Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[ChaosMom]

more tax: worm hunting (it has rained for the last four days)

 

[Shadrach]

Here lots of glass is recycled but only standardised glass beer bottles are reused after cleaning. All the jars, wine bottles and other bottles are collected in glass containers in 3 colors. White, green and brown. Every supermarket has one on the parking lot and there are more in small recycle stations spread over town.

The recycle factory checks the glass, takes out the wrong glass melts it and makes new bottles/jars.

We recycle glass here. There was a company that developed a pavement layer made from recycled glass. I don't know if they're still in business.
The pastics recycling is a mess here, partly because confusion over product packaging which often mix non recycleable lids to their packaging. Some of the plants that specialise in recycling can't do some of the new plastics.
In my opinion the thing to do is force manufacturers/food companies etc to not use plasitc. So much of the packaging just isn't necessary in the first place.

 

[Shadrach]

When I was a kid, everything was in glass instead of plastic and we took it back to the grocery store. Then we could take glass to the local township recycling center and drop it off. Then they said it was too expensive and quit .

I remember doing that and the milkman with glass bottles and the honey man who came round with lovelu honey in glass jars. There just wasn't much in the way of plastic when I was a kid. Some stuff was made out of Bakelite.

 

[MrsNorthie]

but what about the cost of disposal of the new / old glass and plastic? Are they ignoring that because with single use it's not their problem? (it becomes someone else's, wherever the single use item ends up, and usually the bill is footed by the public purse, so taxpayers, there)

Pretty much. They just don't care about anything but their own bottom line.

 

[MrsNorthie]

They look so pretty jumping for berries! Getting to look at everyone's chicken pictures is a great birthday present

Happy Birthday!

 

[SimpleJenn]

Since integrating, Mr. Marble has been much happier. He loves the chicks and they love him. He was even crowing with one of the teen silkie mixes this morning.

Just another bit of evidence that a rooster belongs with a flock, taking care of chicks.

Little Nosy Posy is a huge fan of him.

 

[Sally PB]

And he of her, by the picture above.

 

[Shadrach]

Dry so I got some work done. Two hours today.

 

[Vulpes vulpes]

Happy birthday. Do you party?

Not really a party person lol. Gonna celebrate with sushi instead

 

[Perris]

Is the rooster watching the dad?

I have no idea (and I don't think they do either). Anyone can mate with anyone here, and [unanticipated bonus] it seems to make all the possible dads feel invested in the youngsters .