Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/13

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Subject: [Leica] OT: letting go
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 18:15:21 -0500
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There are a few places that will recycle styrofoam:
http://www.wikihow.com/Recycle-Styrofoam
But it's complicated.  Better to avoid using it!!
The slide trays are all plastic and can be recycled almost anywhere.  I
have several hundred in the attic but I have not been able to get myself to
admit that they have no further use.  Maybe I can build a chicken house out
of them!

Tina


On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 3:38 PM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote:

> If you live in an over-civilized area as I do, the municipal authorities
> distinguish between ?trash/garbage? collecting and ?recycling? collecting.
> Since the carousel trays are solid plastic, they would be in the recyclable
> category.For reasons I do not understand, they do not want to collect
> plastic foam.
>
> Herbert Kanner
> kanner at acm.org
> 650-326-8204
>
> Question authority and the authorities will question you.
>
>
>
>
> On Jan 12, 2014, at 7:32 PM, Bryk Oliver <oliverbryk at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > One of my New Year's Resolutions calls for significantly reducing the
> amount of shelf space taken up by photography-related paraphernalia that I
> have not touched in five or more years. According to my spouse who is
> blessed with an unerring eye in such matters, some 40 Kodak carousel trays
> head the list. It is irrelevant whether the slides have been scanned
> because I am not going to scan them now anyway,
> >
> > What does one do with carousel trays these days? Put them in the trash?
> I shall be grateful for candid advice based on experience.
> >
> > Oliver (M6, M8, no other camera)
> >
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Tina Manley
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In reply to: Message from oliverbryk at comcast.net (Bryk Oliver) ([Leica] OT: letting go)
Message from kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner) ([Leica] OT: letting go)