how can the government convince the people to segregate the garbages?and do recycling?

Question

there are still people who does not segregate biodegradables from non-biodegegradables........

Answer 1

hm.. give the citizens the incentive to recycle.

Answer 2

It annoys me that our recycle program will only accept #1 and #2 plastics. They CAN do a lot better. Rutgers (our state university) has developed many programs over the years. Also our county has very short and difficult times posted to collect HazMats like mercury bulbs, etc.
So, I think many people are trying to do what they can, and the local governments need to do more. If nothing else, the non-biodegradable solid waste can be used to produce energy ( http://www.covantaholding.com/ )

Answer 3

Because it is not necessary. I throw all of my recyclable material (bio-degradeable and non-biodegradeable) into the same bin. One a week, the recycling company comes by and picks it up and segregates it for me. No fuss, no bother, easy to do, and everybody in my neighborhood does the same.

Answer 4

In the city that I live in recycling pick up is included with your garbage pick up. We get a bin for paper products and a bin for plastics, glass and metals. So it is up to each person to do it, you pay for it either way (our total garbage pick up fee is something like $10 a month). However, if you live in an apartment you do not have this option, it is only for houses that the garbage pick up goes to. It is also only in city limits, so people who live on the outskirts just outside of city limits do not have this option.
They should live w/in the city limits anyway to help reduce urban sprawl, but that is a whole other topic.

Answer 5

Fear. No one in the United States wanted to be accused by the House of Un-American Activities Committee or Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin in communist "witch hunts." Some famous cases of the HUAC were the trials of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg who were implicated to leaking information on atomic research to Soviets by Klaus Fuchs, a German scientist. The Rosenbergs were tried, convicted and executed, becoming the first Americans to be executed for espionage. Another case was Whittaker Chambers' accusation against former Soviet spy Alger Hiss, No one wanted to be blacklisted either, which was common when people were accused as being Communist sympathizers.

Answer 6

Countries such as Germany are doing it, I don't see why the US is not. I guess we need political leaders with the smarts to implement the same type of program they have in Germany, where paper, plastic, and biodegradables are all separated and picked up and taken care of (recycled) by the gov.

I'm still waiting.

Answer 7

Well for those of us who pay the garbage bills, the rising cost of getting rid of it will cause the general public to recycle. I do and have always done it.
But as long as those who are too lazy to do it, well they will just pay more $$ for the convenience

Answer 8

Tie recycling to an economic incentive, and punishment i for those who do not separate and recycle.

Answer 9

Provide recycling bins at NO CHARGE...and trash pick up at NO CHARGE in exchange for sorting

Answer 10

if you segregate your trash, and recycle, you should get pickup at no fee, or at least a tax deduction

Answer 11

Not with bylaws. The people should be able to throw away whatever they want wherever they want.