Another day with Rumpke

Vale,
Update on the exciting first week, we went to another Rumpke facility: Rumpke Recycling!  We went on this field trip with the Christ and Good Sam interns so I got to see my long lost friend, Laura =).  Again, a very interesting field trip.

 We were able to tour the recycling facility at Rumpke and see how they separate out all the recycled goods we throw away (some they can take, a lot they can't take).  It was actually a very interesting process and very well engineered. I found out that we are actually not supposed to put the lids of products such as 2 liters, milk jugs, etc. in the recycling. In addition, the numbers on the bottom of products pretty much do not mean anything. They cannot take anything that is a 1 or 2 as many have been told. They can only take plastics that are in jug or bottle shapes. So, no orange juice cartons or butter containers! In addition, no plastic bags, styrofoam, drinking glasses, and metal scraps. I did not know any of this going in, and we learned that many people employed are there to solely there to separate out the items we throw out in our recycling that they cannot accept. We heard an interesting story that some genius in Cincinnati decided to recycle a deer carcass.  What a smart person; it contaminated the plant and all the recyclables; in addition, they had to shut down for a few hours.  Thank you to the smart hillbillies that Cincinnati produces.
       Another interesting side of the tour was what they do with the recyclable products.
-Aluminum cans- sent to the Anheuser- Busch company were they are melted down and reused within a matter of days.
- Glass Bottles- sent to a company that uses them to make fiber glass
- Plastic- sent to a company that make underground plastic tubing
There are more, I just can't think of them right now.
      We also learned that you can take your caps from 2liters and milk jugs that Rumpke cannot accept to some Aveda Salons where they will use them for mascara cases and lipstick cases.
This was a very eye opening experience into what it means to go green.  There are so many uses for products that we can utilize so that our used products do not end up in a landfill.  I will admit I was not recycling before this tour of Rumpke but this experience has definitely changed my mind.

Porter loves recycling.

Excited to start my acute care rotation at St. Elizabeth's Monday! Still so much to do.
Salvete