The Associated Press
SENECA, N.Y. -- Officials in western New York are trying to figure out how a bare human foot got mixed in with recyclable trash on a conveyor belt at a landfill.
Sheriff Phil Povero says a worker at the Ontario County landfill's recycling plant spotted the severed right foot Monday night.
Povero says authorities believe the foot is an adult's, but aren't sure whether it belonged to a man or woman.
The Monroe County Medical Examiner's office will perform forensic tests on it.
The recycling plant remained closed Tuesday while investigators searched for clues. Povero said the trash in the area where the foot was found came from 15 New York counties as well as parts of Canada.
What not to recycle
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Julie Todd
Julie Todd is the night editor at The Herald News in Joliet. She and her
husband are looking to cut the chemicals and get back to basics -- minus the
granola and hemp clothing. They live in a home they bought last year in
Plainfield, where they're making changes to create their own little patch of
utopia.
Speaking of how not to recycle and feet.......
I was about to purchase 3 lint-free kitchen towels made from 100% recycled materials for under $6. I thought they were a good idea and I needed them and they had an adorable tone on tone print of a foot with writing that said "Reduce your carbon foot-print."
But, something in my head said check to see where they were made. On the back of the light cardboard label was MADE IN CHINA.
SIGH!
So I passed on them. I figured with all the fuel used on transportion across the ocean that they were hardly eco-friendly. I'm sad now. I really wanted cute foot-printed towels.
The sacrifices we must make....
That was a beautiful tie-in, Bee!
I hear you on that stuff. When I was 7, my mom declared a no-products-made-in-Asia rule. This was the year I was convinced I could actually get an American Girls doll for my birthday. Alas, the "American" Girls were made in China. Sigh.
Actually, there might be another good reason to be wary of "green" fabrics. My husband just read an article that said the government is thinking about challenging some allegedly eco-friendly clothing made from bamboo. Apparently, it is technically bamboo, but the fabric is rayon, meaning it's been processed within an inch of it's life, destroying any greenness about the speed at which bamboo grows.
It doesn't sound like the government to challenge such claims - they let a lot of people get away with murder with faux "natural" claims - but they apparently are.
I should find that article so I know what I'm talking about.