There is value in the trash being dumped in landfills and no one really knows what that value is. Since about 40% of the mass that is dumped could be directly processed into oil it would make sense to evaluate this matter.
2007-01-19 09:45:10 · 4 answers · asked by jim m 5 in Environment
They're already mining some landfills to take out the recyclables etc. Not so much for the value of the raw materials as to make more space in the landfill and save the cost of having to go through the process of finding more landfill space somewhere else.
2007-01-19 14:08:24 · answer #1 · answered by Dale K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the point isn't the fee it truly is saving factors for the destiny - it continually fee extra to recycle if all fee are considered you're puzzling the overall fee with the production fee - for the reason that some different person will pay for the series then a company can produce a product from recycled textile more reasonable than raw textile ( each so often ) so society is very bankrolling the corporation ( yet we attempt this with all agencies in any such tremendous type of methods they are previous counting - and placed all at the same time and also you've the nebulous ingredient we call the monetary equipment ) only as one celebration - who will pay to develop and practice the staff ( DuPont doesn't run a unmarried nursery and they don't pay for effortless education - a minimum of in a roundabout way )
2016-11-25 21:04:06 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Recycling always makes sense. The fact that now we have higher costs for many of the products that we use should contribute to a urgency to recycle, however the sad truth of the matter is that not enough people do it to make it fesable for your average consumer to do. Most people have to pay extra to have a waste company pick up recyclables seprately from regular refuse. From an economic standpoint the only one who will truely benefit from our recycling is the manufacturer not the consumer. We get it coming and going. It does however make sense to do and we should find a way to get legislation passed that makes it against the law to charge a person twice for a product (once to purchase the Item and once to recycle the container.) so that more people will recycle.
2007-01-19 16:11:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will do that when the price can do the recycle competitively. A business must make a profit.
2007-01-19 11:52:35 · answer #4 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋