Posted on 12/02/2009 8:26:31 PM PST by sickoflibs
So does the City of Carlsbad, CA.
Received a multicolor flyer yesterday from the Public Works department. Seems they don’t like “unauthorized collection”. Such “scavenging” is against the law, and they want us subjects, er, citizens to report such miscreatants to the police. Guess the cops around here don’t have enough to do, LOL.
They also don’t like us donating recyclables to any other organizations. Seems they’re worried donations will reduce revenue to the city, warning that this may affect our trash rates.
I saw “Recycling” and “Trash” and thought this was a Huckabee hater thread.
The article omits a significant point. Paper makers use trees, and they know they need trees to make paper. So they farm trees. If the demand for virgin products declines, they don’t need the trees. And if they don’t need the trees, there’s incentive to sell the tree farms, or at least, stop managing them.
If the tree farm is sold, it goes to suburban development. No more trees. Oops.
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I never recycle.
Roughly the population density of Paris, France, IIRC.
Penn and Teller did and expose on the very same subject.
It takes more energy to recycle most products, than it does to than it does to dump them in a landfill and go grow or make new ones.
Many become upset with me when I dare to venture the opinion that perhaps accepting trash from Canada (I mean, aside from the present Governor) could be a money-making / jobs-creating idea. I'm not wrong; I am a fledgling Austrian economics thinker.
The author forgot the fourth question; By what right does the government force people to recycle?
***All the people in the world (6 billion or so) could be put in Texas. The density (~25K/square mile) would be about 1/3 of the density of New York City (~75K/square mile).***
That’s amazing.
Interesting. I personally don’t mind recycling when it is convenient and voluntary. If I finish a drink in a can or bottle and there’s a recycle bin next to a trash can I’ll drop it in the appropriate container.
I do resent being told that I have to recycle for the “good of the planet” or some other reason.
I’d recycle too if our area didn’t insist on charging for stickers you have to put on your recyclables! If the government wants you to act in a certain way...don’t make me pay to do it FGS!
As mentioned in the article, AL and other metals are a notable exception.
That stuff WAS placed in a container PAID FOR by our city TAXPAYERS, thus it is TAXPAYER property,
Soylent Green is People!
That's CROWDED!!
25,000 per square mile is ~ 39 an acre!
NYC is a VERTICAL city!
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Very cool fact, thanks for posting it.
Well, we could stick them in Alaska — there we would have ~9K per square mile (~14/acre)
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