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Keweenaw Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Our Mission: The Keweenaw Unitarian Universalist Fellowship is an inclusive religious community. SOCIAL JUSTICE- ENVIROMENTAL Section Please see our blog with all postings: http://kuufsocialjustice.blogspot.com/ Table of Contents Plastic Recycling Summary: This Wikipedia article [below] on Plastics recycling will tell you as much as or more than you probably want to know about recycling plastic.  Waste Management in Houghton (where Hancock curbside pickup goes, I'm told) recycles only #1 (PETE) and #2 (HDPE), but the article didn't tell me what one has to do to recycle the other kinds (esp. #7, PLA which is the 'what-the-heck-is-it' category -- a real failure of the system, imo).   The best way to deal with this stubborn, highly complex material, which requires more processing to recycle than most others, would still have to be to AVOID IT WHENEVER HUMANLY POSSIBLE. A Convenient Delusion Summary: Explains why "They" are putting so much money [from us!] into denying climate change: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it." -- Upton Sinclair. Stop Monsanto's Genetically Modified Alfalfa! Summary/intro: Genetically modified (GM) food is (or will someday soon be) a huge problem, impacting everything we eat; this post from "Organic Bytes: Millions Against Monsanto" explains the threat to organic foods from cross-pollination from nearby GM fields. Our Vision: The Keweenaw Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (KUUF) is a Welcoming Congregation of people of diverse religious and spiritual beliefs. We foster the free exchange and exploration of ideas in a supportive atmosphere of mutual acceptance and friendship. We believe in encouraging justice, equality, compassion, and growth for all humankind, and responsible stewardship of our environment.