Sunday, January 11, 2009

Tally of items collected in December 2008

RECYCLABLES

  • 33.5 aluminum cans (31.5 alcoholic, 2 Diet Coke)
  • 16 glass bottles (12 alcoholic, 1 without a label but believed to be a beer bottle, 3 non-alcoholic)
  • 62 plastic bottles (32 plain water, 2 former water bottles repurposed for holding other beverages, 16 other non-alcoholic beverages, 4 alcoholic, 8 unknown)
  • 3 torn plastic bags
  • 1 brown paper bag
  • 2 newspaper sections

REUSABLES

  • 12 plastic carrier bags
  • 12 small plastic bags of a size suitable for dog waste (number includes a plastic sleeve I knotted at one end to turn it into a bag)
  • 1 coat hanger
  • 3 black pens
  • 1 blue pen

TRASH

  • 1 set of 6-pack rings from around Coors Light cans
  • 1 plastic carrier bag so filthy I threw it in the nearest trash can
  • 1 plastic bottle lacking a recycling symbol and resin type
  • 2 torn plastic bags without resin numbers
  • 1 dead pen

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