I moved from Southern California to Northern Wisconsinand I am not used to the harsh weatherWe have a deep well on our farm which is about 25 feet from the house The well is above ground (now with a heat lamp on it)It is in a casing about 6 inches wide with a metal pipe sticking up out of the top 7quot;First , I want to know if I pour hot water down the small pipe if it will helpThe problem is I don't know where the freeze isThe pipe goes from the well underground and then up through our basementwhich is 7 ft under the groundThe motor of the pump hums but the water tank , which is in the basement is not making the clinking noise it usually makes when the water is working properlyHow do I find out where the freeze is ? We have had -25 below with terrible winds and very little snow this year (2 quot;) I have small children and farm animals and buying water by the jug is getting oldI would appreciate any advice .and No-I am not moving ! : )Someone mentioned antifreeze ???
Difficult question - depends how much energy is used to take it to be recycled (e.gmiles travelled petrol used) whether it is going to be reused as is (much better) or broken down and reworkedSomeone else rightly pointed out that it reduces landfill, which can only be a good thingI think encouraging reuse wherever possible is the best way to go that governments / manufacturers should (re)introduce deposit schemes on glass and plastic bottles / containers, etc (as in Holland, for example)We should also insist on less packaging and better made goods that last longer to also help reduce wasteBut until thenI'd say recycling beats landfill!!
is the basement cold? Try heating the line from the well that comes into the basementI'm guessing it would be a black plastic pipeI would be hard pressed to believe that your water line wasn't buried below the frost line in WisconsinSeal the basement up as best as possible, eliminate any drafts and maybe put some styrofoam insulation over the windows if applicableMaybe insulate the bond with fiberglass bats, where the walls meet the ceiling if not already doneIt's also possible that your pump is badas a suggestion take a thermometer into the basement and check the temperatureAnd if at all possible maybe contact the previous owner, he may have some insight to your problemStay away from the anti-freeze and the boiling water.
With paper, you are removing the phases where the tree is cut down, turned into pulp, refined, made into paste, and made into paperWhen you recycle, the pulp and (depending on the methods used) refinement phases can be skippedThe difference in transportation costs pays for any sorting being doneWith plastic, you remove the drilling of the petroleum, the refinement of the petroleum into the ingredients, and the mixing of the ingredients to make plasticWhen you recycle, you have to melt the existing plastic and reform itFor most plastics, this is very cost-efficient, but the softer the plastic, the more it costs to recycle - with plastic shopping bags, the cost is the same or more to recycle; we are trying to keep this out of the landfillsGlass and aluminum have the same cost benefitsPeople have been recycling glass since it was invented!
Visy industries makes huge sums of money recycling paperIf a business is able to make it commercially viable, then it is worthwhileWhen paper gets recycled, a lot of trees are not cut down From Visy's website That amount of paper is equal to more than 18 million trees and provides a significant contribution to reducing greenhouse gases normally associated with waste paper going into landfill They are referring to a yearly amount- 18 million trees per year from this company alone is a lot of trees and a lot of paper With the cost of oil going up, it is going to become even more cost effective to recycle plasticsWe constantly see break through in the way things are processed making them even more cost effectiveA recent invention I saw was a small mobile processing plant that was able to use all of the different bits of old tyres to reuseSo I think it is worth it.
Absolutely! Do you know that we need petroleum to make plastic? We all know how much that costs these days! When we recycle paper we're saving trees.Hence, newspapers made with recycled paper and printed with soy ink! Why would you even ask if you should recycle glass? Is it biodegradable? No!! Will glass break down in the soil if you just leave it there? NO!Can you imagine how much glass(aluminum/plastic/paper, too!) would be piled up in landfills if everyone on the planet did not recycle? Recycling is necessary for the whole planet and everyone to survive in the future! We need to stop depleting our resources and get off our behinds and do something about it! We need to make the time in our days to recycle everything we can!
