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#1
Posted 30 December 2011 - 05:12 AM
http://earth911.com/...s-eve-confetti/
Really? Still? This is ridiculous. How many trees are cut down so people can litter the
streets?
ARGH!
Celebrate the new year in a green way.
http://www.greenlivi...e-party-5-tips/
#2
Posted 30 December 2011 - 08:42 AM
Shortpoet-GTD, on 30 December 2011 - 05:12 AM, said:
I can recall seeing people dumping confetti-like stuff on New Years eve out upper floor windows in San Francisco's financial district. Ended up ankle deep in places.
Not purchased confetti though.
Was a little tickertape, quite a bit of used paper tape (the teletype kind), used punch cards and lots of used desk calendars.
Those things aren't used anymore. Desk calendars some still, I guess.
Commercial building upper floor windows don't open anymore anyway.
Dating myself here...
#3
Posted 30 December 2011 - 10:12 AM
that last 10 pounds, their old boyfriend, etc.
but it's wasteful and stupid, no matter what the original source was.
(And you're dating yourself? Ha! I was around when paper was invented.)
#4
Posted 30 December 2011 - 12:02 PM
#5
Posted 30 December 2011 - 04:00 PM
#6
Posted 30 December 2011 - 07:34 PM
Better not to have confetti anymore since it will just wasting resources and could really block some water way or be scattered on the sea brought by the wind or whatever it would bring it there.
Anyways, Happy New Year to Everyone!
#7
Posted 30 December 2011 - 08:45 PM
What I hate is mylar confetti. The shiny, glittery, plastic stuff. While it can be recycled, most places don't accept it for recycling. It's just another example of a useful material being overused for unnecessary over-consumption.
#8
Posted 30 December 2011 - 09:17 PM
#9
Posted 31 December 2011 - 03:25 AM
end up in the waterways, choking birds and fish.
And you're right, Alli about fireworks too. I hadn't considered the air pollution from them.
Perhaps an (American made) l.e.d. light display would be the most environmentally friendly.
#10
Posted 31 December 2011 - 06:50 AM
#11
Posted 31 December 2011 - 11:23 AM
#12
Posted 31 December 2011 - 07:21 PM
#13
Posted 01 January 2012 - 07:49 AM
We've been shooting off fireworks for decades. Why are birds supposedly falling to their deaths from fireworks?
We've had the news for awhile now. We've had the net for awhile now. It just seems weird that "all of a sudden"
we're hearing report after report on this in recent months.
I don't want to derail this topic, but I'm not entirely convinced it's the result of fireworks.
I also wonder why it's in Arkansas.
Why not New York, or Vegas where they have bigger fireworks displays. I know there are more trees
in Arkansas for them to roost in, but New York state has forested areas too.
What do you think?
"Thousands of dead blackbirds rained down on a town in central Arkansas last New Year's Eve after revelers set off fireworks
that spooked them from their roost,
and officials were reporting a similar occurrence Saturday as 2012 approached.
Police in Beebe said dozens of blackbirds had fallen dead, prompting officers to ban residents from shooting fireworks
Saturday night. It wasn't immediately clear if fireworks were again to blame, but authorities weren't taking a chance."
http://www.huffingto...kusaolp00000003
#14
Posted 01 January 2012 - 11:45 AM
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Posted 01 January 2012 - 02:13 PM
#16
Posted 01 January 2012 - 03:53 PM
#17
Posted 01 January 2012 - 04:26 PM
jasserEnv, on 01 January 2012 - 11:45 AM, said:
#18
Posted 01 January 2012 - 04:29 PM
MakingCents, on 01 January 2012 - 02:13 PM, said:
Maybe some hard core greener is out there sweeping it up to recycle it, but ???? it's doubtful.
It's landfill bound.
#19
Posted 03 January 2012 - 08:40 AM
#20
Posted 03 January 2012 - 08:46 AM
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