Do you recycle? Which type of rubbish out of the following do you consider most disruptive? Plastic or glass?

Answer 1

As a household recycler, I find plastic bottles are very bulky and glass bottles require extra care. Both are difficult to store until I make a trip to the recycling center (where I get a 5 cent return on the deposit for each individual beverage container). I guess glass is more disruptive, because I'm always scared I'll break it, and it makes more noise.

I find recycling aluminum and cardboard to be more convenient, though I don't get any returned deposit on the cardboard, just the satisfaction of knowing that I'm cutting down on unnecessary landfill use in our island home.

Answer 2

Huh? How can glass or plastic be disruptive? I don't understand the question. I do recycle though.

Answer 3

Plastic is for me. Glass can be cleaned and re-used more easily as plastic gets stained and awfully disgusting when you want to re-use the item ( plastic containers). Plus it is a dangerous material that can't be left unattended if you have children. ( plastic bags )...
Glass containers can be made into decorative items and will remain attractive even after a long time.

Answer 4

Plastic takes much more energy to manufacture, so has a greater impact on the environment.

I recycle everything I can.

Answer 5

plastics are more disruptive but they are still recyclable....things which are hard to recycle would be Styrofoams...but recently they have invented recyclable Styrofoams too....

Answer 6

neither...my can is a mix of all the stiuff. What annoys me is non-corrugated cardboard and pizza boxes. Our program will not recycle those

Answer 7

plastic, it contains all kinds of pollutants. Glass can be melted down and reused.

Answer 8

styrofoam.