Guest guest Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 I read an article in my local paper on how well meaning folks who want to recycle actually harm the recylcing program by putting items in the bins that they can't use. The reason being is that it takes a lot of labor to go thru the stuff in the bins and pick out only the things that they are able to take. Thus it makes the recycling program less efficient. I have a friend who, because of his kind heart, wants to put everything in there! But I tell him, "H, you shouldn't do that because it actually harms the program". It is hard for him to accept because mentally he'd like so much more to be recycled but the reality is, that they can only take certain items. K In a message dated 4/20/05 8:24:18 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, writes: Message: 2 Tue, 19 Apr 2005 17:36:52 +0100 (BST) peter hurd <swpgh01Re: Re: Should read "Endangered Rivers, was Raw Sewage in American RiversHow right you are Jo, my council has a roadside recycling policy, but the people operating it are less than wonderful. Any poly/plastics that arent bottle shaped get left in our crate- even though they are made out of the same material as the bottles?! cant figure that one out. Paper has to be news print, as they will not take cardboard, even though a lot of it states please recycle on it!The Valley Vgean......Jo Cwazy <heartwork wrote:I can state that it is the same anywhere in this country. We have to takeplastic to the supermarket car park five miles away. Recently the localcouncil has started collecting glass and paper from our garden. Wecertainly don't get paid for any recycling - the councils have to be pushedto do anything.Jo> You get *paid* for recycling stuff... in the UK it's really hard torecycle,> and at best you don't get charged! I recycle as much as I possibly can,but> it basically means seperating every sort of material out, and then takingit> on a 10 mile drive to a recycling centre, to dump it off... unless you're> classified as a "business", in which case you have to pay! (fortunatelyI'm> not a business!!!!) I sure wish they paid for the stuff in this country -> might encourage a few more people to recycle!>> BB> Peter>>>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 , lv2breathe@a... wrote: > In Ireland we have a " pay by weight " system for refuse collection so people are sending stuf to the charity shop that are unusable and then the charity shop has to pay to get rid of it. That is far worse than putting the wrong stuf in the recycling bins. Who would have thought that people could be that mean. > I read an article in my local paper on how well meaning folks who want to > recycle actually harm the recylcing program by putting items in the bins that > they can't use. > > The reason being is that it takes a lot of labor to go thru the stuff in the > bins and pick out only the things that they are able to take. Thus it makes > the recycling program less efficient. > > I have a friend who, because of his kind heart, wants to put everything in > there! But I tell him, " H, you shouldn't do that because it actually harms > the program " . It is hard for him to accept because mentally he'd like so much > more to be recycled but the reality is, that they can only take certain items. > > K > > In a message dated 4/20/05 8:24:18 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > writes: > > Message: 2 > Tue, 19 Apr 2005 17:36:52 +0100 (BST) > peter hurd <swpgh01@t...> > Re: Re: Should read " Endangered Rivers, was Raw Sewage in American > Rivers > > How right you are Jo, my council has a roadside recycling policy, but the > people operating it are less than wonderful. Any poly/plastics that arent > bottle shaped get left in our crate- even though they are made out of the same > material as the bottles?! cant figure that one out. Paper has to be news print, > as they will not take cardboard, even though a lot of it states please > recycle on it! > > The Valley Vgean...... > > Jo Cwazy <heartwork@c...> wrote: > > I can state that it is the same anywhere in this country. We have to take > plastic to the supermarket car park five miles away. Recently the local > council has started collecting glass and paper from our garden. We > certainly don't get paid for any recycling - the councils have to be pushed > to do anything. > Jo > > > You get *paid* for recycling stuff... in the UK it's really hard to > recycle, > > and at best you don't get charged! I recycle as much as I possibly can, > but > > it basically means seperating every sort of material out, and then taking > it > > on a 10 mile drive to a recycling centre, to dump it off... unless you're > > classified as a " business " , in which case you have to pay! (fortunately > I'm > > not a business!!!!) I sure wish they paid for the stuff in this country - > > might encourage a few more people to recycle! > > > > BB > > Peter > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 The U.S. has a mandate that states have to reduce their garbage by 50% by 2010 (I think that's the date, it has been a few years since I worked on the recycling program for the city I worked for). If you are rural, you pay by the pound. In cities you have garbage pickup and are only allowed a certain sized can in most cities plus your recycling bins. Some cities give out two can, one for garbage and one for composting. So, Salvation Army and St. Vincent dePaul have gotten to the point that they inspect everything before they will accept it. Doesn't stop folks from dumping stuff after hours, though. Lynda - Mary Minihane <minih Wednesday, April 20, 2005 12:26 PM Re: Digest Number 1675 > > > , lv2breathe@a... wrote: > > In Ireland we have a " pay by weight " system for refuse collection > so people are sending stuf to the charity shop that are unusable and > then the charity shop has to pay to get rid of it. That is far worse > than putting the wrong stuf in the recycling bins. Who would have > thought that people could be that mean. > > > I read an article in my local paper on how well meaning folks who > want to > > recycle actually harm the recylcing program by putting items in > the bins that > > they can't use. > > > > The reason being is that it takes a lot of labor to go thru the > stuff in the > > bins and pick out only the things that they are able to take. > Thus it makes > > the recycling program less efficient. > > > > I have a friend who, because of his kind heart, wants to put > everything in > > there! But I tell him, " H, you shouldn't do that because it > actually harms > > the program " . It is hard for him to accept because mentally he'd > like so much > > more to be recycled but the reality is, that they can only take > certain items. > > > > K > > > > In a message dated 4/20/05 8:24:18 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > > writes: > > > > Message: 2 > > Tue, 19 Apr 2005 17:36:52 +0100 (BST) > > peter hurd <swpgh01@t...> > > Re: Re: Should read " Endangered Rivers, was Raw Sewage > in American > > Rivers > > > > How right you are Jo, my council has a roadside recycling policy, > but the > > people operating it are less than wonderful. Any poly/plastics > that arent > > bottle shaped get left in our crate- even though they are made > out of the same > > material as the bottles?! cant figure that one out. Paper has to > be news print, > > as they will not take cardboard, even though a lot of it states > please > > recycle on it! > > > > The Valley Vgean...... > > > > Jo Cwazy <heartwork@c...> wrote: > > > > I can state that it is the same anywhere in this country. We have > to take > > plastic to the supermarket car park five miles away. Recently the > local > > council has started collecting glass and paper from our garden. We > > certainly don't get paid for any recycling - the councils have to > be pushed > > to do anything. > > Jo > > > > > You get *paid* for recycling stuff... in the UK it's really > hard to > > recycle, > > > and at best you don't get charged! I recycle as much as I > possibly can, > > but > > > it basically means seperating every sort of material out, and > then taking > > it > > > on a 10 mile drive to a recycling centre, to dump it off... > unless you're > > > classified as a " business " , in which case you have to pay! > (fortunately > > I'm > > > not a business!!!!) I sure wish they paid for the stuff in this > country - > > > might encourage a few more people to recycle! > > > > > > BB > > > Peter > > > > > > > > > > > > To send an email to - > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 On Wed, April 20, 2005 2:25 pm, Lynda said: > > Some cities give out > two can, one for garbage and one for composting. We have three -- one for garbage, one for composting, and one for recycling. serene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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