Re: [Amc-list] Saturn SC 2 - 'Regression Therapy' -

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: "Garry Nordstrom" <gasnordstrom@xxxxxxxxxxx>
" 
" you like these cars, just think of what they are made of and how they can be 
" recycled.   As of now, here in the U.S. we do not know what to do with the 
" composite bodies.. Composite materials must be addressed, and I have talked 
" to Saturn, they have no answer, I would much rather have metal
" Garry-non tree hugger, just practical

much of cars today is non-recyclable.  anecdote: big power co in az
lobbied hard for a 'crusher bill' so they could use the pollution
credits to delay cleaning themselves up.  after it passed - oops
sorry, we need a landfill permit, only half the car is reusable...

we need a powerful green party like germany.  they have strong
disposal laws requiring the -maker- to handle the item and any packing
materials.  one result is that if you take a german car apart you'll
find every scrap of plastic marked with the little recycle triangle.
redesigning those parts to use recyclable plastics was no trivial job,
but they managed it.

another is no big flashy mostly empty space-grabbing packaging on
drugstore shelves.  big boxes that crowd competition off the shelves
make sense when we have to throw them away, but the economics change
when the makers have to eat the paper and plastic.
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Andrew Hay                                  the genius nature
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