Recycling plastics - what the numbers mean + cheat sheet…
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On most plastic jars, containers and other packaging of products you buy, you’ll find what’s generally accepted as the recycling logo with a number in the middle and sometimes letters underneath stamped into the plastic.
The recycling logo can be a little misleading - just about anything can be recycled, but sometimes not without major effort. It’s a little bit like extracting oil from under the ocean bed compared to extracting oil from tar sands; none of it’s really good as such, but some plastics are far, far worse than others.
The Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI) implemented the system in 1988 to allow recyclers to be able to tell the different types of plastics when sorting. Basically, the numbers in the triangle indicate the grade of plastic - the resin ID code. It’s now a system that’s used in many different countries.
The following is what to look for and what it all means. If you’re in a rush, you might like to download my free plastics recycling cheat sheet (PDF) - it’s a handy tool you can print out and pin up where you have your garbage and recycling bins - and saves you having to remember what each code signifies.
(via greenlivingtips)
1 day ago
Weekly Address: Tragedy at Fort Hood…
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The President condemns the “despicable” attacks at Fort Hood, honoring those who were killed and injured. He also commends those who stood up to help and console those affected: “even as we saw the worst of human nature on full display, we also saw the best of America.”
(via The White House)
1 day ago
Strange Neutron Star Solves Mystery of Milky Way’s Youngest Supernova
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Scientists have finally identified the mysterious source of X-ray emissions at the center of our galaxy’s youngest supernova: Inside the remains of Cassiopeia A sits a baby neutron star surrounded by a thin layer of carbon. Discovered in Chandra’s “First Light” image obtained in 1999, the point-like X-ray source at the center of Cas A was presumed to be a neutron star, or pulsar, the typical remnant of an exploded star, but it surprisingly did not show any evidence for X-ray or radio pulsations.
Pulsars rank at or near the top of freaky phenomena found in our Universe. In the early 1930s, California Institute of Technology astrophysicist, Fred Zwicky, an immigrant from Bulgaria, focused his attention on a question that had long troubled astronomers: the appearance of random, unexplained points of light, new stars.
(via dailygalaxy)
2 days ago
On This Day In History - November 5th 1955
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In 1955, Doctor Emmet Lathrop Brown was standing on a toilet hanging a wall clock when he slipped and beat his head on the bathroom sink. Unconscious, Doc had a vision. And that vision was that of a flux capacitor — the device that makes time travel possible. The rest, my friends, is history. Or should I say, future? Time travel joke!
(via Geekologie)
3 days ago
Thursday…
3 days ago
Physicists discover that the structure of a brain cell is the same as the entire universe.
One is only micrometers wide. The other is billions of light-years across. One shows neurons in a mouse brain. The other is a simulated image of the universe. Together they suggest the surprisingly similar patterns found in vastly different natural phenomena. (David Constantine)
more here
(via furth:kayfabe:noahkai:lickystickypickyme:)
3 days ago
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Duane Park restaurant in Manhattan has begun hosting an Opera Night series where Ms. Epstein has been invited to sing. The restaurant is located at 157 Duane Street. For reservations, please call 212.732.5555. 8 PM - 10 PM
(if you’re interested there will be more shows upcoming. This was my first time and I have to say it was amazing. Dara was awesome, best one there!)
3 days agoNow time for a bazillion omg baseball posts from a bunch of "true Yankees" fans who wouldn't know what a full count was if their life depended on it....
Good night…
There are people who don’t know what a full count is?
There are people who don’t know where Idaho is.
3 days ago