Comments on: Aluminum recycling in Corvallis http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/03/19/aluminum-recycling-in-corvallis/ | social justice | higher education | technology | Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:22:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Eric Stoller http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/03/19/aluminum-recycling-in-corvallis/#comment-13147 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:26:38 +0000 http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/03/19/aluminum-recycling-in-corvallis/#comment-13147 Good point. Thanks for commenting :-) Good point. Thanks for commenting :-)

]]> by: Ted http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/03/19/aluminum-recycling-in-corvallis/#comment-13068 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:06:53 +0000 http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/03/19/aluminum-recycling-in-corvallis/#comment-13068 Yeah, but the plants along the Columbia were nasty polluters and were only there because they got electricity for 2 cents a KWh while the rest of use pay 6 cents. Once the subsidy was gone they moved on and the cheap hydro power for residence and industry means less gas and coal burned facilities to supply power for the NW. Yeah, but the plants along the Columbia were nasty polluters and were only there because they got electricity for 2 cents a KWh while the rest of use pay 6 cents. Once the subsidy was gone they moved on and the cheap hydro power for residence and industry means less gas and coal burned facilities to supply power for the NW.

]]> by: Tim http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/03/19/aluminum-recycling-in-corvallis/#comment-5529 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:15:03 +0000 http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/03/19/aluminum-recycling-in-corvallis/#comment-5529 We don't have any aluminum smelters on the West Coast anymore because of the stupid assed environmentalists! Great thinking. 1940's to 1980's there were tons of them at every dam along the Columbia River! Tim We don’t have any aluminum smelters on the West Coast anymore because of the stupid assed environmentalists! Great thinking. 1940’s to 1980’s there were tons of them at every dam along the Columbia River!

Tim

]]> by: Eric Stoller http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/03/19/aluminum-recycling-in-corvallis/#comment-5326 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:56:22 +0000 http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/03/19/aluminum-recycling-in-corvallis/#comment-5326 I received the following email from Allied Waste today: <blockquote> Our aluminum is shipped to the east coast because that is where the best market is. Allied Waste doesn't actually do the shipping. Once we send materials to the material recovery facility, they sell the commodities for the highest price they can get. I am not aware of aluminum recycling in this area. You are probably aware that aluminum is one of the most valuable recycling commodities. Making aluminum from virgin materials is so energy intensive, that enough electricity to power a television for 2 hours is saved for each can recycled. I agree that local markets are best. The material recovery facility also looks for local markets whenever possible and told me when I checked with them that they are always looking for west coast markets. Allied Waste of Albany-Lebanon & Corvallis</blockquote> I received the following email from Allied Waste today:

Our aluminum is shipped to the east coast because that is where the best market is. Allied Waste doesn’t actually do the shipping. Once we send materials to the material recovery facility, they sell the commodities for the highest price they can get. I am not aware of aluminum recycling in this area. You are probably aware that aluminum is one of the most valuable recycling commodities. Making aluminum from virgin materials is so energy intensive, that enough electricity to power a television for 2 hours is saved for each can recycled. I agree that local markets are best. The material recovery facility also looks for local markets whenever possible and told me when I checked with them that they are always looking for west coast markets.

Allied Waste of Albany-Lebanon & Corvallis

]]> by: Rick Leaf http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/03/19/aluminum-recycling-in-corvallis/#comment-5250 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:03:52 +0000 http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/03/19/aluminum-recycling-in-corvallis/#comment-5250 http://ovsc.blogspot.com/2007/01/mystery-guest-for-recycling.html oops forgot to leave the URL in last post. http://ovsc.blogspot.com/2007/01/mystery-guest-for-recycling.html

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