Most people now recycle their household waste and packaging.So why is the cost of food not gone down?

Question

you would have thought that it would be cheaper, as the recycling would counter-act the price of the food itself.

Answer 1

there is greed somewhere down the line

Answer 2

I don't think most people do recycle! Recycling households are few and far between. So that is why the cost isn't going down.

Answer 3

Price of gas, my lady. Transportation costs have doubled in the past 5 years. Droughts and floods have wiped out crops. Grocery stores have union staff that goes on strike. Vons and Pavilions are still trying to make up for the losses out here in California. Frosts have ruined oranges and some vegetables. We are now shipping in food from other countries that is why E. Coli attacks are increasing. Lots of reasons, m'dear. Lots of reasons.

Answer 4

If everyone in the world would just plant the seeds they have from the vegetables they consume we would not have a food issue. In America we are getting so much of our foods from outside of our own country. They harvest these foods before they are even ripe and sometimes even dye them, like oranges for instance. We should be more self sufficient. Grow your own . The whole world could be a flourishing garden of things for people to eat or create medicines from.

Answer 5

Our city manages recycling. Then they sell it. Then it is processed and sold to someone else.

I just like to hope that even though I don't see reduced prices as a direct link to my recycling, that it is in some way helping.

Lame, I know -

Answer 6

Because the tree huggers with their as usual no brainer have beat such a frenzy about using corn for methanol that the price for a bushel of corn has gone from $1.85 to over $4.00 + !!! FACT. So what it's done is drive the cost of corn feed up, causing farmers to charge way more for milk and all meat animals. ANYTHING taht has corn in it is skyrocketing.
The farmers are also growning more corn than has been done in over ten years, which reduces the amount of any other food vegetable, including soy beans.

Answer 7

Good Q Lady of the storm. Here's a good tip for you, passed on by a member of the recycling team. When buying fruit or vegetables, don't put them in bags. When going to the counter and the cashiers go to put the food in the bag say no, i'll put in after you have charged me for the items you purchased. If like myself i buy a lot of fruit and veg it soons adds up when air gets trapped in bags. Why should i be charged for air when it's free.

Answer 8

there are so many people living on this tiny little globe now that we have to spend so much money researching ways of making what little food we can produce bigger and longer lasting, it's all down to us as a society being greedy and spoilt and selfish.
if we all stopped demanding prettier tomatoes and sweeter strawberries, and only ate seasonal foods, from local recources, then the whole situation would be much easier to control.

it's your fault i have to pay so much for my pre packed, cleaned, disinfected and evenly proportioned spuds.

at least i have a good quality plastic bag to drive them home in.

Answer 9

Yes ur right, but who collects the recyclin (the council) so guess who makes money from it (the council). If we only recycle cans/tins thats aluminium which is worth lots in bulk, we should get a rebate on our council tax at least...

Answer 10

did you really expect it would give an incentive to lower food prices and what makes you think the super markets get a pay back//oh dear NO that money goes to ?????

Answer 11

The idea was to save money by the recyclers, not to save you money.