Recycling has NEVER been profitable. It has been a money maker for the private companies who are paid by municipalities to recycle. The bales and containers of recycled material always end up in the landfill. China used to take recycles but they no longer do. It is simply not cost effective. Construction and reef materials are about the only use for these items. Paper cost double the cost of making new paper and is loaded with toxins. Plastics can be compressed into wood materials but it is not a cheap process. The quality of the material, if done properly, outlasts wood but cost twice as much. Sealed landfills provide a chemical soup for future reclamation.
Floating debris masses in the ocean provide highly effective habitat for fish and crustacea. They can remain at sea for years nurturing generations of fish,before finally making landfall where they can then act as habitat for plants. The oceans remain the most effective means of disposing waste.
“The oceans remain the most effective means of disposing waste.”
Agreed!
I grew up and still live in Wisconsin. People that live along the bluffs of Lake Michigan pay others to dispose of their evergreen Christmas Trees and other lumber off the edge of the bluffs as it helps stop erosion and makes great fish habitat.
As a hobbyist fisherwoman, I can’t remember when I’ve caught a big old Bass that WASN’T hanging out in downed trees along the shoreline. ;)
If these Enviros are so much SMARTER than the REST of us, why aren’t they looking to Mother Earth for information and advice and EXAMPLES? Yeesh!
Green on the outside, Commie RED on the inside, that’s why!