2007-08-19 00:49:56 · 21 answers · asked by Kevin 6 in Environment ➔ Global Warming
A law for it.....
2007-08-19 08:44:23 · update #1
I think it is the contrary...
Having the garbage picked and piled on public landfill, operated by a private company or not, should not be a right.
In the first place, a large part of the responsability for the trash should be put on the consumer which creates the need, not on the producer who answers this need.
I guess, people would then be upset enough to have a garbage pile in the frontyard that they would recycle most of it.
2007-08-19 01:43:36 · answer #1 · answered by NLBNLB 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Most cities in the US have city ordinances (or local laws) that make recycling a must in those cities. The city I live in gave us two extra trash cans, 1 green in color for yard waste and the other gray for recyclables. The third trash can is brown and that is for trash. But they only allow certian products to be recycled I think it is anything with a number of 2 or 3 on it (every plasic product you get has a triangle with a number in the center of it). I think it would be almost imposible to recycle each and everything that we consume. So they put a number on it and only allow certian numbers to be recycled.
2007-08-19 09:25:19 · answer #2 · answered by davedgreat2000 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes! I do. Not so much that people have to recycle, but that business have to provide a place to recycle. Neither the huge apartment complex I live in or the huge place I work provide these things. I want to recycle, but it is so hard to save it all up and take it to the recycle place on the edge of the city. I have talked to both places about this several times and they just say it is to expensive and not in their budget. I think there should be a law that MAKES them provide places. This is ridiculous!
2007-08-19 03:18:27 · answer #3 · answered by ambergail1 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Their are laws both city and state laws on recycling but, not on a national level. So what is done with old motor oil, used batteries by the back yard mechanics ?
Half *** measures have all ways been the norm.
2007-08-23 07:07:20 · answer #4 · answered by Mogollon Dude 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, recycling should be available, but not mandated. This is after all a free society where individuals are allowed to make choices, including the choice of whether or not to recycle. Any government intrusion on personal freedoms will only be the thin end of the wedge and will end up with the government in complete control of every aspect of our lives.
2007-08-19 08:21:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
of course. there are so many ways we can save the earth, and recycling is one of them. if there was a law that people had to recycle, and everyone did in the world, we would slow down global warming by a massive amount. if people are so concerned about our planet being destroyed, why not take advantage of a great way to stop global warming when it's right in front of you?!
2007-08-23 04:14:55 · answer #6 · answered by sunray 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not!!!! The government has enough power. Instead we should just continue educating people on the advantages of recycling and continue to provide convenient locations for recycling.
2007-08-19 06:32:02 · answer #7 · answered by Natasha G 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you truly believe that the sequestration of CO2 is going to save the world, the recycling of paper should be banned. Old trees do not process as much CO2 as young trees. By processing old trees and converting them into products and burying them actually removes CO2 from the atmosphere and buries it under ground. The US plants more trees than any other nation in the world by way of tree farms.
American laws should only be put in place to make lives better for American citizens, not because of junk science derived from corrupt global organizations such as the UN.
2007-08-19 02:51:53 · answer #8 · answered by Tomcat 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think it's the only way to make recycling a part of everyone's life. I also think ,however, that it will be difficult to enforce and quite possibly have the reverse effect. People may become resentful of such restrictions. Any law would have to be fairly benign and use encouragement rather than punishment.
2007-08-19 01:43:00 · answer #9 · answered by popsshp 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Are you a communist? Capitalism drives recycling. Because recycling saves landfill space, it is a benefit to the community to engage in recycling as landfills cost millions to build and maintain. With the "not in my backyard" attitude of all the environmental hypocrites out there, it is any wonder that there are landfills being built at all anymore.
Free market forces drive the expansion and new construction of landfills. Environmentalist wackos oppose all new construction.
So, landfills, in order to appease the leftist socialist, have recycling programs that generally lose money to keep from having to build again. Who pays? The local taxpayer in the form of city/county collection fees.
2007-08-19 01:34:18 · answer #10 · answered by Christmas Light Guy 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋