Recycling days in states

[Hybrid-Of-Souls]

Here in NJ, we have a weekly recycle pick-up, which is meant to help save the environment. But I was wondering why some states DON'T have recycling pick-ups at least once a week. Is it like an ordinance that seems too expensive? Is it that picking up recycling seems too expensive nowadays? I've never really figured it out.

[JakeHero]

Oh, it probably has something to do with democracy, yeah know, how some elected representatives don't feel recycling is as imperative in one state as another.

[Texsk8er56]

i dont like recycling, id rather put everything in one trash can. call me lazy, but its much easier than having to put 4 trash cans in front of the house instead of just one

[Der-Lowe]

Poor people do the recycling with middle class and rich people's garbage where I live.

[Draconias]

At 3/12/07 09:51 PM, Texsk8er56 wrote: i dont like recycling, id rather put everything in one trash can. call me lazy, but its much easier than having to put 4 trash cans in front of the house instead of just one

I live right beside Columbus in Ohio, and that's not how we do recycle, at least. We have a trash can and a larg blue can (like the trash can) for any type of recycle-- paper, plastic, metal, etc. It doesn't cost any more than the pre-sorted recycle, either, and conveniently driveways have two sides.

Recycling isn't nearly as bad as you claim it is.

[AIDSextravaganza]

it is extremely expensive... you have to pay for the recycling plants, buy trucks to pick up recycling, pay for gas and repairs for the truck, paying the workforce behind it, and providing medical insurance and all that kind of stuff to the workers. If you add it up it cuts deeply into state funding

[Athlas]

At 3/14/07 07:15 PM, AIDSextravaganza wrote: it is extremely expensive... you have to pay for the recycling plants, buy trucks to pick up recycling, pay for gas and repairs for the truck, paying the workforce behind it, and providing medical insurance and all that kind of stuff to the workers. If you add it up it cuts deeply into state funding

...Yes, because obviously, those supplies can't be exctracted from the 'normal' garbage disposal, right?

[EKublai]

We got recycle... They say I save a tree for ever 5 newspapers I recycle, but I don't ever see a leaf from that tree.

[deslona]

Recycling is less costly after the inital outlay has been paid.
This fact has been proven time and time again. And in later years it will have to be done anyway so why not invest in the infustructure now to save later when it will be an even bigger problem?

The trucks to collect the resources wont cost anything as they would be pulled from the regular fleet. Or maybe a few new trucks bought depending on the size and succsess of the program.
Insurance? Yes, I agree, America would havea problem there as (some) people are idiots and want to get something for nothing.
A factory to sort it all and ship it off to other locations... Costly sure, but it isn't like you are selling the materials for free. You do make money selling it to firls that want cheap resources and an enviromentally friendly image.

The point is trees and other natural resocurces won't last forever at the rate we are consuming them (vs giving back)

[highland-toffee-cow]

I'm from Scotland and we basically carry out bottles etc round to a local recycling place and dump it there but yeah not many people seem to use it. Most likely out of laziness. I dont think recycling and other things as such are advertised much and they should be so people know that they have them there.

[Draconias]

At 3/14/07 07:15 PM, AIDSextravaganza wrote: it is extremely expensive... you have to pay for the recycling plants, buy trucks to pick up recycling, pay for gas and repairs for the truck, paying the workforce behind it, and providing medical insurance and all that kind of stuff to the workers. If you add it up it cuts deeply into state funding

And a well designed recycling plant is profitable. Which means you earn the money back and more, as well as benefitting your region in the long term. Do you think trash pickup isn't expensive? The city gets no money return on that, and constantly has to spend money for new dump sites. Recycling has an initial cost (as does everything), but brings back money, too.

[Eoewe]

Recycling doesn't do much except let people feel good about themselves.

[EKublai]

At 3/16/07 05:00 PM, Eoewe wrote: Recycling doesn't do much except let people feel good about themselves.

Look, it's smog!

That's not smog, it's smug!