Do you recycle?

[Casull]

Don't get ME started on this subject.

Too late for that.

 

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[Montana Jim]

I still don't recycle anything at all...

 

[Seamuss]

We will be mining the land fills in about twenty years if America continues to recycle as slow as it it is doing now.

I'm taking odds on that for the next nineteen years.

 

[Casull]

We will be mining the land fills in about twenty years if America continues to recycle as slow as it it is doing now.

Atta boy. New industries.

 

[Montana Jim]

We already mine the landfills... that's a sucker's bet! http://www.enviroalternatives.com/landfill.html



Funny, but mostly true IMO: http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/02/14/66-recycling/

Recycling is fantastic! You can still buy all the stuff you like (bottled water, beer, wine, organic iced tea, and cans of all varieties) and then when you’re done you just put it in a DIFFERENT bin than where you would throw your other garbage. And boom! Environment saved! Everyone feels great, it’s so easy!

This is important because all white feel guilty about producing waste. It doesn’t stop them from doing it, but they feel guilty about it. Deep down, they believe they should be like the Native Americans and use every part of the product or beast they have consumed. Though for many white people, this simply means putting plastic bags into a special drawer where they will accumulate until they are eventually used to carry some gym clothes or bathing suit. Ultimately this drawer will get full and only be emptied when the person moves to a new house. Advanced white recyclers will uses these grocery bags as garbage bags.

 

[Casull]

Mostly true Jim, but not just for whites. BTW, I think the Indians quit doing that "use everything" stuff about 100 years ago.

 

[mikeofaustin]

recycle? My STUPID city, during the boom a year or two ago, decided to invest in a multi-million dollar recycling facility. they also gave out 65 gallon curb side bins that you could throw 'anything' into, and they'd recycle it at the facility. The idea was that plastic was a big boom for a couple of months and surely, it won't subside any time soon. it was supposed to 'pay for itself'.

It was a big failure. Now, for some reason, they needed to increase the fee's for 'garbage' collection to more than twice of what it was (~$35 a month). AND, it's not related to this fiasco at all. no, not at all.

i wish I was a lawyer. I'd really put the screws to some of these ^&*%s. (yeah, I cursed. I hate them sooooo much).

 

[Seamuss]

I new someone would call me on my landfill mining odds. I was trying to get some people to think of, "why throw it away to dig up again" idea.

 

[jeff of pa]

Yep

I Throw it all in the Burner & It
Recycles into The air again.

and What Dosn't Burn Helps support
our Local Landfill

 

[LadyDigger]

We recycle!

Infact, my boys and I are planning to build a little house in the backyard using plastic soda bottles. We haven't started yet, but when we do, I will be sure to post our progress!

Don't know if we will make this a "fort" for the boys (as they already have one!) or part of my greenhouse...but we will see. Heck, maybe we will make it a gazebo! LOL

But yes, we recycle!
Annmarie

 

[Montana Jim]

I do agree there are lots of cool things we can do with or recyclable stuff... and that it can be made into other things like Annmarie suggested... that is kinda crafty and fun.

 

[LadyDigger]

I do agree there are lots of cool things we can do with or recyclable stuff... and that it can be made into other things like Annmarie suggested... that is kinda crafty and fun.

Well, I can't take credit for that idea....on http://www.instructables.com/ ....that is where I got my idea. Great website on what to do with recyclables!!! Check it out! Of course, we aren't building the houses they show! LOL...going with our own idea!
Annmarie

 

[Don in SJ]

Well now, Recycling has been required here for about a decade I believe, the county issued two blue containers for each household and in our area once every two weeks, cans,bottles, newspapers, flashlight batteries, etc are curbside picked up. We do not have to seperate cans from bottles either, all in same container, radio batteries and such are to be put into zip-loc or similar type bags. The county also holds periodically hazardous waste days where you can bring in paint cans with paint still in them, old chemicals, car batteries, etc. The also have disposal sites for those who still change their oil in their vehicles.

Overall the program has been a success in our area, and I know for us, it has diminished our "trash" that is put out for weekly pickup by the township........

 

[LadyDigger]

Well now, Recycling has been required here for about a decade I believe, the county issued two blue containers for each household and in our area once every two weeks, cans,bottles, newspapers, flashlight batteries, etc are curbside picked up. We do not have to seperate cans from bottles either, all in same container, radio batteries and such are to be put into zip-loc or similar type bags. The county also holds periodically hazardous waste days where you can bring in paint cans with paint still in them, old chemicals, car batteries, etc. The also have disposal sites for those who still change their oil in their vehicles.

Overall the program has been a success in our area, and I know for us, it has diminished our "trash" that is put out for weekly pickup by the township........

We have a huge blue bin (the size of a trash can) here in Va Beach for recycling. They come every other week on trash day. Even though quite a few folks do use them, there are some that do not!

They even sent out a list of what is recyclable...which some I was putting in the blue bin, cause I thought it was..but you have to look at the number on the plastic bottles...not all are recyclable

So, yeah, I guess it works pretty good here too! We have a park named Mt Trashmore...back in the 50s/60s and before, it was a trash dump. The interstate now goes past it and it was late 60s/early 70s when they decided to make it a park. The big mounds you see...are really trash buried under them. Infact....some years ago, they had to redo the turf....with folks walking on it and all...trash was starting to show! It's on the mounds of trash where folks sit to watch the fireworks during the 4th! After a contest, it was named Mt Trashmore!
Annmarie

 

[Don in SJ]

Maybe it is a shame more states/counties do not emphasize recycling, but I for one am glad they do it here in Atlantic County.

http://www.acua.com/acua/index.aspx (Home Page of our recycling information website)

http://www.acua.com/acua/content.aspx?id=236 (What is accepted for recyling)


I have seen how trash used to be dumped by the Govt when I worked at the FAA center near Atlantic City, back in the 70s they had a big area where bulldozers dug deep, long trenches and all trash, anything that existed was allowed to be dumped into the trench and then when so much was there a bulldozer would fill in that section of the trench. I can only imagine what is in the ground at that former dump site....

 

[Montana Jim]

I appreciate everyone's opinion of this subject...

I offer this reading... food for thought. "The Eight Great Myths of Recycling".

http://www.perc.org/pdf/ps28.pdf

 

[Produce Guy]

You bet I recycle,here in Austin,Tx.,they just came out with a single-stream blue recycling can,a 90 gallon one that excepts just about everything except for plastic bags.I don't put my aluminum cans in there or anything with my name and adress,I use a shredder and than dump it in the compost pile for my worms.The funny thing about this is that Austin hauls all this stuff up to Dallas,because our city was to CHEAP!! , to build a facility of our own.

 

[A2coins]

Yep most as I can plus MI 10 cent deposit