[speaker001:] All right, uh, how long have they been recycling there in Virginia? [Noise] [TV].
[speaker002:] Um, actually quite a, a, a while. Um, I've lived here for six years and, [clicking] can you hold on just a second? [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Yeah, uh-huh [clicking] [telephone] [long pause].
[speaker002:] Hello.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] Oh, I'm sorry I must have got the other line cut off. Uh, [clicking] so, they've been doing that it for a while now
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and, uh, it, I live in an apartment
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and my ap-, [clicking] [phone] facilities, there it is, hold on [Put on hold].
[speaker001:] Uh-huh [pause]. Hello.
[speaker002:] [Clicking] [phone]. Okay, sorry about that [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Yeah, okay, you're okay,
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] okay [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Uh, anyhow, they have facilities here in my apartment complex for recycling paper only. Uh, I've been recycling for maybe about two years now and, at ano-, ano-, another public facility
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] where they have, you know, recycling of glass, uh, aluminum and paper. Now,
[speaker001:] Have you, have you cycled, recycled plastic also?
[speaker002:] No, and that's what I, I don't understand exactly why they don't have that option.
[speaker001:] We, we have out here
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] uh, up until just this last year in on you are town there wasn't any really good way, they had some bends, *sp: bins
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] around that we could find and put them in but not all that many, it wasn't very well advertised
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] but recently, uh, the refuse department has, has, uh, is working on getting a system going where we will actually have, uh, a bend that we put things in for recycling these other things
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] so it, it should be good, uh,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] I think it's a marvelous idea when you think of, uh, when I just think of the papers that I dump out
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] I mean there just, it's such a I waste, I just hate to think about it.
[speaker002:] Yeah, now an additional thing is, uh, where I work
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] they also have recycling there of, uh, all white paper and of, you know, cans also
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] so, I mean, a lot of people, you know, right at the vending machines,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] they have receptacles that, you know,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] you can just pop your cans in and near the,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] Xerox machines they have places, you know, for your,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] paper, you know, I keep a little box at my desk, you know,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and I just throw, as I'm using the white paper, you know, I just throw it right in there,
[speaker001:] Uh.
[speaker002:] and then, you know, they have someone that comes around and pick it up, you know, every afternoon
[speaker001:] Yeah, that's neat.
[speaker002:] which, you know, is an excellent idea,
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] at work because I know the amount paper they go through [LAUGHTER] there because,
[speaker001:] Yeah, that's right. I guess one of the things, I think, that needs to happen is we need to be better informed about,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] about it, there's needs to be more public, uh,
[speaker002:] Yeah, I would agree with that.
[speaker001:] service of, programs or something that would let us know had a happens to it
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] and helps us to become enthused about it because of what is happening
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] and there's,
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] I've seen a few things but not very much,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] really and I, I think that's a shame they need to, uh, do a little more, I'd like to know, for instance, when I, when they say, uh, plastic, all plastic, what kind of plastic,
[speaker002:] Exactly.
[speaker001:] can you put all together or,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] is there some reason not to, uh, now maybe they just sort it after they get it and throw out what they can't use, I don't know
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] but I, I'd be glad to organize it,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER] if that they'd tell me what it is I'm doing
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] because that would, that would be really helpful. *sep. utt? because as D?
[speaker002:] Uh-huh, yeah, I agree with you there, another thing that I like here which is, I do with, I have to actually go to two different recycling areas because one of them is that, uh, their aluminum cans is for, uh, Children's Hospital, for a burn fund
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] so all the monies are donated, you know,
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] for the recycling to Children's Hospital, which I think is an excellent idea,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh, that's great.
[speaker002:] there, you know, because the other,
[speaker001:] Now that gives,
[speaker002:] public,
[speaker001:] you a little bit of incentive there.
[speaker002:] Right, right,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and before even at work, before they started the recycling plan, which at work they've only been doing since January first of this year, I had had everyone in my department recycling and, you know, I would have them drop,
[speaker001:] Saving them for you, uh.
[speaker002:] right, drop their cans off in my office and then I would haul them, you know, here to this place for the Children's Hospital Fund
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] which got people really going into it,
[speaker001:] I think that's,
[speaker002:] but,
[speaker001:] right. I think, I think helping us be more enthu-, enthusiastic about it,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] helping us maybe, maybe using the money for something special that would be like paying off the national debt [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Uh-huh [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER]. *slash error
[speaker002:] That, there you go.
[speaker001:] Making sure [LAUGHTER]. *slash error
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER] That's for sure.
[speaker001:] But I, I think that's right I think they, there needs to be a little bit more in the area of, of, uh, ad-, advertisement,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] and letting, public letting you understand,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] more of what it is you're doing, why you're doing it, how you're it's done and,
[speaker002:] Right, right.
[speaker001:] what, what happens to it because I think that's, that would help a lot.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh, and I'm sure, you know, in the near future I would think they would be coming out with more,
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] you know, I've seen a definite trend, you know, towards more recycling,
[speaker001:] Yeah, I,
[speaker002:] everywhere, you know, even at McDonald's,
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] you know, with their, their use of no,
[speaker001:] Yes, I, I'm glad,
[speaker002:] foam containers anymore.
[speaker001:] to see some of these things, I think.
[speaker002:] Right. I think, I think it is getting more, you know, advertisement.
[speaker001:] People are becoming more conscience all the time that it's necessary to do,
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] and that we need to somehow get away from the fact that we have to have everything individually wrapped,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] and all these things that,
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] I think that's true. Well, I think, I'm that's about my, uh [LAUGHTER],
[speaker002:] Yeah [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] some on recycling but I, I enjoyed talking to you.
[speaker002:] Okay, well, I did too.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh, all right, bye now.
[speaker002:] Okay. Bye-bye [clicking] [phone clicks hanging up].