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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Officials urging new TV buyers to not junk their analog sets]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/21/officials-urging-new-tv-buyers-to-not-junk-their-analog-sets/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/21/officials-urging-new-tv-buyers-to-not-junk-their-analog-sets/</guid><description><![CDATA[The problem with that is at every single one of these yearly recycling events that towns have the announce "Free Recylcling" from the rooftops and then list 50 things that they dont take or want you to pay $ 25 bucks to get rid of.<br><br>Quit trying to make money from us and just try to break even if you want to be so fracking green and noble.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maxx]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 21st 2008 4:33AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Officials urging new TV buyers to not junk their analog sets]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/21/officials-urging-new-tv-buyers-to-not-junk-their-analog-sets/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/21/officials-urging-new-tv-buyers-to-not-junk-their-analog-sets/</guid><description><![CDATA[Recycling is a business. If recycling was performed at a net loss, these people sure wouldn't be taking our crap any longer. noble or not. While grossly hazardous materials such as those found in CRT monitors and televisions are one thing that I staunchly believe should be properly disposed of at any cost (even if borne by the consumer), most recycling is pointless, maybe other than aluminum and tin which take more energy to create than to recycle. Everything else, especially paper, should just be tossed into the trash along with everything else. It's cheaper to produce new paper from wood pulp than to break down recycled paper back into something usable and the wood material mostly comes from renewable tree farms these days or forest thinning. The cost of going back to dumping everything is a boon to consumers and a load off of municipalities. We've got room for hundreds of thousands of years of trash . . . there was this Bullshit episode a while back that said something like 1000 years of U.S. trash and recyclables would fit in a 35 square mile area, piled up 200 feet high. That's a large space, but spread out across the U.S. that's minuscule. Actually, I'll stop talking, watch this episode of Bullshit. Entertaining and informative:<br><br><a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1444391672891013193" rel="nofollow">http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1444391672891013193</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[catapults.music]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 21st 2008 5:12AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Officials urging new TV buyers to not junk their analog sets]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/21/officials-urging-new-tv-buyers-to-not-junk-their-analog-sets/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/21/officials-urging-new-tv-buyers-to-not-junk-their-analog-sets/</guid><description><![CDATA[@catapult<br><br>You should've stopped talking after your first sentence. <br><br>Quote: "most recycling is pointless." Really?!? I could drive a car with my feet if I wanted to, but that doesn't make it a good f#$ing idea! No, we don't have to recycle, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't. <br><br>You also seem to forgot there are some 200 other countries besides the US. Think they don't have trash either?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Big Wizz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 22nd 2008 9:55AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Officials urging new TV buyers to not junk their analog sets]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/21/officials-urging-new-tv-buyers-to-not-junk-their-analog-sets/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/21/officials-urging-new-tv-buyers-to-not-junk-their-analog-sets/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wow, I have that same exact TV.  <br>While recycling TVs is a great idea, not all can get to a center, which pose a problem.  Big city people can easily find out information to get to one, while rural citizens are left with no clue.  If the government or the CECB wants us to recycle, they need to inform people about where to dump their old TVs.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[vindansam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 21st 2008 8:58AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Officials urging new TV buyers to not junk their analog sets]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/21/officials-urging-new-tv-buyers-to-not-junk-their-analog-sets/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/21/officials-urging-new-tv-buyers-to-not-junk-their-analog-sets/</guid><description><![CDATA[In my county in Florida, they have a weekly pickup that moves around the county Saturdays; there is a chemicals/oil/paints collection but they also take old tv's and electronics.<br><br>Household Chemical Collection Program<br><br>Look it up for your town. <br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mdog]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 21st 2008 12:22PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Officials urging new TV buyers to not junk their analog sets]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/21/officials-urging-new-tv-buyers-to-not-junk-their-analog-sets/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/21/officials-urging-new-tv-buyers-to-not-junk-their-analog-sets/</guid><description><![CDATA[Here's an idea: install the infrastructure that easily allows consumers to recycle their sets and maybe they'll do it. Oh, and do it at least 18 months ahead of the switch.<br><br>You can plead with consumers all you want but unless you make the process easy (we're talking throw it on the curb with your trash, glass, newspaper etc.) you're not going to have very much success in this arena.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Big John]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 21st 2008 6:23PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Officials urging new TV buyers to not junk their analog sets]]></title><link>http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/21/officials-urging-new-tv-buyers-to-not-junk-their-analog-sets/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/21/officials-urging-new-tv-buyers-to-not-junk-their-analog-sets/</guid><description><![CDATA[Oh, that is the Sony KV19TS20 pictured in the article!  What a beautiful television that was!  (Mine is now boxed up.)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[DarylO]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 25th 2008 3:47PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>