Comments for Going green at http://tracypress.com , comment 1 to 16 out of 16 comments http://tracypress.com Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:55:42 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15290/2255/#comment-54946 Hey, that is great!! TRN.... Maybe this fall the schools will send flyers to parents letting them know they take bottles? Plastic bottles of all size. I forgot to mention was recycling since I was in "cotton" diapers! Glad you saw humor in it! ;) Just hated seeing diapers filling up the landfill!!! -amy - amy Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:19:04 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15290/2255/#comment-54904 I give the bottles to my neighbor. She gives them to a school. The school cashes it all in and all of the proceeds go to the school. Great way to recycle if someone goes to a school has that type of program! - Tracy RealNews Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:59:36 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15290/2255/#comment-54649 That was cute! Recycling diapers too. Good one and it makes a good point too! ;D - Tracy RealNews Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:49:07 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15290/2255/#comment-54626 Yep, she is a dedicated recyler, been doing it since I was in diapers! My parents are avid recylers, they taught me not to be wasteful, careful about purchases and how the meat was packed. I go to butcher at the meat market and ask them to wrap my meat so I won't have to touch those styrofoams! Huge box of cereal and you open the bag, lot smaller than the box, right? You end up paying more for advertisement (box) than what the food is worth! Just a thought, if there were no credit cards in USA and the illusion of wealth(not paid-credit, loans, so on). How much wider apart would be the class system? More poor than the middle class? or what? Credit card, master deception of reality! Yep, recycling is important! Sorry for change of thought! Just thinking I hope I don't see large number of homeless rummaging through trash! -amy - amy Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:57:22 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15290/2255/#comment-54622 How kind of you ChallyGon!!! I know she won't forget your kind act :) -amy - amy Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:51:31 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15290/2255/#comment-54510 There's a woman who comes by and roots through our apartment's garbage cans. I make sure to bring her my recyclables and a bottle of cold water. She's years ahead of Tracy's position. - ChallyGon Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:23:50 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15290/2255/#comment-54463 Oops, should have been more specific, use stainless steel thermos! No plastic ones! -amy - amy Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:31:35 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15290/2255/#comment-54462 I use Thermos and ask them to fill it with iced water... works great for me! - amy Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:30:38 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15290/2255/#comment-54461 That is why I am all for organic! Wicker/rattan furnitures instead of plastics! I also ask at Fast Food places for cup of water and lot of times they are free and some charge 25 cents but it is heck lot cheaper and healthier than what you drink from hot bottle of water!!! Thanks! -amy - amy Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:30:03 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15290/2255/#comment-54460 Lot of things oil company would not tell you! Plastic furnitures? It absorbs through your skin, painted childrens plastic furniture or playground furnitures from China, some contains lead.. how about total honesty! -amy - amy Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:28:03 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15290/2255/#comment-54450 Correct! On both count. -amy - amy Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:33:56 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15290/2255/#comment-54446 Also, is it true that plastic is made from petroleum (one of the ingredients)? Best plan is to recycle. Better than putting into a landfill? - Tracy RealNews Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:24:19 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15290/2255/#comment-54445 May be better to be safe and recycle it anyway? Just in case. That's what I do too. ;) - Tracy RealNews Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:20:43 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15290/2255/#comment-54444 amy, I heard there was an email spoof going around that Sheryl Crow got breast cancer from drinking water from a plastic water bottle. But, have to be careful with these things. It could be true, and if it is the FDA should print warning labels on the bottles so that we are aware of this potential problem. I understand there are different kinds of plastics. Some break begin to chemically break down with heat. Recall that some are Microwavable Safe. Others are not. Also, recall being told at the pet store not to put fish into certain plastic containers. Perhaps, the plastic industry should probably do a better job at being more "transparent" here. No pun intended. ;) - Tracy RealNews Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:18:58 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15290/2255/#comment-54442 So glad to see this program taking place!!! Tracy sure is going the right direction! Going Green! Give credit to those who MADE IT HAPPEN! Keep this plan going! This is so great!!! Warning, do not drink out of the bottle of water, or soda left in the car on hot days since the chemicals from the bottle gets leached into the water. Not good chemicals. Don't allow any liquid to get hot, or leave the bottle in the car, keep it in a cooler. Thanks. -amy - amy Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:56:22 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/15290/2255/#comment-54407 I saw the new blue soda can shaped recycling containers. They look nice in the park on July 4th. Probably keep the park a little cleaner having them around too. Can't wait to see them in the Dry Bean Festival too. Imagine tons of plastic and other recyclable containers that won't have to go into a landfill. All that plastic in the Press photo above could be turned into a park bench at one of our Tracy, CA Parks! Like it! - Tracy RealNews Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:34:49 +0100