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• 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. 3% 2 Votes ) http://www.fms.rutgers.edu/FMSPrograms/R... 2% 1 Vote
• Countries such as Germany are doing it, I don%26#039;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%26#039;m still waiting. 21% 14 Votes
• 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 5% 3 Votes
• Tie recycling to an economic incentive, and punishment i for those who do not separate and recycle. 6% 4 Votes
• Not with bylaws. The people should be able to throw away whatever they want wherever they want. 0% 0 Votes
• if you segregate your trash, and recycle, you should get pickup at no fee, or at least a tax deduction 5% 3 Votes
• Governments are not famous for their concerns about their countries ,
  
  As far as the recycling is concerned i agree the local government must be pressurized in to providing different painted bins ,as they do in the village centers in the Netherlands ,one for white glass,one for colored glass ,plastic and one for organics,
  
  And if the Government does not have recycling facilities ,perhaps they can be set up privately ,as happens in many places ,often their is Government assistance for initiating these businesses ,
  
  personally i think we should boycott companies like Coca Cola to foot part of the bill after all a lot of the rubbish they have produced it may even be feasible if they recycled them selves
  Here in Mexico they told us to take a hike ,but with organization it would be a big threat if a whole town refused to drink their stuff for a week ,it means thousands of dollars or more
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  But about the organics
  the people must get it together themselves
  
  Governments have other priorities and they live somewhere else
  i am sure around their homes the place is clean.
  
  So it is up to the people to behave responsibly towards their OWN living conditions .
  
  Why do people always lay the blame or responsibility at the feet of the government .like a big daddy .
  
  Why not think big and say
  what is GOD doing about it ?
  why does he not say separate your garbage ,do not pollute.
  
  I worked for an ecology department in Mexico ,and when we asked many times ,of the churches to include environmental responsibility in their preaching ,it was ignored
  when we invited church leaders to our citizens meetings ,
  they refused to come .
  their business is in life AFTER death .not before it .
  
  Chief Seattle said over a 100 years ago ;those who sleep in their filth ,will die in it ,
  
  So it is up to YOU each and everyone ,
  not the government or anybody else
  
  or the Chiefs prophesy will get you as well.
  
  organic waste is responsible for 70% of the contamination of landfills,and it is the easiest to fix,.with composting
  
  or if it is a lot such as with paper or saw dust ,use it for mulching.
  
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  COMPOSTING AND MULCHING
  
  COMPOSTING or decomposition is the natural process that happens in Nature from which the soil is derived ,
  for example a tree produces most of it own soil during its life time ,with the leaves its discards which fall on the ground ,and rots
  the worms and the bugs eat it and their excrement is the black top soil mixed with other organic wastes
  WE COPY THAT for composting or mulching
  a compost heap is a good thing for a household because it accommodates organic wastes that other wise would have gone to land fills and 70 % of landfill pollution comes from organic wastes that people put in with their trash.
  and the compost is useful t have in the garden for flower pot or the garden itself
  
  COMPOSTING
  First of all we have to classify trash at least keep the organic to one side ,like in a plastic bin with a lid ,
  
  the permanent stuff like glass plastics ,can go to the landfill or we make a hole of a few square meters and make our own landfill ,every so often cover with sand and compact it .
  As long as the organics are gone the production of harmful bacteria is next to none ,
  
  Only things like batteries are very bad in the soil.
  
  Don`t burn it ,that is very bad for the air .
  
  if you are in a apartment ,if you have a balcony get a big plastic bin drill some holes in the side and lid ,
  
  and add a bit of sand now and again to put over the trash ,you should really stir or move the stuff at times to aerate it and ensure that the decomposition is overall ,keep moist
  
  there are special compost bins you can get for apartments ,best to keep on the balcony where there is airflow.