Forced Recycling

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

I refuse to spend a minute of my time sorting recycling. In BC we have to sort recycling in 3 different bags for recycling and if your garbage is picked up and they think they feel plastic bottles or something they refuse to pick it up. I personally don't believe in recycling, I think it's a waste of effort, money, energy and worst of all a waste of my time. Recycling should never be forced, I'd love an hour alone with whoever thought of that idea. edit: actually you know what? a whole day with the entire EPA tied to chairs, I'll just need some dull scissors my creativity. secondhand smoke errrg :mad:

anyone else angered by this?

[alkytrio666]

Is it that hard to seperate recyclables? It isn't as though this is some kind of hoax or something, recycling really is good for the environment. I mean, it's too bad that they're so anal about your pick-up, but it shouldn't be too difficult to adapt to this system- just put everything in its corresponding section when you go to throw it out.

So if you're asking does recyling make me mad? No- quite the contrary. It's an easy thing everyone can do to try and slow down the disintigration of the planet we've helped to trash so well.

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

How exactly is recycling beneficial to the planet? it's a serious question.

ever watch "Idiocracy"? When I ask about recycling I get a "because it's got electolytes" type response.


I know we have some smart people here, please convince me that recycling is worth it.

[alkytrio666]

http://greenliving.lovetoknow.com/Wh...ling_Important

There are plenty of reasons, and I'd rather point you to a site like this one then explain them all. I'm pretty sure even most environmental skeptics can see the common sense of a lot of these benefits. The issues of space to put this shit comes down to common sense.

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

sorry don't feel like reading through a site called greenliving.com. (I'll send you to a good site on why Aliens have landed on earth www.conspiracynuts.com)

also I took a quick look at it, took me 2 seconds to find lies. recycling does not save money.

"The issues of space to put this shit comes down to common sense."

thanks for coming out, some how I'm not convinced.

anyone else? I want to believe it's not a waste, but I'm skeptical.

[Kleptron]

Originally Posted by X¤MurderDoll¤X

How exactly is recycling beneficial to the planet? it's a serious question.

ever watch "Idiocracy"? When I ask about recycling I get a "because it's got electolytes" type response.

Lol-thats funny as hell and I see your point. I only recycle beer cans for money. The stupid fucking recycling center in my town has cut its budget and refuses to take much more than aluminum cans now. How important can recycling be if the damn places that do it stop taking paper and cardboard, not to mention plastic. Fuck it, I don't give 2 shits about recycling unless it puts money in my pocket.

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

Originally Posted by Kleptron

Lol-thats funny as hell and I see your point. I only recycle beer cans for money. The stupid fucking recycling center in my town has cut its budget and refuses to take much more than aluminum cans now. How important can recycling be if the damn places that do it stop taking paper and cardboard, not to mention plastic. Fuck it, I don't give 2 shits about recycling unless it puts money in my pocket.

Aluminum is actually worth something, that's why. :p

[missmacabre]

I'm an avid recycler. i will grab empty pop bottles left in the cafeteria and put them in the blue bin at school etc. I'm just as frustrated as you for the same reason even though I'm on the other end of the enviro-spectrum. Most things we are asked to recycle are not worth recyling. A lot of types of plastic are sent to recycling plants but never recycled because it costs less money to make new plastic containers than to have someone sort, wash and melt down the old plastic.

edit: Green bin is where it's at. So much garbage is actually biodegradable. I also think reusing things is a lot better for the environment than recycling plants.

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

is it really worth it?

of the 7 recycling classifications for plastic materials, 2 of them are deemed usable. anything else is just burned unsafely as fuel (making some serious pollution)

oh and the 2 types of plastic that do get recycled are made into plastic bags. just what the environment needs though right?

to recycle newspaper, they use toxic chemicals to get rid of the ink on the paper. where do those chemicals go? recycling also adds like 20% on to the cost of picking up and getting rid of garbage.

recycling trucks also don't run on wheatgrass

[Freak]

I think your just lazy.