Posted on 06/09/2022 3:47:54 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Today’s landfills in the USA are probably the safest place to put trash. Triple lined, etc.
I used to recycle my old computers and such until I saw the photos coming out of China where they get “recycled”. Mom and dad taking them apart, little kids crouched down working on the smaller parts.
Burning the insulation off, melting down the circuit boards - black smoke in their faces. And all the crap that got dumped in the ditch with the ditch water 5 feet from their shacks.
I figure the safest place for my electronics is in a local, modern landfill rather than getting shipped half way around the world where China can pollute the environment.
Very interesting, but I hear nobody is actually recycling recyclables.
This city gave everyone on city pick up new trash and recycle barrels. Correction: tax payers (incldg landlords) paid for everyone on city pick up to get new trash and recycle barrels - and for the government who decided this. Somehow that gets left out of their promotion.
While I dutifully put “recyclables” in a special container for pickup, I believe that large portions of these materials end up in landfills anyway. Other than steel and aluminum cans which can easily be separated and recycled, most of the rest is difficult to recycle and their recycling depends on what local recyclers are available and prevailing markets. Local governments that demand recycling should be mandated to annually inform taxpayers how much of these products are actually being recycled and the cost of the recycling program.
Exactly. I should have said the city forced us to buy a stinky blue bin on wheels.
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