Why doesn't the government mandate recycling? Or is it the peoples choice? Should, in your opinion, local, state, or national governments mandate this? We lived up north and there were regular recycling trucks that came around to collect glass, both colored and clear, as well as magazines, news papers, aluminum, plastic. Now we live down south and all you seem to have is a dumpster every few miles labeled newspaper only. I'm interested i your opinion. Yes, we recycle what we can locally.
2007-03-01 06:23:16 · 3 answers · asked by Jester 2 in Environment
recycling in california is a JOKE!
1.you pay more than you get back, thats why it is called a CRV (redemption value) not a deposit.
2. there are fewer and fewer places to take your recycling. when the program was started, every supermarket had to have a place to take recycling...not anymore
3. the last time I went recycling the guy was so insane he could not even hold it together long enough to weigh or count my cans/bottles! this has been replaced with an automatic machine that is always full/closed.
4 a supermarket was collecting was collecting a deposit on 1 liter tetra packs, you cannot get money back on them, where did the money go? even california recycling does not care!
I wish there was a place I could go with bins to put my paper/glass/bottles/plastic
I dont even want the money...but even this is not available here.
2007-03-01 06:37:27 · answer #1 · answered by brainiac 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It expenses extra to landfill. At landfills there's a according to ton charge or according to backyard charge staring on the landfill. in case you recycle if there even is a charge this is minimum. the reason of that's because of the fact the recyclers you're taking your recycling to gets a kick returned for it. in case you're recycling workplace paper you will get the main kick returned. Glass is the least financially useful ingredient to recycle. various the time it value recyclers funds to get rid of glass while they acquire it. working example, the place I stay the disposal fee on the landfill is $25 according to ton, once you're a resident you are able to take your recycling to the recycling center for loose. once you're a employer and had a dumpster for trash and a dumpster for recycling, comparable length and accumulated the comparable quantity it may value you $50 a month for the trash and $25 for recycling, so in that subject it saves you 50%. don't get me incorrect there are expenses linked with recycling collectively with transportation expenses and annoying artwork, however the expenses are some distance under trash p.c.. up. and that i be responsive to all of this because of the fact I artwork for the 2nd greatest waste hauler in the international!!! So recycle as much as you are able to!!
2016-10-02 05:00:53 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some cities *do* mandate recycling. There will be more and more cities mandating recycling in the future.
Here's one example:
http://www.spokanecitysolidwaste.com/spokanecitysolidwaste/sub.aspx?id=4778
2007-03-01 06:30:17 · answer #3 · answered by tlbs101 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋