Aluminum makes sense to recycle
Glass and non-aluminum is borderline
Paper and plastic are not worth it except as some feel good exercise
“Paper and plastic are not worth it except as some feel good exercise...”
I will admit that I’ve been brainwashed - and I have a good, strong brain!
I found myself cutting apart a plastic 6-pack holder (BEFORE I THREW IT AWAY!) because I’ve been brainwashed into thinking it was going to end up on the bill of a duck making it unable to feed, or trapped in the gills of a whale.
Um. Hello? I am LANDLOCKED IN WISCONSIN, Fer Pete’s Sake!
But...Wisconsin ships a LOT of her trash to those FIBS in Illinois. And gawd only knows what those godless heathens do with our trash from there on out! For all I know, they ARE dumpin’ it in the Mississippi...which makes its way to the Gulf of Mexico...which has both ducks AND whales.
I can’t win, LOL!
I don't believe it does, otherwise there would be companies willing to pay you for your scrap aluminum.
The only thing that "makes sense" is for the government to force millions of people to waste time (labor) sorting the aluminum, then take some of my money and give it to companies willing to haul it, then give the scrap away to companies willing to recycle it, after giving them tax breaks and incentives using yet more of my money.
In that sense... it make sense :-)
“Aluminum makes sense to recycle”
Only if it is in large quantities. A few pounds or ounces of aluminum are not energy efficient.