Comments on: Sunday solutions: Recycling bicycle tubes

By: Siel

Siel — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:04:27 +0000

Thanks for the splaffy info, Beth — and for the even more local Craigslist upcycling idea, Emily!

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:15:28 +0000

I posted an add on Craigslist and ended up giving my tubes (six years’ worth!) to a guy that makes wallets out of them.

By: Beth Terry, aka Fake Plastic Fish

Beth Terry, aka Fake Plastic Fish — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:08:26 +0000

Splaff Flopps will take them directly from individuals if they don’t have green goo inside them. http://www.splaff.com

They can be mailed to:

SPLAFF
4950 Del Mar Ave
San Diego, CA 92107

This could be an option for people who don’t have a bike shop nearby that will take them.

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By: Siel

Siel — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:53:36 +0000

Well from their website, it doesn’t sound like Alchemy Goods takes tubes directly from individuals anyway — or at least not anymore –

By: Beth Terry, aka Fake Plastic Fish

Beth Terry, aka Fake Plastic Fish — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:07:01 +0000

Also, people should know that companies like Alchemy Goods won't accept them if they are filled with green slime. (That stuff that prevents flats.) Beth Terry, aka Fake Plastic Fish’s last blog post..FPF Anniversary! Year 2, Week 51 & 52 Results: 6.9 oz of plastic waste

By: Siel

Siel — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:34:22 +0000

Except the SM recycling center says it’ll charge a fee — and many people find the 6 am – 2 pm hours inconvenient. Bikerowave has rather odd hours too, but at least there all you have to do is throw it in a box, instead of trying to navigate the huge lot that’s the SM recycling center.

By: Don Hosek

Don Hosek — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:10:20 +0000

It's worth noting that if your correspondent is going to trek up to Bikerowave, they might as well cut out the middle man and just take the tube straight to the SM recycling center. Don Hosek’s last blog post..The Streets of Santa Monica (in Alphabetical Order) Bryn Mawr Avenue and California Avenue