Could be the next promo ad for Husseincare.
“Could be the next promo ad for Husseincare.”
Na, it’s to close to the truth. Husseincare can only be
promoted with outright lies and deception, like liberalism
in general. Good article, thanks for the post.
The utter ignorance of the commenters on that article makes me fear for our future..
Recycling companies, sift through the trash and separate out valuable materials that can, well, be recycled. They sell those materials, in bulk, and make very hefty profits, that should more than cover their costs, as industry can buy from them cheaper than buying new, raw material. Now, the taxpayer is to pick up the operating costs so they can make more profits? I know several recycling plant owners and they are extremely wealthy, which is fine. Wish I were. But I don’t see why the taxpayer should subsidize their expenses.
If you like your paper, you can keep your paper.
At my county run recycling facility they are very anal about making sure you put the correct items in the properly labeled doors. There are no dividers inside the bin. Yep, one big pile in there.
Before recycling became a religion back in the older days the coke and milk glass bottles were returned and reused. Also Americans are experts at recycling unprofitable, worthless politicians. Basura....
With the government driving our industries out of the country by taxes and regulations there is less demand for recycled materials. Plus now the recyclers are now being taxed and regulated to fill the Mammon’s maul that we call government.
For years I’ve called recycling a government mandated industry with no markets. (admitted overstatement)
A quarter of a century ago there was a proper recycling industry, but then the government mandates commenced, glutting the markets with products. Prices and profits collapsed, and materials started to be stored for future price increases. The glut has increased, and with demand in today’s economy reducing further, the profitability of the entire enterprise becomes completely predictable.
ef recycling. never have and never will. trash is trash.
First of all, the article ignores one key point. Items that are recycled don not have to be disposed of, which also costs money. When my former suburban NY town voted for full, mandatory, recycling...which also involved the residents separating into paper, plastic, metals, and other..which meant everyone had to have FOUR containers..after one year..our annual cartage bill...what we paid to the the county incinerator to burn our trash...was cut in half..We opened a recycling center..staffed by volunteers..and aside what we earned for the bulk recyclables, we also collected old computers, phones..electronic stuff..which we sold in bulk..I assume it ultimately went to the far east where they extracted the precious metals. Our annual trash bill was almost zero.
I don’t recall ever hearing that recycling is profitable. It was always one of those things that SEEMED like it OUGHT to be a good idea but never was (economically).
In order to get the behavior they want, our rulers in government make certain behaviors mandatory. Human nature being what it is, many people (including the tree huggers) fail to properly sort their recyclable trash. Costs rise. Taxes rise. Whining reporters and college professors complain.
In order to get the behavior they want, our rulers in government pick the “winners” in green industries. Human nature being what it is, the green industry takes advantage of the slow moving bureaucracy to make obscene profits. Whining reporters and college professors complain.
Some recycling ideas work. You see very few aluminum cans or glass bottles along the roads in states that have $.05 or $.10 return deposits. But those deposits match up with human nature and no one forces you to return the containers.
I’m guilty. Our town charges for trash by the pound. We have to buy stickers and put one on the trash bags for every 25 lbs. But, the recycled junk on the blue bins is no charge.
That my FRiends is the absolute only reason I put out a blue bin every week.
I don’t break down boxes. I don’t wash out jars and cans. I don’t smash cans. I don’t look for the little triangle on the plastic. I just don’t care.
I do know that curbside recycling is nothing but a feel good panacea for the masses. I do know that the same trash crew just rotates back through a few minutes later and takes the bins in the same truck. I do know that while curbside recycling is just dumb, certain levels of industrial recycling are useful and cost effective.
Recycling is all about the government getting a nickle a bottle “deposit”. The rest of the industry is incidental.
In the old days it was simply called a tax.
Their only restrictions are "no auto tires or heavy furniture, appliances" but the guys who do the pick ups told me to go ahead and put the tires by the curb, they'd take them too. Their only real restriction is on stuff that is too heavy for two men to pick up and toss into the truck, such as refrigerators and such.
When a company or product brags about greenness, you can bet it's comparatively expensive.
Does the Mob still run this racket?
I remember when we had to separate our recyclables for collection. It was a pain in the posterior, but it probably made recycling more efficient. I am happy to just dump my recyclables unsorted in the blue bin, but realize that I am paying more in taxes for the privilege and most of what I am recycling may well end up in landfills anyway.
Recycling on it’s own isn’t such a bad thing, as a business though, I have heard that it only benefits a few. It just boggles my mind why less recycling comes around where there is so much environmental hype.
Recycling at the household level has ALWAYS been a cost/benefit loser.