Don't you mean concrete blocks Tom?
Or do you still have a coal fired power plant in your area and still see they are making blocks from the cinders.
Those are a darker gray and lighter weight block that are very rare around here since they shut down the old coal fired power plant here many years ago.
There are several of those old cinder blocks at my mother's house but those are the only ones I know about.
Alan in Michigan
From: Tom Curry <tomcurrystudio@gmail.com>
To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2013 3:43 PM
Subject: [papercreters] Re: free paper source
Or do you still have a coal fired power plant in your area and still see they are making blocks from the cinders.
Those are a darker gray and lighter weight block that are very rare around here since they shut down the old coal fired power plant here many years ago.
There are several of those old cinder blocks at my mother's house but those are the only ones I know about.
Alan in Michigan
From: Tom Curry <tomcurrystudio@gmail.com>
To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2013 3:43 PM
Subject: [papercreters] Re: free paper source
We get our paper from our local recycle yard....they're glad that somebody local takes it instead of having to ship it 150 miles to Odessa, TX. I believe the ideal situation would be to have a mixer, tow or otherwise at one's local recycle yard if there is one, where someone would be paid by the city to make blocks out of the paper that comes in. The blocks could be stacked and sold to contractors which would generate money for the city.
Maybe that could be the future....or maybe just a pipe dream. Stick houses and cinder block seem to be the norm for now.
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