And, I was attacked on another forum for calling recycling a scam.
Orwell said it best—telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
You know another scam? Donating blood for free.
Carter Blood is one of the largest recipients of donated blood. The company is listed as a non profit organization. Guess what? The CEO of Carter Blood Care brings home $980,000 annually. The other officials in the company are similarly compensated. Non profit, yea right…
It is not really a scam as much as people need to be educated that plastics are really hard to recycle.
So, IF you are in the grocery store. Buy the beverage that comes in an aluminum can instead of a glass or plastic bottle.
When I was a kid we bought our milk in a half gallon cardboard wax coated container. Now, milk is typically sold in plastic one gallon, one quart or one pint containers. Maybe when you were a kid that milk came in a glass container.
As a consumer we need to make a choice on which product we buy and give the manufacturer feedback that we would prefer it DID NOT come in a PLASTIC jug.
I now buy Tide in those concentrated pods. That way there twice as many pods(wash loads)in the same size container. Kind of like Clorox is more concentrated and comes in a small container.
I no longer buy milk. But when I buy half and half it is in a cardboard container.
If this is what the consumer wants and is willing to pay for it, then the manufacturer will change the way they package their product.