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Unread 04-10-2006, 12:49
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Re: Dumpster Diving

Wow.. and I thought my family was the only one who liked to "recycle" this way... We're not into dumpster diving per se, but have been known to occasionally help the sanitation engineers by removing some of their work which was put out at the curb!
Here in CT when my kids were young, there was a recycle organization that got things from local companies and you could fill a bag for $1. We would bring home eyeglasses (minus the lenses), empty lipstick tubes, cardboard tubes, etc. etc. All the way home we'd go over our "treasures" and the kids would build stuff for hours. Even now I can't pass by an empty computer box or styrofoam insert or heavy duty cardboard tube without thinking, "Can this be an ambulance? Fire truck? Television set? Matchbox car tunnel? Troll house?"
If you live up this way, a great place to check out is Flexcon in Spencer, MA. They manufacture pressure-sensitive films. Like in window "cling" material and bumper sticker material, or the stuff that goes on bus windows that you can print on but see through. I haven't been in a few years, but they used to allow non-profits and youth groups to take away leftover material. It's great for teams making spirit items, etc.

"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.” - Thomas Edison
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