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jadedragon
Administrator
Canada
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 Posted - 10/09/2008 : 22:55:40
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I don't usually post in the Scrap Metal Area - but I saw this story tonight. Another benefit to recycling:
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A couple spent three months collecting and recycling litter to pay for their honeymoon flights.
John and Ann Till, from Petersfield, in Hampshire, UK took thousands of cans and bottles to a recycling centre at a nearby Tesco supermarket.
For every four recycled items, they earned a reward point which was then converted into BA air miles.
They amassed 36,000 miles, which they used to fly back in business class from their US honeymoon.
"There was enough rubbish out there to fly us to the moon and back" John Till
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JerrySpringer
Penny Hoarding Member
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Posted - 10/11/2008 : 18:18:05
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| Yeah, I pick up cans and bottles on my bicycle rides. The deposit return money on it I count for the gas money I spend for my job commute. Actually, too, I need some incentive to ride my bike nowadays when banks are closed on weekends and such. Otherwise, I'd ride my bike to do some bank runs. I can not believe how much litter is out there. |
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moboman
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 10/14/2008 : 10:05:25
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JerrySpringer
Penny Hoarding Member
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Posted - 10/22/2008 : 21:51:17
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| I was thinking the other day as I shook a slug out of a roadside beer-can how nice it is that gasoline prices are dropping. Of course, as we head into the cold months, I can not do the bike riding/ can collection routine as often. Where it used to take 80 cans/bottles to get a gallon of gas, now it takes about 54. Back in the days $1/gallon gasoline what a hoot it would of been if I bothered to collect 20 bottles for a gallon. At first I just rode my bike to save on the gasoline cost doing bank runs looking for copper pennies and after a while I just could not take it anymore riding my bike and seeing all the nickels all over the place waiting to be picked up..... |
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Recycling litter funds honeymoon
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