If possible, expain why or why not.
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We tried it.. . ..
The local government has a red bucket to put your recyclables in
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We did and left out sometimes up to 4 containers
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Until
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They didn%26#039;t stop and pick up all the peoples recyclable things
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Called the County office up and they said they would get it taken care of
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Well next week did it again and same thing no pick up
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So our recyclable is back in the trash can
I called up and told them what the problem was and that we even had all the stuff in separate containers paper
aluminum
plastic
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They said they would get on it right away
Well I told them don%26#039;t waist your time I have almost a months worth of recyclable material and it is going in the trash can
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Got all kinds of papers of I am sorry we are not ..........
From all kinds of people in the county waste management office
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I just tore them up and threw them in the trash can
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This is the dilemma of trying to do something to help and ............. well you finish it
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Other Answers (20)
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Yes, I recycle everything I can. We have to save up our recycling and take it to the nearest larger city when we go have to make a trip to town. I have also submitted a proposal to the manufacturing plant for which I work to offer paper by the roll (left over rolls from our manufacturing process that are hauled to the landfill) to the public, thereby reducing our environmental impact and doubling that reduction because the people who will be getting the paper will buy less and be recycling themselves and using less purchased paper.
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Yes, but more importatly, I remove all labels, I use can opener to open (95%) cans so that lid(s) can be folded into can and the flatten them with my shoed foot. Sometimes I insert the metal lids from glass jars into the can before flattening. Cans with one end rounded are only flattened at the open end with the lid folded in to the cans middle and the round end is then flattened thereon.
World War II recycling required such treatment.
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We recycle what we can.
Sometimes recycling takes creativity. Instead of taking all of our newspapers to the recycling bins (or in the trash), we use them in our garden to hold in moisture and keep down weeds. By the next summer, they are rotted enough to till into the soil.
Those plastic grocery bags that only hold 1 or 2 items? They are great for packing around things when we send a package. I have seen instructions for making them into door mats (haven%26#039;t tried it, but a neat idea).
Also, I use coffee cans (plastic or metal) to grow seed plants for the garden or cuttings for friends. When they are no longer useful, into the recycle bin they go (sans dirt, of course).
I actually started recycling because we were filling up the trash can with newspapers and milk jugs (I have a teenage son who drinks loads of milk). We actually stopped getting the newspaper for awhile because I was tired of all the trash it produced! Thankfully, bins were place in a school parking lot nearby, but they only take #1, and #2 plastic (which is more than you might think), and newspapers and aluminum cans.
We used to live in a nearby town where each home got bins for cans, papers, and glass. Every so often, they also picked up oil. It was great! I guess budget cuts did them in, also.
We are not environmentalists who get on a soapbox and preach to people about the end of the earth. We just use our heads and do what we can.
Why do we recycle?
There is only so much room in our landfills, and I don%26#039;t want them to put one in my backyard because they need room for another one.
It just makes sense to recycle when we can. 0% 0 Votes -
My family recycles as much as possible. I can%26#039;t see why people would not; it’s free and makes the usual waste lower therefore cheaper!
However about two years ago we were unable to recycle as our local recycling centre was 25 miles outside of where we live! (Completely out of the way)
However, a new recycling centre opened up 3 miles from where we live so it’s much easier now. (However because the centre is actually outside of our county council area we are not supposed to use it!)
Although our County Council has been rubbish (excuse the pun) at supplying adequate recycling centres, they have given every household a recycling wheelie bin that takes paper, plastic bottles, tin cans and beer cans. We are supposed to get a third wheelie bin for recycling food stuff.
As it is, we have increased our recycling to a point where our usual waste is less than a quarter of what it used to be and we have saved lots of money on our waste expenses (our bin men charge us according to the weight of the waste). Also all recycling collections are free of charge.
With shopping, well plastic bags have been banned for 2 years now so we reuse durible strong bags (about €1 each, but last a long time). You can still buy plastic bags for .15c but no one really does. I always buy fruit and veg loose i.e. bananas don%26#039;t need to be put in bags as you don%26#039;t eat the skin.
In college there are several bins to allow recycling so it has just become common practice.
I think a lot more can be done, and although people see it as a bother, after a while it just becomes second nature! 0% 0 Votes -
I recyle because the council gave us the boxes to put stuff in and it means less of a full dustbin bag to lug outside, but when i saw the documentary about how a man from kent%26#039;s letter ended up whole in china in a heap of paper our government sends over on boats to them, it made me think, they are just selling it to china to make money to fund their outrageous expenses... and the plastic bottles they send over to the chinese, people are inhaling toxic fumes when they use toxic chemicals to break the stuff down and if you think about it, we are causing the problem by giving our councils the stuff to sell to these countries and therefor causing their deaths by poor working practices, the people dont even have gloves or masks while processing our stuff