[Greenbuilding] [BULK] Re: [BULK] Re: cardboard gardening -- off topic

[Lawrence Lile]

>Is there an issue with the inks and dyes in the newspapers and carpets?


Yes I do worry about that.  I have been told that colored inks carry
heavy metals, and I stopped using colored newsprint pages in the garden
a long time ago.  I don't know how accurate this info is.  You could
argue the same for carpets, who knows what they are made of?  I didn't
worry so much about carpets though.  Anybody have more up-to-date info
on this? 

 
 
Lawrence Lile, P.E., LEED AP

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Is there an issue with the inks and dyes in the newspapers and carpets?

Khalil Hassan

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