) and a super efficent dishwasher =2 years (or a family (of 4)) worth of paper plates.<BR/><BR/>I am always impressed how people say they can't afford nice things --but can afford to use paper plates!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05396678842259578953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5843688607135360107.post-63624840887884308112008-11-26T07:43:00.000-08:002008-11-26T07:43:00.000-08:00Tom,I try to put pics up every week (but owe the o...Tom,<BR/>I try to put pics up every week (but owe the ones from last Sunday). Scroll back and you'll see past pics.<BR/><BR/>daveDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07273853131778107163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5843688607135360107.post-82809888329756595562008-11-26T07:12:00.000-08:002008-11-26T07:12:00.000-08:00Greetings from Sweden! Thank you for a nice blogsp...Greetings from Sweden! <BR/><BR/>Thank you for a nice blogspot, and some new perspectives!<BR/><BR/>Any photos available on all your trash? That would be yummy for a scientist to analyse in detail (make a "pick analys"), to summarize the different types of fractions, as a future reference. Of course, more data from other trash collectors is needed.<BR/><BR/>Good luck with your important mission!!<BR/><BR/>Tom/SwedenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5843688607135360107.post-82560310783368219782008-11-25T06:31:00.000-08:002008-11-25T06:31:00.000-08:00Esther,The video is still there, justa few posts ...Esther,<BR/>The video is still there, justa few posts down. I'm getting a lot of CNN traffic so i put the holiday tips and Dave's bag tips up front since I figured they'd be of more interest than the video they'd already seen.<BR/><BR/>Don't sweat the t-shirt. Different opinions by two people who share a lot of similar beliefs.<BR/><BR/>DaveDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07273853131778107163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5843688607135360107.post-16490808760954275282008-11-25T06:26:00.000-08:002008-11-25T06:26:00.000-08:00Hah, well there ya go. No bigee, it takes all kin...Hah, well there ya go. No bigee, it takes all kinds. I don't think i can remove a post once it's been posted, and am not concerned either. It's fine. Just glad you weren't personally put off. Hopefully you saw my response to your first post.<BR/><BR/>What other blog did you post it on?<BR/><BR/>DaveDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07273853131778107163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5843688607135360107.post-50895818921564991602008-11-25T01:01:00.000-08:002008-11-25T01:01:00.000-08:00hey, where did your video go? Is it because of ano...hey, where did your video go? Is it because of anonymous comment? too bad though, I really liked it, but have to say that I have absolutly no idea what the story about the teeshirt is, but that must be something from overseas?<BR/>Hugs!estherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07643684799529816236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5843688607135360107.post-19356011636723030892008-11-25T00:48:00.000-08:002008-11-25T00:48:00.000-08:00Actually, I did not make the complaint with the ad...Actually, I did not make the complaint with the added comment:<BR/>"I see you remove any posts other than those made by your little toadies and sycophants. Here's the comment again. Maybe you will have an open mind and leave it. Maybe not."<BR/><BR/>I posted my response to you on another blog and when my post was not found on your site,due to your not having yet approved it, some clown copied and pasted my text with the added verbage I would not have used. You have my permission to remove the reposted comment and your response to it with my apologies.<BR/><BR/>I am not a member of any blogs listed and don't care to register for the purpose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5843688607135360107.post-36546899510112262652008-11-24T21:13:00.000-08:002008-11-24T21:13:00.000-08:00Anonymous,If you'd check the comments on the CNN p...Anonymous,<BR/>If you'd check the comments on the CNN post, where you first posted, your post is there in it's entirety. I have only posted it again here because I don't know how else to reach you seeing as you don't sign in using your name.<BR/><BR/>For the record, I have only rejected about 2 actul posts (the others are spam whihc is why i have the reject option) and those were for foul language and a truly horrid attitude. I can understand why you'd be miffed if I didn't post your original comment (whihc as i pointed out I did, and repsonded to by the way), but please don't refer to people on here in a negative tone. i don't think it adds much.<BR/><BR/>If you have trouble finding your post, feel free to contact me above, but otherwise, please check out my response as I felt i owed you one for your observation.<BR/><BR/>Be well,<BR/><BR/>DaveDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07273853131778107163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5843688607135360107.post-56519232534115326982008-11-24T21:03:00.000-08:002008-11-24T21:03:00.000-08:00I see you remove any posts other than those made b...I see you remove any posts other than those made by your little toadies and sycophants. Here's the comment again. Maybe you will have an open mind and leave it. Maybe not.<BR/><BR/>Dismayed to see you wearing the Bummer shirt. I compost, I use a push mower for my 1500sqft of grass that my kids and dogs play on in a yard that is otherwise desert landscape, and I have been making bio diesel for many years for my Hummer H1. It is not any less fuel efficient than any other like sized vehicle and I use it for everything from work to recreation. There are only about 7 thousand H1s in the entire US. The best part is that I can service virtually anything on that beast myself due to it's design. Most guys I know with Hummers are comparable "green aware" and live that way. There are not enough H2s to outweigh the gas consumption of any other single brand of SUV. A shirt with a suburban would be a more deserving target.<BR/><BR/>I have seen similar PR messages just like yours over the past few decades, so nothing really new. While you suggest to kill the business of florists and non-local farmers to stimulate your local economy, I can just bet your bio-diesel vehicle is a foreign made (probably German) vehicle which makes you a bit of a hypocrite. My truck is about 96% American made and at retail likely fed at least 5 times the number of American families that your purchase likely did. That is the American way to "spread the wealth". Am I right? Did you help create the trade deficit with your car?<BR/><BR/>So while I agree with much of your lifestyle, you would do well to not promulgate hate toward those that make choices outside your own. Wearing that shirt on CNN was a conscious effort to do just that. While I agree American auto makers need to make cars more fuel, energy and materials efficient... the backlash of the "green" effort has put us all in a position of spending our ever increasing tax dollars to bail them and their employees out instead of buying a car with the same money. And, just like shortly after the last gas crisis of the '70's, gas prices are once again back down to lower levels than what caused all the "gas guzzler" hate in the first place. People are such puppets of the media hype.<BR/><BR/>So while you clean out your basement of all that accumulated trash from the past year, think about getting rid of some of the trash locked up in your head from the same period.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5843688607135360107.post-79355957967993148322008-11-24T20:24:00.000-08:002008-11-24T20:24:00.000-08:00Thanks. I've actualy been doing just that for goi...Thanks. I've actualy been doing just that for going on three years now.<BR/>http://web.me.com/proteusmd/Chasing_Seminar/Chasing_Sustainablity.html<BR/><BR/>daveDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07273853131778107163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5843688607135360107.post-76131964611182554752008-11-24T20:13:00.000-08:002008-11-24T20:13:00.000-08:00DAVE,Finally some one is speaking against convenie...DAVE,<BR/>Finally some one is speaking against convenience and abuse of this earth. I think drastic change in people's brain would be great and I think if you can go out and talk to school children that would great because in that way you are changing whole generational thinking.<BR/><BR/>Thank you,<BR/>IrfanIrfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03009589161977248752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5843688607135360107.post-32883182786198803502008-11-24T17:48:00.000-08:002008-11-24T17:48:00.000-08:00Dude, you are my hero!!!! Our family of five are t...Dude, you are my hero!!!! Our family of five are trying to improve our garbage as well. Right now, we accumulate one bag per week. And no, we are not using garden size plastic bags, just the regular size ones. Just one question: What do you recommend, soy based plastic bags, or recycled plastic bags? I have read soy based bags needs aeration to decompose, and it's very hard to do so in the landfill. What do you think?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5843688607135360107.post-15982938213569975522008-11-23T15:58:00.000-08:002008-11-23T15:58:00.000-08:00Hi Dave, I saw you on CNN today. Very inspirationa...Hi Dave, I saw you on CNN today. Very inspirational. I look forward to reading your updates.<BR/><BR/>Brian<BR/>Roswell, GAAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05666773847951790569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5843688607135360107.post-77456836425940547492008-11-23T14:36:00.000-08:002008-11-23T14:36:00.000-08:00Yeah, Just link to that and it'll work fine. Dave...Yeah, Just link to that and it'll work fine. <BR/><BR/>DaveDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07273853131778107163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5843688607135360107.post-30520586046851396582008-11-23T14:34:00.000-08:002008-11-23T14:34:00.000-08:00Hey SD... I want to repost your post to my mailing...Hey SD... I want to repost your post to my mailing lists, but I'm not sure they links will hold. Do you have an html version of this? If I post a link to you, would that be http://365daysoftrash.blogspot.com/2008/11/some-waste-lite-holiday-tips-for-ya.html ?<BR/>dtdowntowntrashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08069055584297019206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5843688607135360107.post-43435881374647776932008-11-22T17:55:00.000-08:002008-11-22T17:55:00.000-08:00Absolutely and thank you. Vive la French (I speak...Absolutely and thank you. Vive la French (I speak no french obviously).<BR/><BR/>Great pic!<BR/><BR/>daveDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07273853131778107163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5843688607135360107.post-57060124533639321932008-11-22T07:42:00.000-08:002008-11-22T07:42:00.000-08:00looooooove this post! would you allow me to transl...looooooove this post! would you allow me to translate it into french and put it on my blog (saying it's an translation of yours of course?) pleeeaaaaase???estherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07643684799529816236noreply@blogger.com