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Almost every city these days provides separate trash "recycle" bins for folks to separate their plastics, glass and paper. But why do the work for free? You don't get paid to recycle and it doesn't do anything to save the earth. Why bother? All it does is make these "garbage companies" rich!
All these waste plants that the garbage companies use help them make TONS of money from your trash. They use mechanical separators that easily sort your garbage no matter if you pre-sorted it in the pretty bins or not. All a worker needs to do is dump regular trash in there (bags and all) and it rips and separates everything nicely. Whatever the machines cannot do, they have workers that get paid to do the rest.
Here is a quick video of how they do it and how easy it is:
But check this out, then they take for example all of the garbage plastic and then it is shredded and compressed into cubes. They then sell these cubes to companies than melt it down and make new plastic products. This is millions of dollars thanks to your hard FREE recycling work.
The whole trash separation process is ran by people that get paid hourly! If everyone recycled, then less people would have jobs because less sorting would be needed. That would mean higher profits for the "garbage companies".
So remember, if you recycle, you are contributing making someone else richer. You are not saving the earth. (Dont fall into that tree hugger crap).
What you need to take away from this article is: F*** 'em just throw your garbage in 1 container, make your life easier and sleep happy.
I recycle because I dont like the idea of things going into landfill if its not needed. I dont care if someone else wants to take my garbage and turn it into useful products and earn money from it. If they werent, then people would be buyin gthe un recycled products and still someone would be earning profit from it.
What difference does it make to you if I recycle if you dont care?
I reuse my own stuff.
Once you leave the city limits you don't have 4-5-6 different garbage cans
I use the same garbage company as the city and I pay a lot less than the city residents do.
So? Why should I care if somebody gets rich? It's better than the trash ending up in a landfill.
We have places here that convert municipal waste into ethanol. Nothing wrong with that.
Maybe I should hang on to my garbage to "stick it to the tree huggers".
Location: In a place with little freedom (aka USA)
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Originally Posted by weltschmerz
So? Why should I care if somebody gets rich? It's better than the trash ending up in a landfill.
We have places here that convert municipal waste into ethanol. Nothing wrong with that.
Maybe I should hang on to my garbage to "stick it to the tree huggers".
What a stupid thread.
You obviously did not read the thread. If you recycle or not, your trash it gets resold and you WASTED your efforts. It never hits the landfill regardless.
You obviously did not read the thread. If you recycle or not, it gets resold. It never hits the landfill regardless.
If you throw it in the garbage, it goes into a landfill. I don't care if it gets resold. If we can use our old plastic to make everything from warm winter jackets to patio furniture, more power to whoever is making money. Why do you care? You have a problem with capitalism, or are you just too damn lazy to recycle?
So landfills dont exist, they are just some vast conspiracy to convince you to give away all of that valuable garbage you own, so others can get rich?
Why dont you start a recycle business then and collect peoples trash for free.. Think of how loaded you'd become..
What he's saying is that recycling that you pay extra for is done with garbage that isn't separated into those various cans.
It's happening even for people like me that don't have recycling (I'm rural).
You're paying for the same thing I get for free
And I don't need 7 different colored cans either !
Location: In a place with little freedom (aka USA)
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Originally Posted by weltschmerz
If you throw it in the garbage, it goes into a landfill. I don't care if it gets resold. If we can use our old plastic to make everything from warm winter jackets to patio furniture, more power to whoever is making money. Why do you care? You have a problem with capitalism, or are you just too damn lay to recycle?
It does not matter if I recycle, separate my trash or dump it all in 1 bag. The plastics, glass, metal and wood all gets recycled and resold and the money goes to the corporations.
I dont want the money, I just rather not be an idiot and sort my garbage for nothing.
Who cares about landfills? Look at Harbor Island in Seattle. If it wasn't for landfills, the island would never exist!
If you throw it in the garbage, it goes into a landfill. I don't care if it gets resold. If we can use our old plastic to make everything from warm winter jackets to patio furniture, more power to whoever is making money. Why do you care? You have a problem with capitalism, or are you just too damn lay to recycle?
Not all of us are afforded recycling.
I'm rural and recycling has a different meaning out here.
When I did live in the city I had 3 different cans to put out each week.
I also paid a higher garbage bill.
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So landfills dont exist, they are just some vast conspiracy to convince you to give away all of that valuable garbage you own, so others can get rich?
