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From: jespah@milton.u.washington.edu (Kathleen Hunt)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Sixpack rings
Message-ID: <13299@milton.u.washington.edu>
Date: 20 Dec 90 01:33:21 GMT
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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From: awesley@egrunix.UUCP (Tony Wesley)
*[re cutting up six-pack rings]
*Kathleen, I do this too, altho I never thought about the little
*circles in the center.  But, isn't this one of those things that we do
*just to feel good about ourselves?  If I put the six-pack ring in the
*[...]

If you're *certain* your trash is going to be incinerated, then sure, there's
not much point in cutting up the rings.  The reason I cut mine up is that
I'm not really certain where my trash goes.  Some of it may end up at sea,
and much of it may end up in a landfill.  Many gulls and other birds forage
in landfills, so I think it's worthwhile to cut up the rings just in case.
As I said, it only takes a moment....

You're right in saying that the slobs who litter are a bigger problem, but
there's not much we can do about that, other than press for stiffer 
littering fines, and pick up trash when we see it lying around.

Kathleen