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 Reed waste: It's not easy being green
Author: clarinutty 
Date:   2008-05-22 18:02

I'm sorry if this topic has been covered recently (I'm new to the board), but I was wondering if anyone has tried to recycle the plastic cases that reeds are packed in. I have been able to recycle the boxes, and I'm going to turn my old reeds into mulch....(ha, ha, revenge at last!).......but I just don't know what to do with my left over plastic reed containers. I haven't been able to bear throwing them out and I have quite a pile sitting and waiting for #5 recyclables (or whatever number they are) to be accepted in my area, but I don't see this happening anytime soon.

I was wondering what anyone else has been doing, or if anyone had any other thoughts on this topic. Thanks!!



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 Re: Reed waste: It's not easy being green
Author: EEBaum 
Date:   2008-05-22 19:10

Gonzalez for the win! (paper reed holders)

-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com

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 Re: Reed waste: It's not easy being green
Author: skygardener 
Date:   2008-05-22 21:10

I was told by someone that worked for vandoren that you can send them to a vandoren studio and have them filled with new reeds. This will cost the same as a regular box, but you are saving the plastic... but you use gas on the shipping. Lesser evil?
I have an ever growing bag of reed holders. Maybe I can make a holiday decoration from them like Martha Stuart would.

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 Re: Reed waste: It's not easy being green
Author: pewd 
Date:   2008-05-22 21:28

fortunately they now take them in the recycle stream here in dallas.

- Paul Dods
Dallas, Texas

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 Re: Reed waste: It's not easy being green
Author: clockwiser 
Date:   2008-05-22 22:54

Do you guys not use those Vandoren plastic holders? Do you use seperate reed holders?

I actually quite like those plastic thing.

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 Re: Reed waste: It's not easy being green
Author: EEBaum 
Date:   2008-05-22 23:47

The ones that the reeds come in? They're horrible. I've ruined reeds before, trying to reinsert them.

-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com

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 Re: Reed waste: It's not easy being green
Author: pewd 
Date:   2008-05-23 00:12

those are not reed holders, they're packing material, trash.

- Paul Dods
Dallas, Texas

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 Re: Reed waste: It's not easy being green
Author: claritoot26 
Date:   2008-05-23 12:42

Thanks for posting this, I've been wondering the same thing, and I have an ever-growing collection of those Vandoren plastic things. Now with the individually wrapped flow-packaging, there's even more waste. I think I will start a recycling effort and get my students to also save the plastic things, then I will send a giant box of them all together to the Vandoren company. Skygardner, would one send them to the Vandoren place in New York to be refilled?

I have a large stockpile of vandoren reeds, but when they're gone, I may switch to the Rico Grand Concert or something. The packaging is more environmentally friendly.

Lori

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 Re: Reed waste: It's not easy being green
Author: Bassie 
Date:   2008-05-23 13:20

> I've ruined reeds before, trying to reinsert them.

Really? I tend to get tripped up more easily by the kind that make you insert the reed tip-first... I shredded a heap of Evolution that way. At least the Vandoren ones go heel-first; I used to like them a lot. But now I've got this little wooden box with a glass plate in from Wiseman (Xmas gift...)

Hey, remember the old Rico packaging with all that fluffy paper wadding in? :-)

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 Re: Reed waste: It's not easy being green
Author: skygardener 
Date:   2008-05-23 20:51

AW reeds also have all paper packeging. And even better than that... they are good reeds.
Lori- yes, the New York studio does offer that service. There is no price difference from a regular box, though.

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