Adam Pieniazek - Latest Comments in The Environmentally Damaging City of Boston Recycling Program

Re: The Environmentally Damaging City of Boston Recycling Program

Adam Pieniazek — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:05:35 -0000

True anon, but no one is claiming that my iPhone is environmentally friendly. A recycling box on the other hand explicitly implies environmental friendliness.

Re: The Environmentally Damaging City of Boston Recycling Program

Anonymous — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:44:34 -0000

Your iphone came from China. That is a little bit further than Canada.

Re: The Environmentally Damaging City of Boston Recycling Program

Rosanne — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:14:40 -0000

Hi Adam - I am wondering if you ever did send that letter, and what was the response from the city? Or maybe it is posted elsewhere and I missed it?
thanks, Rosanne

"I’ll have to send off a letter to the City of Boston agency responsible for the bins and try and get a concrete reasoning behind this whole situation. It’s strange how a place like Cambridge is labeled liberal but is almost militaristically liberal (be our kind of liberal or else sort of mentality). My neighborhood of Dorchester seems much more liberal in the literal sense than Cambridge, we have tons and tons of diversity and respect all kinds of viewpoints whereas it seems Cambridge shuns all but a certain brand of liberalism. Of course I’m biased, having lived in Dorchester the majority of my life, it’s my favorite part of Boston."

Re: The Environmentally Damaging City of Boston Recycling Program

Mark — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:42:07 -0000

Adam,
I totally agree with our necessity for more self sufficiency in Massachusetts and America as a whole.

Most people don't know that Canada is the United States largest trading partner. They have considerable manufacturing capacity in many different industries, from forest products, to plastics and machinery. We import more oil from Canada than Saudi Arabia.

Re: The Environmentally Damaging City of Boston Recycling Program

Adam Pieniazek — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:24:30 -0000

Ah, pero hablo espanol un poco.

Hehe...be careful with babelfish, it's not that accurate!

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heather — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:25:13 -0000

the only problem i forsee with sharing my paper is that its for my spanish 2 class so it'll be in spanish for the entirety! bablefish here we come... =)

Re: The Environmentally Damaging City of Boston Recycling Program

Adam Pieniazek — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:21:19 -0000

Thanks for clarifying to mike, heather. I was quite confused by the pro-Canada people being so upset by this post, if anything I imply that Canada > Boston, at least for recycling.

For sure you can use the idea for your paper. I'd be curious as to how it turns out, perhaps you could send me a copy?

Good luck!

:-)

Re: The Environmentally Damaging City of Boston Recycling Program

heather — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:38:19 -0000

mike -
i think adam actually DOES have a life, and thats why he cares to write about important matters such as recycling. nowhere did he say anything negative about canada except that its far away from boston. and thus, i think YOU need to get a life.

adam - do you mind if i use this idea for a minor research paper i'm doing on the boston recycling program? let me know, thanks :)

Re: The Environmentally Damaging City of Boston Recycling Program

mike — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:52:19 -0000

Get a Life Yank.

Canada ROCKS and is CLEAN.

Re: The Environmentally Damaging City of Boston Recycling Program

Adam Pieniazek — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:51:01 -0000

I'll work on that anon, I'll let you know how it goes. One day I hope to become awesome like you and post anonymous comments telling people to get a life. They say I'm a dreamer but dammit anon, hope is all we have!

Re: The Environmentally Damaging City of Boston Recycling Program

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:51:18 -0000

Get a life

Re: The Environmentally Damaging City of Boston Recycling Program

Adam Pieniazek — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:20:15 -0000

Your though is on point economically, though we don't know if the bins were even cheaper. For all we know someone in power knew someone with a factory in Canada and was helping them out with a big order (would not surprise me the least bit...).

In the end, we can't say for sure which location would have best served as a manufacturing place for this bins. Making them here in Massachusetts would also release pollutants into the air, thus being worse for the environment in the state.

I'll have to send off a letter to the City of Boston agency responsible for the bins and try and get a concrete reasoning behind this whole situation.

It's strange how a place like Cambridge is labeled liberal but is almost militaristically liberal (be our kind of liberal or else sort of mentality). My neighborhood of Dorchester seems much more liberal in the literal sense than Cambridge, we have tons and tons of diversity and respect all kinds of viewpoints whereas it seems Cambridge shuns all but a certain brand of liberalism. Of course I'm biased, having lived in Dorchester the majority of my life, it's my favorite part of Boston.

Re: The Environmentally Damaging City of Boston Recycling Program

Adam Hengels — Mon, 26 May 2008 00:31:56 -0000

My thought is usually that if something is cheaper, it probably had less input of resources. Whether those inputs be material, land, labor, or transport costs. But, our roads are socialized, so....

Sometimes the extra costs of environmental action are only justified by the feel-good effect, even if they are a net burden on the environment.

But, you are in Boston. You know no reasable policy is ever created there. (I spent a year in the People's Republic of Cambridge, the least liberal place I've ever lived, and I mean liberal in the literal sense.)

Re: The Environmentally Damaging City of Boston Recycling Program

Adam Pieniazek — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:25:07 -0000

Thanks for stopping by Todd.

In the grand scheme, you're right that Canada isn't that far away. Still, if those bins were made in Massachusetts we could have prevented a significant amount of petroleum being burned to transport all these bins to Boston.

Plus, we don't know where in Canada these bins were made. It is a big country after all and the distance from coast to coast would alter how much energy was used up during transport significantly.

Re: The Environmentally Damaging City of Boston Recycling Program

todd from talking dynamics — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:39:13 -0000

Canada inst that far away from Boston, just a train and truck away.

better than it coming from china.