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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 06:12 PM
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Are license plates recyclable?
They are made of aluminum, aren't they?
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Indydem Donating Member (866 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 06:22 PM
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1. Stamped sheet metal.
So, yes.
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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 06:29 PM
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6. Thanks, will do.
Tomorrow is trash and curb recycle day.

And... had to get new ones, happens here every seven years.
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 06:45 PM
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9. Amazing, NM doesn't ever demand you change the plates
unless you're registering a new vehicle. I had my last plates for 14 years.

Of course, I get the traditional red on yellow plates, the Castillian colors, rather than the new fangled plates that look like every other state's plates. NM still offers us that choice, and I take them up on it.
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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 07:07 PM
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10. They do this so they don't run out of numbers and letters
So you may start with ABC 123 format and after seven years you switch to the 123 ABC format. After I've finally memorized the first one.

Yes, MN have many choices. One of them, a "Patriotic" one had a background of a waving flag which, as other notice, made it hard to distinguish the letters and numbers from the background. So they changed it to a cleaner one.

I just used the basic
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AtheistCrusader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 03:17 PM
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13. My understanding on the 7 year repalcement thing was the relfective coating.
It decays. Then it's harder for the police to get you with LIDAR. It's an UV or IR reflective coating, I believe. At least, that was the justification given in this state. Mileage may vary.
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Davis_X_Machina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 06:24 PM
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2. I throw mine in the metal-recycle skip...
...with the tin cans at the transfer center, on those rare occasions when I get new ones.

The Dumpenführer, a very powerful man in rural Maine, didn't object.
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voteearlyvoteoften Donating Member (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 06:25 PM
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3. Take to bar
Hang on wall. Voila... recycled license plate decor.
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bbinacan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 06:27 PM
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4. I like that. n/t
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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 06:28 PM
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5. Yes, very popular in Florida
where everyone is from someplace else.

When we lived there, for two years, we brought ours to the Dept. of Motor Vehicles - or whatever it is called there - where many were hanging on the wall.
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OKIsItJustMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 06:31 PM
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7. In NYS, we need to turn them into the DMV
You may want to check the laws in your state…
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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 07:08 PM
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11. I got the new ones from the county office when I paid the renewal fee
and they did not say anything about turning them in, but will call them.
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peace13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 06:34 PM
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8. You may want to cut or bend it beyond use.
Just to make sure that it doesn't fall into the wrong hands.
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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 07:09 PM
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12. Good idea, I will
of course, they are slightly bent from me parking too close to the curb..
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