commingle(d) = 'stuff to recycle'

[Mark Mandel]

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
________________________

m a m


On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:

> Alas, Philadelphia still recycles plastics of only types 1 (PETE) and 2
> (PP); all others are still trash here. *BUT* those two types and paper,
> cans, and glass jars/bottles all go in a single container.
>
> It's not surprising that different localities with different commingling
> rules have therefore different referents for "commingle(d (materials))".
>
> m a m
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 10:41 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>  I hope that's not entirely what's going on in Philadelphia. Most
>> Boston suburban towns have had recycling by type of recyclable since the
>> early 1990s. Sometime later (before 2000), many started gathering all
>> recyclables except newsprint and cardboard in a single bin, usually
>> labeled "Commingle" or "Commingles".  (But not all--some suburbs and, I
>> believe, Boston proper , still collect separately.) I've heard some
>> locals refer to the recyclables as "commingables". But paper/cardboard
>> are not a part of that, nor are non-can metals, liquids (motor oil,
>> battery acid), mercury-laden batteries, etc. It's basically a single bin
>> for glass, plastic, drink cans and food cans. Different locations have
>> different plastic collected--some go 1-4, others 1-6. This is quite
>> different from what they used to do, which was sort all plastic and
>> metal cans separately (aluminum separate from "tin"), and glass
>> separated by color. In Europe, glass is still separated by color.
>>
>>     VS-)
>>
>>
>

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