<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Umbra on recycling condoms]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by cabbagehead http://www.grist.org/article/condoms/ Mon, 09 Jan 2006 09:16:52 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/condoms/1 Where the rubber meets the road

Thanks for a much needed chuckle, and the enviro-logic in this piece is spot on.  The graphic is priceless.

]]> Where the rubber meets the road

Thanks for a much needed chuckle, and the enviro-logic in this piece is spot on.  The graphic is priceless.

]]> Comment #2 by danyelma http://www.grist.org/article/condoms/ Tue, 10 Jan 2006 02:21:56 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/condoms/2 Condom-drum

The conundrum of whether or not to recycle condoms is an interesting one. But, because recyling is always the last option (reduce, reuse, recylce), we just might be more effective by REDUCING our condom use instead....

Many people already do this using natural family planning (NFP). NFP is a form of birth control that charts a woman's natural cycle (using temperature and mucus) to determine when she is fertile; thus eliminating the need for condoms and the waste they bring with them.

If done correctly, this can be just as effective as condoms at preventing pregnancy. However, because it does not protect against STDs it is ideal for people in long term monogamous relationships. You can begin charting your cycle in conjunction with a medical professional or you can purchase books to get you started at any bookstore.  It might take more time up front, but in the long run many believe it is worth it. In addition, many people trust it more than birth control pills.

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The conundrum of whether or not to recycle condoms is an interesting one. But, because recyling is always the last option (reduce, reuse, recylce), we just might be more effective by REDUCING our condom use instead....

Many people already do this using natural family planning (NFP). NFP is a form of birth control that charts a woman's natural cycle (using temperature and mucus) to determine when she is fertile; thus eliminating the need for condoms and the waste they bring with them.

If done correctly, this can be just as effective as condoms at preventing pregnancy. However, because it does not protect against STDs it is ideal for people in long term monogamous relationships. You can begin charting your cycle in conjunction with a medical professional or you can purchase books to get you started at any bookstore.  It might take more time up front, but in the long run many believe it is worth it. In addition, many people trust it more than birth control pills.

]]> Comment #3 by Tree Hugger http://www.grist.org/article/condoms/ Tue, 10 Jan 2006 02:23:45 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/condoms/3 When the rubber hits...

I hate to admit that I've pondered on this flushing issue as well...

What I've ended up doing is leaving them outside to dry.  Hopefully in a place that can't be seen or touched by the wind.  Hate to see your old condoms 'tumbleweeding' down the street.  They dry up in a day or two, then you can comfortably toss them in your waste basket.  Or plant them to grow more environmentalists!

]]> When the rubber hits...

I hate to admit that I've pondered on this flushing issue as well...

What I've ended up doing is leaving them outside to dry.  Hopefully in a place that can't be seen or touched by the wind.  Hate to see your old condoms 'tumbleweeding' down the street.  They dry up in a day or two, then you can comfortably toss them in your waste basket.  Or plant them to grow more environmentalists!

]]> Comment #4 by tirebyter http://www.grist.org/article/condoms/ Thu, 12 Jan 2006 10:32:07 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/condoms/4 RE: condom recycle

as a worker at a wastewater treatment plant, let me assure you that NO ONE goes fishing for rubbers!

the product eventually winds up in an anerobic digester and is reduced to sludge.

microrganisms (the bugs) are busy surviving in a body-temp "black hole" tank and can't make any judgements, especially on food choices.

as long as a handy toilet is near, down they go!

that's life.

]]> RE: condom recycle

as a worker at a wastewater treatment plant, let me assure you that NO ONE goes fishing for rubbers!

the product eventually winds up in an anerobic digester and is reduced to sludge.

microrganisms (the bugs) are busy surviving in a body-temp "black hole" tank and can't make any judgements, especially on food choices.

as long as a handy toilet is near, down they go!

that's life.

]]> Comment #5 by Amfora http://www.grist.org/article/condoms/ Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:43:23 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/condoms/5 recycling condoms

There exist many ways of recycling used condoms.
I was deeply shocked finding out of a man from Singapore with some unique taste. He has an odd collection from hundreds of the used "snowdrops of love" on his bathroom window.Neighbors downstair have been complaining about his gross act for a while. Some of the condoms are rotting from the sun, and when it rains, the water washes the condoms causing them to drip on the neighbor's windows.
In the Guangdong province in China Green-minded entrepreneurs  take used condoms and recycle them into elastic hairbands, which are then sold at local beauty salons.
But if you don't share above mentioned ways of recycling used condoms you simply can follow the rule of not flushing them down the toilet and recycle these plastic items along with soda bottles and similar products.


]]> recycling condoms

There exist many ways of recycling used condoms.
I was deeply shocked finding out of a man from Singapore with some unique taste. He has an odd collection from hundreds of the used "snowdrops of love" on his bathroom window.Neighbors downstair have been complaining about his gross act for a while. Some of the condoms are rotting from the sun, and when it rains, the water washes the condoms causing them to drip on the neighbor's windows.
In the Guangdong province in China Green-minded entrepreneurs  take used condoms and recycle them into elastic hairbands, which are then sold at local beauty salons.
But if you don't share above mentioned ways of recycling used condoms you simply can follow the rule of not flushing them down the toilet and recycle these plastic items along with soda bottles and similar products.


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