Do you recycle?
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This was the reason that we did it for years too. It got the bulky containers out of the trash can. I never believed that it actually helped anything and figured our county put it all in the landfill anyway. It went up to over $10/qtr so I canceled the "service."
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Yep, we are supplied two of the dump bins, blue for recycling, gray for trash.
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Since we're supplied cans both here and at the office for recycling I try to as much as possible. Since we have so many items delivered at both the house and office that come in cardboard boxes it greatly reduces the amount of space taken up in the regular cans even when breaking down the cardboard boxes.
I should/could do better with plastics though and throw my empty water bottles, milk jugs and others directly into the garbage without even thinking.
Since I'm a shareholder in Alcoa I singlehandedly support the price of aluminum by never recycling my beer cans...
I should/could do better with plastics though and throw my empty water bottles, milk jugs and others directly into the garbage without even thinking.
Since I'm a shareholder in Alcoa I singlehandedly support the price of aluminum by never recycling my beer cans...
- Dec 23, 2015
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It's pretty convenient these days. Remember when twenty years ago you would go to the recycle place (Walmart parking lot in my case) and have a separate dumpster for each color glass (brown, green, clear), plastic bottles, paper, cardboard, and cans.
Single stream dumping makes it pretty easy. Reduction of stuff in the landfill seems to be the biggest benefit - I don't think there is much money to be made on anything other than metals.
Single stream dumping makes it pretty easy. Reduction of stuff in the landfill seems to be the biggest benefit - I don't think there is much money to be made on anything other than metals.
- Jul 15, 2014
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No.
Other than when required to, which has turned into a disaster anywhere I lived that mandated it, starting with Gainesville when we were in college. Interestingly enough, everywhere I lived where it was mandated (including Gainesville), end up stopping it because they couldn't handle the load (TWSS).
Other than when required to, which has turned into a disaster anywhere I lived that mandated it, starting with Gainesville when we were in college. Interestingly enough, everywhere I lived where it was mandated (including Gainesville), end up stopping it because they couldn't handle the load (TWSS).
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Pretty sure crete manufacturers his own fertilizer for the plants in his yard.
But seriously. We do recycle at home because they supply two cans, trash and recycling, a d like others, less wasted space in trash can.
I think municipalities "recycle" it to the extent that they can find a buyer for the supply, but buyers are in low demand these days so a fair amount still ends up in landfills
But seriously. We do recycle at home because they supply two cans, trash and recycling, a d like others, less wasted space in trash can.
I think municipalities "recycle" it to the extent that they can find a buyer for the supply, but buyers are in low demand these days so a fair amount still ends up in landfills
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We used to.
We don't anymore.
The breaking point was when I found out that all of our trash and recycling end up in the very same pile at our dump.
Our local services provide both type cans and don't discourage the options.
Still though, I often run into people that believe they're somehow saving the Earth and are better than we are so I give them the win, don't tell them, and scurry off to my cave.
Again, this is Valdosta Georgia and so your areas may actually recycle so you may want to verify.
But for our services, here, they actually spend MORE money for the consumer's choice and don't recycle because it's too expensive to do so at the dump as they would have to export the recycled material.
We don't anymore.
The breaking point was when I found out that all of our trash and recycling end up in the very same pile at our dump.
Our local services provide both type cans and don't discourage the options.
Still though, I often run into people that believe they're somehow saving the Earth and are better than we are so I give them the win, don't tell them, and scurry off to my cave.
Again, this is Valdosta Georgia and so your areas may actually recycle so you may want to verify.
But for our services, here, they actually spend MORE money for the consumer's choice and don't recycle because it's too expensive to do so at the dump as they would have to export the recycled material.
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Sort of. I won't do it regularly at home because every trash service here charges extra for it...and it still ends up in the dump with a few exceptions.
I do "recycle" cardboard for the same reason mentioned above. Saves room in my normal can and the city has "recycle" dumpsters at the city gym where we workout in the mornings, so the only work is stopping to drop the boxes in the dumpster before or after the workout. I am still convinced the truck heads over to the neighborhood to fill up with garbage and then heads to the landfill.
We do compost for the garden.
I do "recycle" cardboard for the same reason mentioned above. Saves room in my normal can and the city has "recycle" dumpsters at the city gym where we workout in the mornings, so the only work is stopping to drop the boxes in the dumpster before or after the workout. I am still convinced the truck heads over to the neighborhood to fill up with garbage and then heads to the landfill.
We do compost for the garden.
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I’m just thankful we don’t have deposits on cans, bottles, etc. That was and is the biggest bs state tax. Nothing worse than loading up garbage bags full of nasty beer cans, soda, bottles for .05-.10$ a can. Then waiting for some old hag to count your bottles, cans. You don’t think you’ll ever bring back cans, but a case of beer had an added cost of $1.20. The Natty was only $10 a case + $1.20 of “deposit” absolute BS. I bet they all are .10 now.
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Aluminum cans, cardboard and milk jugs… the others are thrown away.
These are the only viable.
These are the only viable.
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But you could pay $0.05 per for a bunch of them in one state, then load up a mail truck and take them to Michigan for the $0.10!
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