Posted on 06/02/2012 5:42:17 PM PDT by Chickensoup
I am looking for links to stories about recycling not working.
I seem to recall one of the Scandinavian countries admitting that they did not see any good in it.
I had read many stories of how recycling was piling up at waste centers because it was to expensive to haul, and the economy had slowed down.
But I cannot find links to show my leftist friend who believes all the fairy tales the leftist have to tell.
Thanks fellow Freepers!
Went to stay with friends in a town with forced recycling, where they have to separate their stuff into three different kinds of receptacles: yard waste, trash, and recyclables.
On garbage day, they set out trash and recyclables. Two different gigantic noisy trucks made the rounds throughout the neighborhood, and a day or two later, for the yard trash day, another truck made the rounds.
We don't have mandatory recycling. On trash day, once a week, one truck comes through. Seems a lot more environmentally friendly to me.
Side note: in another city where we lived, no recycling, every four or five days we'd set on the curb a gigantic trash bag with empty aluminum cans. Bag never remained on the curb for more than 20 minutes before someone would snag it. Kept the neighborhood clean and earned somebody some easy change.
Went to stay with friends in a town with forced recycling, where they have to separate their stuff into three different kinds of receptacles: yard waste, trash, and recyclables.
On garbage day, they set out trash and recyclables. Two different gigantic noisy trucks made the rounds throughout the neighborhood, and a day or two later, for the yard trash day, another truck made the rounds.
We don't have mandatory recycling. On trash day, once a week, one truck comes through. Seems a lot more environmentally friendly to me.
Side note: in another city where we lived, no recycling, every four or five days we'd set on the curb a gigantic trash bag with empty aluminum cans. Bag never remained on the curb for more than 20 minutes before someone would snag it. Kept the neighborhood clean and earned somebody some easy change.
Very well said.
There have been numerous reports (with some article posted on FR) about how durable “Eco-friendly” grocery bags end up carrying weird diseases.
One of the collectors in our town is wrapping itself in second PC cause. Their cans are Breastcancer Pink.
Many years ago Harrisburg, PA built a huge recycling center ($50 million comes to mind but I’m not sure). It never showed a profit.
I think it sets unused now, and IIRC the city is facing bankruptcy, a large part of that being the recycling center.
So, neighborhoods paid more to “recycle” everything being dumped in the same dump.
I'll search, but it has been so long since I read the article. Still, I'll search.
Recycling doesn’t work at all, it is a net cost increment without much in the way of offsetting revenues from scrap dealers.
One rule of thumb: Any material that is recycled will be worth less the more of it is recycled. Newspaper is a good example of this.
No one can say that taxpayer subsidy of theft is recycling that works.
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the stuff got to a person who was willing to pay for it...that is the part that worked. I am looking for situations that no one wants the stuff.
To: Chickensoup
Recycling infrastructure supports future war efforts. Your leftist friend is helping to insure America can kill more anti-Americans wherever they may be.
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That is why we sent tons of scrap iron/steel to Japan in the 30s?
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