How do I recycle plastic bottles?

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I live in an apartment, south Chicago. I see the bins by homes & businesses, how do I get one? I called the "City Clerk"- she connected me to the press one…press two spiel, I ended up leaving a message with "Melissa" who never called me back. I called Public Works, they didn’t know either. Anyone know where I can get information on how to recycle?

The judge and jury have spoken regarding climate change: why is the gallery still seating in their seats?

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In the real world, questions have been asked and answered and many countries are making good preliminary progress in acknowledging the problems that exist and will unfold due to human influenced climate change. Why are so many members of the gallery in Yahoo Q&A glued to their seats and protesting the verdict?

Where in California can I recycle heavy duty steel?

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I have a 3 huge steel trailer dollys that were used to deliver a very big modular home. It was left here on our property & I was wondering if there was any recycle centers (for steel) that would accept them or pick them up. Any help would be appreciated!!! If you have phone numbers or web link, that would be great!

Is there any kind of training for something related to solar energy?

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I heard in solar energy jobs is growing. I want to learn more about it & maybe working in that field. Where can I take training class in San Jose, California?

Financing & cultural challenges to getting more green energy adoption?

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I’m curious to hear what some of the financing & cultural challenges are to getting traditional energy companies to adopt green technologies? In particular, I know that many green energy sources require significant up-front investment today to capture the benefits of potentially grid-parity kwh production in the future.

How does financing work in the energy industry today around the world and is it possible that the way energy production is financed might hinder large investments?

Also, what some of the cultural challenges to green adoption? For example, are $/Watt and $/kwh even the right metrics to use when thinking about the economics of adopting green technologies?