Reykjavík Grapevine - 08.01.2016, Qupperneq 6

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The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 1 — 2016
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ALL
SEASON
S!
Glacier Lagoon
Jökulsárlón
– Day tour –
This great tour takes us along the impressive south
shore of Iceland to the extraordinary Glacier Lagoon.
Availability . . . . . . . Saturdays
Pick up starts . . . . . 07:00am
Duration. . . . . . . . . . 14 hours
Price. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.500 ISK

BY REBECCA CONWAY & HREFNA BJÖRG GYLFADÓTTIR!
Everyone wants to recycle. Especially in
2016. It was your New Year’s resolution,
remember? Sure you do. But, it can get
confusing. “Where do the jam jars go?”
“Is there a special thing for cork?” “What
do I do with all these batteries?” “And
should I really be rinsing out toilet paper
to stow with old Fréttablaðiðs?”
Don’t you fret! We’ve made you this
handy guide to recycling in Iceland. You
should totally cut it out and stick on your
fridge for future reference.
Cardboard, paper, beverage cartons
• Rinse beverage cartons and remove
residue from the cardboard, then com-
press them as much as possible to save
space.
• Put them in the appropriate contain-
ers at drop-off centres and SORPA recy-
cling centres, or in paper recycling bins
found at some residences.
Plastic bags, plastic containers,
plastic packaging, trays, even Styro-
foam is okay now (not really though.
Everyone hates styrofoam. Don’t buy
stuff with styrofoam, OK?)
• Empty the items completely, and
compress them to save space.
• Put them in the appropriate contain-
ers at drop-off and SORPA recycling
centres. Reykjavík city is also goin’ big
and offering plastic recycling containers
for homes now - see www.ekkirusl.is for
more info.
Porcelain and glassware (bottles,
jars, etc.)
• Clean or empty them as best as pos-
sible.
• Bring them to SORPA recycling cen-
tres, and deposit them in the glass recy-
cling containers. Three drop-off centres
in Reykjavík currently have containers
for glass, as well.
Glass bottles, plastic bottles, alu-
minium cans, any deposit beverage
bottle
• Empty them of contents. Do not
compress them, even if you’re really
good at crushing beercans against your
forehead. (Ok, maybe do that one more
time).
• Take them to a drop-off centre or a
recycling centre (see sorpa.is), and put
them in the Skátarnir containers, for no
refund. You can also take them to En-
durvinnslan hf if you want them krónur.
Clothing, working electrical appli-
ances, household goods, knick-
knacks, etc.
• Separate clothing from other goods,
and place each in a closed bag or box.
• Bring the bag/box to one of SORPA’s
recycling centres. Put clothing in the
Red Cross (Rauði krossinn) container
and other goods in the Good Shepherd
(Góði Hirðirinn) container.
Hazardous materials (batteries,
spray cans, paint), light bulbs, CFLs,
broken electrical appliances
• Separate hazardous materials from
electrical appliances. Don’t try to eat
them.
• Go to a SORPA recycling centre. De-
posit hazardous materials in a hazard-
ous material container, and electrical
appliances in an electrical appliance
container.
Metal objects, aluminium trays, alu-
minium foil, jar lids, nails, food cans,
etc.
• Remove residue from food contain-
ers.
• Put smaller metal items directly into
the grey container or bring them to a
SORPA recycling centre.
Organic waste: leftover food, paper
towels, diapers, animal waste
• Either put waste into a plastic bag, or
just throw it directly into the grey bin.
Oh! And you’re supposed to take candles
to the recycling centre, too! Weird, right?
for more information and rules about re-
cycling, go to www.sorpa.is
Fun With Icelandic Names!
Ragnar Egilsson Explains Some Words!
Most Icelandic names have some cool,
ancient symbolism. My name, Ragnar,
means something like “Soldier of God”
(no biggie). The name has some female
variants and one of them, Ragnhildur,
just means “War” (for real).
But you can Google all that stuff for
yourself. Personally, I enjoy pretending
I’m from Texas and I’m transcribing Ice-
landic names the way they sound to me.
So you get:
Gissur: Geezer
Einar: A Nerd
Sæbjörn: Cyber
Gunnleifur: Gonna Leave Her
Heiðar: Hey There
Steinbergur: Stained Burger
Jóhannes: Yo, Honeys
Snæfríður: It’s Not Free Though
Ólafía: All Over Ya
Ásgeir: Assgear
Ásbjörn: Assburn
Áslaugur: Asslicker
Ásdís: Assdick
Áslaug: Assbastard
Haukur: Go to Hell For Making Me Write
Another Stupid Word Article I Have No
Idea What I’m Doing
It’s not my fault some of these sound a
bit rude. Why, I’m just a humble word
wrangler, I jus’ rope ‘em and write ‘em,
jus’ like my grandpappy did... yessiree.
Please start doing that.
AMEN'S WORLD
A poem by Eydís Blöndal
Dear God
Tell them that I get afraid because I know
what they can do and what I can't do
Tell them that my body is not exchangeable
for niceness and beer
Tell them to please listen to me, even though
my voice is annoying and my boobs are big
Tell them that when I talk about my real-
ity I'm not attacking them. Not everything is
about them.
amen "NOT ALL MEN"
GIVE TRASH
ANOTHER CHANCE