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(07-27-2021, 04:25 AM)tod.branko_imp Wrote: (07-26-2021, 10:53 PM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: (07-26-2021, 10:37 PM)The ferret_imp Wrote: (07-26-2021, 09:48 PM)tod.branko_imp Wrote: We have a huge delivery culture here, everything can be purchased online and delivered to home, and most of these are operated by motorcycle couriers, who are mostly just poor guys from south asia, as such best they can afford are cheap helmets which are there just for show, and 2 or 3 year old good helmet is 100 times better than what they wear brand new. Same goes for all the gear.
So the choice is normally to give the old gear to them. Also we tend to have swap meets once or twice during the year where we collect all the old stuff and then it's distributed to people who need it but can't afford it.
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good on ya tod! 
good on ya tod!
I wish we were more organized like that here.
For now I have to carefully select what Sally Ann (Salvation Army; liken to Goodwill) might inherit.
good on ya tod!
I wish we were more organized like that here.
For now I have to carefully select what Sally Ann (Salvation Army; liken to Goodwill) might inherit. UAE is a small country and bikers community is also small, so it's not difficult to organize, Whatsapp groups share the initiatives almost instantly across the Emirates, all the organizer needs to do is set a date and time, and people make the effort. Also we are lucky to be able to buy stuff in excess of what we really need, so there is a lot of gear that is sparsely used before it's "outdated".
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We might be a bit more "isolationists" over here, especially in large suburban communities. Maybe somewhat sad for humanity.
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(07-27-2021, 05:02 AM)LongRanger_imp Wrote: Mine go in the trash.
Understood.
I wonder how long before an environmentalist determines motorcycle helmets are not earth-friendly and need to ante up a disposal fee upon new purchase?
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Maybe LR meant recycling...??
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I put mannequin heads in them and roll them into traffic at night.
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to panic drunks?
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(07-27-2021, 06:47 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote:
to panic drunks?
To amuse myself..... by panicking drunks.
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(07-27-2021, 05:06 AM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: (07-27-2021, 05:02 AM)LongRanger_imp Wrote: Mine go in the trash.
Understood.
I wonder how long before an environmentalist determines motorcycle helmets are not earth-friendly and need to ante up a disposal fee upon new purchase?
Is a surcharge added to other products that are not earth friendly? ...I'm thinking items like plastic lawn chairs, fish netting, weed eaters, to name a few random objects of the likely million other objects that are also not earth-friendly when they wear out.
I don't say that to be argumentative or difficult in any way. I try to recycle anything and everything I can. The net says that plastic in general never fully decomposes. It can be a bit depressing.
But is there a reason a helmet would be any different than other man-made products that are difficult to recycle?
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This is why I repurpose my helmets.....and my old mannequin heads. Saving the environment one practical joke at a time.
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(07-27-2021, 06:51 AM)pdedse_imp Wrote: (07-27-2021, 05:06 AM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: (07-27-2021, 05:02 AM)LongRanger_imp Wrote: Mine go in the trash.
Understood.
I wonder how long before an environmentalist determines motorcycle helmets are not earth-friendly and need to ante up a disposal fee upon new purchase?
Is a surcharge added to other products that are not earth friendly? ...I'm thinking items like plastic lawn chairs, fish netting, weed eaters, to name a few random objects of the likely million other objects that are also not earth-friendly when they wear out.
I don't say that to be argumentative or difficult in any way. I try to recycle anything and everything I can. The net says that plastic in general never fully decomposes. It can be a bit depressing.
But is there a reason a helmet would be any different than other man-made products that are difficult to recycle?
Is a surcharge added to other products that are not earth friendly? ...I'm thinking items like plastic lawn chairs, fish netting, weed eaters, to name a few random objects of the likely million other objects that are also not earth-friendly when they wear out.
I don't say that to be argumentative or difficult in any way. I try to recycle anything and everything I can. The net says that plastic in general never fully decomposes. It can be a bit depressing.
But is there a reason a helmet would be any different than other man-made products that are difficult to recycle?
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