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From: dgraham@kean.ucs.mun.ca (David Graham)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Six-pack rings
Message-ID: <173163@kean.ucs.mun.ca>
Date: 20 Dec 90 20:08:52 GMT
References: <13256@milton.u.washington.edu> <743@egrunix.UUCP>
Organization: Memorial University. St.John's Nfld, Canada
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In article <743@egrunix.UUCP>, awesley@egrunix.UUCP (Tony Wesley) writes:
> In article <13256@milton.u.washington.edu>
jespah@milton.u.washington.edu (Kathleen Hunt) writes: 
>>One other note:  before you throw those six-pack rings from beer and sodas
>>in the trash, snip them up!  It takes only a moment to do.  You don't have
>         ^^^^^
>>to cut it into a million little pieces -- just do one snip through each
>>of the circles (including the little tiny circles in the center), so that
>>any animal that gets its head through the rings will not get stuck.  This
>>can be a real life-saver, literally! 
>  
> 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
> trash, it stays in a plastic bag until it goes to the incinerator.  If
> your trash is landfilled and not incinerated, your six pack ring would
> be buried.  In either case, I don't see where it is harmful to
> wildlife.

Well, I don't know about your local landfill, but ours is swarming 
with Herring and Greater Black-backed Gulls, American Crows, Northern 
Ravens all year round, and lots of other gulls and various raptors 
according to season. I suspect that a lot of stuff doesn't get buried 
right away, but lies on the surface for some time, where it can do 
damage. 

I agree that litter is probably worse, though...
 
>>Kathleen
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