Recycling works, with a huge subsidy from the government. Guess it depends on what your definition of works is?
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Any links about that issue.
Locally we have some kid in a town who is trying to get our state to BAN both plastic and paper bags in stores. A brainwashed kid is spearheading the leftist agenda. Sick!
It is in the garbage collection contract for your city, you just have to look at all the requirements for them getting the contract.
The city claims it is free in some cases, but the garbage service just spins the cost onto the consumer. The competition in the garbage business is to try to take that garbage and turn it into extra money.
Think of it this way, they make you pay for picking up the trash and the recyclables, then they take the recyclables and sell it for extra money. If it was a normal business, they would have to charge you separately for the recyclables and you would have a right to refuse.
There have been numerous reports (with some article posted on FR) about how durable “Eco-friendly” grocery bags end up carrying weird diseases.