Ever wonder where all these recycled stuff go?

[HappyRider]

Originally Posted by DCforever

The newspape you read
The aluminum can you drink soda or beer from
The steel in the frame of your automobile.
The cardboard box your latest Amazon shipment came in.

Your ignorance isn't a substitute for fact.

I am pretty sure I am not putting old car frames in my recycle bin at the curb every week.

[hawk55732]

Originally Posted by HappyRider

I am pretty sure I am not putting old car frames in my recycle bin at the curb every week.

Who says you are? However, the frame of the car you currently have has recycled materials in it.

[DCforever]

Originally Posted by HappyRider

I am pretty sure I am not putting old car frames in my recycle bin at the curb every week.

But the car you used to own was certainly recycled.

[functionofx]

Originally Posted by HappyRider

We have perhaps 4 times as much recyclable material (by volume at least) than trash every week, but what happens to them? I don't know of a single thing we use that is made from recycled material. Is this just a scam to make us feel good?

Eventually everything (including us) gets recycled.