[lee martell]

“Green Americans” remain hypnotized to believe that recycling is good no matter what. It’s going to take a very long time for them to realize that most of the recycling is not turned into compost, or fertilzer, or fiber, or even new products and containers. Most of it was bunched together, shipped off and sold to China. Now, China is filled ‘up to here’ with recyclable material. So full that they will not accept anymore. We have two or three generations of schoolchildren indoctrinated into this. Plus their children.

So for the most part, we are better off just throwing the trash and rubbish into the trash and rubbish.
The British are far more addicted to this recycling than we are here, issuing fines for wrongful storage. That happens in the states too, just not as often, so far.

[wally_bert]

My spouse is a true believer in recycling.

Apart from metal, no point.

[Roccus]

That happens in the states too, just not as often, so far.

Those under the rule of the NYC Sanitation Dept. Garbage Police might differ.

[cherry]

if you throw all that stuff in your garbage, it costs you more money for the garbage service....so there's that......

I think the ultimate solution is to REDUCE packaging...

..and we need to go back to the old ways..

...you kept your tv for 30 yrs, at least we did..

..you had hand me downs for all your kids.

..you kept your canning jars and your tools and your cars for a long time....

but that would go against the god of consumerism so the cabal will never go for it.....too much $$$$$ involved...