ELBorbah

ELBorbah at 10:54AM November 18

What a great idea. I think the city needs to demolish more abandoned homes and turn them into neighborhood gardens.

ELBorbah at 8:26AM October 07

The city needs to start knocking down abandoned houses and other neighborhood blights and replacing them with micro-forests and other green spaces.

elipatton at 8:44AM October 07

The city lost a tremendous opportunity toward promoting mass transit when they failed to connect the new airport to the convention center and downtown with a rapid rail system. There is no need to rent cars or use taxi service for the thousands that use our convention center every year. We have made the downtown so accessable for the convention goer that there is no need for a rental car.

wildchild at 10:20AM October 08

Indpls is a mess, environmentally, socially, and financially. Basically, we are lazy. 44th out of 50? 49th or so for health? at the bottom for air quality as well? and education? and bankrupcy? and foreclosures? let’s face it, we rank at the bottom of every list there is for quality of life in the US. Even New York City ranks higher than we do! Change comes from the bottom, from voters. If voters don’t demand change, there won’t be any because we have no leaders in society today. If you want a better city, you need to demand it at the voting booth. If they’ve been in office a while and no changes are coming forth, it’s time to vote change.

ELBorbah at 9:24AM October 02

The El Borbah has already pre planned his green funeral – Viking style in his ’73 Chevy El Camino!

GlobalWarmingIsALie at 6:09PM October 02

Of course “green” burial it is going to cost more. The whole “green” thing is perfectly capitalistic. Very Little that is “green” is cheaper than the nasty earth killing non-green options. From light bulbs and cars to vegies and natural HBA products…. Going Green cost more. Big companies are getting in on the “green” movement because it is a profit maker. Example…now you can pay more for lighter weight Zip Lock bags made with wind power….. I’m sure there takin’ a loss on every box of those they sell. What a joke!

Just tell me where I can send $100 or so to ofset all the CO2 I exhaled today and feel better about myself so I can sleep tonight. Yawn.

The best way to be “Green” is to simply consume less. Less food, fewer consumer products. Do you really need a new TV, Cell Phone, Car, Cooler, Washer, Dinner ware, Underwear….. is there really anything wrong with what you have?

MiniDriver at 4:54PM October 14

The best way to be “Green” is to simply consume less. Less food, fewer consumer products. Do you really need a new TV, Cell Phone, Car, Cooler, Washer, Dinner ware, Underwear….. is there really anything wrong with what you have?

Great tip! You’ve hung out here long enough that some eco-friendly ideas are finally coming out!

CustomPubs at 10:03AM September 25

Tomorrow’s ToxAway Day at Glendale will take up to 27-inch TVs, but that won’t help you. Try calling the Office of Environmental Services at (317) 327-2234.

iampotatoes at 10:31AM October 07

This sounds interesting but another FANTASTIC idea is the Indianapolis Earth Hour Campaign, which would be even more helpful. Please check it out!!

IndySun at 10:44AM September 18

As far as I know the only option is to landfill it… unless it’s still in fairly good shape and you can find a neighbor who might be able to re-use it. Treated wood, rairoad ties and utility poles (copper, creosote and arsenic treated) are exempt from the hazardous waste stream even if it fails toxicity testing in most cases (such as your residential use of the product). If your material was made after 2003 or so it more than likely does not contain arsenic, so it’s toxicity is already going to be a bit less… but I still wouldn’t lick it.

Some areas used to burn it as fuel, but the ash is basically a concentrated mix of hazardous material, crushing or shredding increases the chances of leaching issues. Long answer made longer, you’re probably better off to leave it intact and throw it out with your other solid waste (trash). If your quantity is large enough you need a dumpster, you should still be o.k, but obviously confirm with the dumpster company that they are cool with you filling the dumpster with treated lumber. Some may be a bit gun shy about allowing it… Landfills can be a pain sometimes when trying to get rid of items that are not considered hazardous but seem like they probably should be.

If they try to charge you a hazardous waste rate, look around a bit more… it’s not hazardous waste.

iamcheese3 at 10:33AM October 07

If you are interested in this kind of stuff you should check out the Indy Earth Hour Campaign

IndySun at 4:20PM September 09

Never moved one that big, but I’ve moved trees in late september to early october and also in the spring (after last frost). None of the trees have died, so I think it must have worked. The flowers on the one ornamental I’ve moved (in the fall) didn’t do to well the first year after transplant, but second year they were as abundant as ever. I think it’s fine to do it early to mid fall (gives the roots a chance to get dug in for the winter and the tree isn’t focused on leaf/flower production). Same for Spring, best to do it late enough the cold won’t damage it, but early enough that the tree isn’t going into full bore leaf production… allows the roots to get going first. Just be prepared for a gimpy first year. I would think you will want to get a pretty good sized root ball moved with that one also.