Steel vs. tin
Sep. 15th, 2010 02:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
serenissimaHousing management for my neighborhood has just begun a curbside recycling program. Yay! (They still don't accept glass. Boo.) We received our shiny new blue recycling bin with a flyer listing what is and is not recyclable. On the recyclable list: "tin cans." On the not recyclable list: "steel."
Now, I don't think I've seen a can made of tin in my entire life. Cans haven't been made of tin for many, many years. Soda and beer cans are made of aluminum. Pretty much all other cans, e.g. soup, tuna, beans, pasta sauce, are made of steel. I'm pretty sure the recycling company is talking about steel cans. The more I think about that flyer, the more peeved I get. But is it worth calling them to clarify? Probably not. Will other residents know what they were trying to say? Probably. Will people put steel cans in the garbage rather than recycling, because "steel is not recyclable?" Very doubtful; much more likely to do so from laziness. My neighbors may even refer to "tin cans" themselves.
*sigh*
Now, I don't think I've seen a can made of tin in my entire life. Cans haven't been made of tin for many, many years. Soda and beer cans are made of aluminum. Pretty much all other cans, e.g. soup, tuna, beans, pasta sauce, are made of steel. I'm pretty sure the recycling company is talking about steel cans. The more I think about that flyer, the more peeved I get. But is it worth calling them to clarify? Probably not. Will other residents know what they were trying to say? Probably. Will people put steel cans in the garbage rather than recycling, because "steel is not recyclable?" Very doubtful; much more likely to do so from laziness. My neighbors may even refer to "tin cans" themselves.
*sigh*
