wk2 1 brown/3 small boxes emptied.this is 4 pickups against 2. Now this is using twice the amount of fossil fuel.no saving there.twice the amount of pollution from exhaust. no saving there. all bottles and cans to be washed.extra water,extra electricity to heat water. no saving there.please tell me me where the benifit to humanity is. I WANT TO BE GREEN .is it true that our nice clean rubish is being sold to china? you do the work they make the profit
2006-08-18 23:58:12 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Community Service
Bet the council tax goes up to pay for them, good for keeping crap in them though, we incinerate!!
2006-08-19 00:03:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
At least it sounds as if you are getting recycling facilities. I've just had a bill for £25 for provision of a garden refuse wheelie bin - however, the binmen just empty it straight into the truck with the regular rubbish! I can't see where this so called recycling happens with my local council!
We don't have any other form of reycling even hinted at. I have to drive about 8 miles to the closest recycling plant - so do I do more damage to the environment by being environmentally friendly or by chucking it straight in the bin?
2006-08-20 10:07:39 · answer #2 · answered by Purple 8 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. what about when they prosecute, for putting stuff in the wrong bin, they make money.
2, paying a trash guy, instead of giving benefit, they make money
3. making some people think they are doing great things, they get votes
4, anything that gets recycled, they dont have to landfile, hence landfils stay open longer, they make money
Its not to do with the environment.. its just the normal government confusion
Luckily the sweedish r leading the way on how to do it properly, they are doing micro generation, solar, bio fules based around replanting forests.
Recycling isnt a bad thing, its just done poorly.
Why is glass sorted into colours? what the hell do i care, if my next jar of value mayo, is pure clear glass. in berlin, they actually went the route, of mixing the colours..
2006-08-19 07:23:29 · answer #3 · answered by yeah well 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My friends son is 11 yr old and takes all his empty cans/scrap 2 scrapyard. Makes £100-£200 a week!!! Not bad eh? You work out how much council is making......oh yeah and what about the detergents we need 2 buy 2 unblock our sinks when the food from washed out tins is blockin it??......
2006-08-19 07:06:45 · answer #4 · answered by mishnbong 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's all to do with the Landfill Tax:
http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/cuep/tax.html
The best way to be green (actually, the only way) is to not consume in the first place.
2006-08-19 08:34:48 · answer #5 · answered by philr999 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its called your contribution to the planet don't knock it if we don't do anything it will be in a sorry mess in a short time
2006-08-19 07:05:16 · answer #6 · answered by GRUMPY /UK 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋