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Fleur @Fleura (32432) • United Kingdom 10 Oct 15

A few days ago a tax on single-use plastic bags (the very flimsy type that are barely strong enough to carry your shopping home even once) was introduced in England; a similar scheme has already been in operation in Wales for...

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Anna @porwest - I did not even know that this service existed until I visited your country. You do not miss something you do not even know it exists.

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RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (88568) • Daytona Beach, Florida 30 Aug

The worst day imaginable came for San Francisco, California, when the devastating earthquake and fire struck, which practically wiped out the entire city. Whenever anyone talks about this tragedy, we think how awful for the city,...

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Fleur @Fleura (32432) • United Kingdom 16 Nov 16

Today I spent my whole morning on a tour of our local recycling and energy-from-waste facility. A few weeks ago I spent another morning at a composting and food waste anaerobic digestion facility. I am now an expert in what...

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Jim Bauer @Fleura I really wish they could find a better way. As I mentioned to someone else on another similar post, it comes down to money. If it's not profitable, whoever is collecting the recycling will do whatever is most effective for their bottom lines even if it...

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Fleur @Fleura (32432) • United Kingdom 5 Oct 21

This may not sound particularly startling - but I haven’t had to buy any soap for more than ten years! My mother died in 2011, and left a lot of stuff. One was a stockpile of cleaning products - she liked to make sure she had...

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Jim Bauer @Fleura Exactly. Even if it was bar soap, which I don't use anymore. I'd still use it all up.

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Fleur @Fleura (32432) • United Kingdom 10 Oct 15

A few days ago a tax on single-use plastic bags (the very flimsy type that are barely strong enough to carry your shopping home even once) was introduced in England; a similar scheme has already been in operation in Wales for...

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Jim Bauer @Fleura Usually baggers here are trained in what should go where and how things should be packed. Of course, it doesn't always get done right.

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Fleur @Fleura (32432) • United Kingdom 15 May 24

I wrote a couple of months ago about how I found two nice mirrors in the rubble skip at the recycling centre when I went to get rid of some rocks. I am so sick of looking at this pile of rocks (from when we dug out our pond four...

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Jim Bauer @Fleura One only knows. lol

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Fleur @Fleura (32432) • United Kingdom 10 Oct 15

A few days ago a tax on single-use plastic bags (the very flimsy type that are barely strong enough to carry your shopping home even once) was introduced in England; a similar scheme has already been in operation in Wales for...

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Jim Bauer @Fleura At the end of the day for anything to truly work and make any significant impact, it requires the participation of the end user, and that's the part that's harder to achieve. Lots of people want change. Few people want to do their part, and instead,...

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Fleur @Fleura (32432) • United Kingdom 17 Aug

Supermarkets are under continuous pressure to cut down on plastic use, and they have responded by removing extra layers of packaging and making containers such as milk cartons or lemonade bottles thinner. Now several have...

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Gary Marsh You are absolutely correct on this. It is useless virtual signalling that they are using less plastic but in reality now has a useless form. We tend to decant into other containers with lids. You can buy stretcheable covers which are reuseable. Our recycling...

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Fleur @Fleura (32432) • United Kingdom 27 Feb 24

I hate to throw things away. Anything at all useful, if I don’t keep it in case I need it, I try to pass on to someone else who needs one. Anything in good condition and popular (like clothes or crockery) I donate to a charity...

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Jim Bauer @LindaOHio That would be a question for a tax accountant. I used to know the answer, but I have had an accountant doing my taxes for over 10 years. I just give him my documents and information, and he does the rest.

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Fleur @Fleura (32432) • United Kingdom 27 Feb 24

I hate to throw things away. Anything at all useful, if I don’t keep it in case I need it, I try to pass on to someone else who needs one. Anything in good condition and popular (like clothes or crockery) I donate to a charity...

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LindaOH @porwest It might be worth my while to do that since I have hundreds of dollars worth of clothes and stuff to donate. Thanks.

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Fleur @Fleura (32432) • United Kingdom 7 Feb 18

Plastic waste and litter has been a problem as long as I can remember, and although ‘Knowledge is power’ in this case knowing about the problem doesn’t seem to have helped, in fact it has been getting steadily worse for...

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Jim Bauer @Fleura But that's not happening either. The data doesn't back it up, and all the predictions of gloom and doom and famine has never happened. Ever notice the end of the world is always 12 years out? Once that 12 years happens and nothing ever falls apart they...

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Fleur @Fleura (32432) • United Kingdom 10 Oct 15

A few days ago a tax on single-use plastic bags (the very flimsy type that are barely strong enough to carry your shopping home even once) was introduced in England; a similar scheme has already been in operation in Wales for...

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Judy Story @Fleura I use them for trash afterwards.

30 Aug

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Fleur @Fleura (32432) • United Kingdom 10 Oct 15

A few days ago a tax on single-use plastic bags (the very flimsy type that are barely strong enough to carry your shopping home even once) was introduced in England; a similar scheme has already been in operation in Wales for...

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Jim Bauer @Fleura Well, that's the thing, isn't it? We're always doing something to save something else, and then we find what we replace something with just becomes a new problem to solve. I remember the big push back in the day to save the rainforests. Now we're...

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Fleur @Fleura (32432) • United Kingdom 16 Aug

I was walking across a field when I noticed a bit of frayed binder twine stuck there among the grass. Obviously it had been left behind when the farmer baled hay earlier in the summer. I picked it up because I didn’t want a cow or...

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Jim Bauer Wow. That is a pretty cool find. Nature is something, isn't it?

30 Aug

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Fleur @Fleura (32432) • United Kingdom 27 Feb 24

I hate to throw things away. Anything at all useful, if I don’t keep it in case I need it, I try to pass on to someone else who needs one. Anything in good condition and popular (like clothes or crockery) I donate to a charity...

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Jim Bauer @LindaOHio Yeah. I'd ask. Any tax benefit you can get is worth it.

30 Aug

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Fleur @Fleura (32432) • United Kingdom 27 Feb 24

I hate to throw things away. Anything at all useful, if I don’t keep it in case I need it, I try to pass on to someone else who needs one. Anything in good condition and popular (like clothes or crockery) I donate to a charity...

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LindaOH @porwest I'm hoping they can just answer a question over the phone and bill me.

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Fleur @Fleura (32432) • United Kingdom 27 Feb 24

I hate to throw things away. Anything at all useful, if I don’t keep it in case I need it, I try to pass on to someone else who needs one. Anything in good condition and popular (like clothes or crockery) I donate to a charity...

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Jim Bauer @LindaOHio Some might not even charge you if it's just a simple question, which I would suspect it would be. Even if they did charge you, it probably wouldn't be much.

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Fleur @Fleura (32432) • United Kingdom 27 Feb 24

I hate to throw things away. Anything at all useful, if I don’t keep it in case I need it, I try to pass on to someone else who needs one. Anything in good condition and popular (like clothes or crockery) I donate to a charity...

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LindaOH @porwest The two accountants I called, plus Goodwill and the Salvation Army were of no help. I will still need to try to get through to the IRS. Sigh.

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Fleur @Fleura (32432) • United Kingdom 27 Feb 24

I hate to throw things away. Anything at all useful, if I don’t keep it in case I need it, I try to pass on to someone else who needs one. Anything in good condition and popular (like clothes or crockery) I donate to a charity...

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Jim Bauer @LindaOHio It's a nice write off when you can take it.

30 Aug

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Fleur @Fleura (32432) • United Kingdom 27 Feb 24

I hate to throw things away. Anything at all useful, if I don’t keep it in case I need it, I try to pass on to someone else who needs one. Anything in good condition and popular (like clothes or crockery) I donate to a charity...

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LindaOH @porwest Yes I need to do this. I have tons of stuff to donate. Might as well take it off the taxes.

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