comingle

[Joel S. Berson]

At 8/20/2010 11:01 PM, Mark Mandel wrote:

>Starting this month (August 2010), Philadelphia is accepting ALL
>recyclable-coded plastics, 1-7!
>
>And continuing the "Commingle" thread on topic: Observed a few weeks ago
>outside the Zeta Psi frat house on the Penn campus, in an area reserved for
>dumpsters. On one, a printed plastic or laminated sign [I am using / \ for
>the triangle-of-arrows recycling symbol]:
>________________________
>
>Commingled Recyclables
>Glass -- food and beverage containers
>Metal -- food and beverage containers
>Plastic  /1\  and  /2\  only
>NO TRASH
>________________________
>
>
>Another bin there has a handwritten sign:
>
>________________________
>
>COMINGLE ONLY
>________________________

The last must be what they do on the Penn campus in co-ed housing.

Joel

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