Yes, I recycle everything I can.
Yes, but only some things, I'd recycle more if there was a financial incentive.
Yes, but only some things. That will probably never change.
No, but I would if there was a monetary incentive.
No, and that wouldn't change - even if there was a financial reward.
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Watch the Penn & Tellers 'Bullshit' series on Recycling. It might just change your outlook. Why recycle paper? We grow trees for paper etc. It is the equivelant of recycling potato peelings.
There should be an option for 'I am forced by the Council to recycle. On the threat of a £2000 fine'
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Originally Posted by TheDave
i reckon recycling pushes tax up more than using a different landfill will
No, TheDave, actually if they closed our small landfill and we had to truck our household waste to the nearest landfill and pay their fee per tonage, plus trucking, etc., we would pay considerably more than we are now. My guess would be that this varies by county, and size, and even availability of vendors purchasing recycleables in any given area.
But then ours is a countwide operation and the City doesn't participate in it.
I wouldn't like to be forced into recycling, especially by my City. If that were the situation here, I would have left City employment long before I did as I wouldn't enjoy dealing with the public complaints!
Luckily our recycling is all voluntary .... they don't even pick up from your household, but do have large dumspters placed around town for people to toss into as desired.
BiGBoab-Actually our paper is ground up, mixed with water and used for daily cover at our landfill. A half inch of that replaces 6 inches of dirt daily and thereby more than triples the life of it. Not only that but they are bagging it and using it for garden mulch. I guess one man's trash can be another man's treasure, no?
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Is the hydro-pulping done on-site?
I only ask because I expect you know this off the top-of-your-head, or maybe you know someone who, um....knows...I think.
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Just goes out with the other rubbish. All I've got to do is put it in a special blue bag instead of a normal black/green one.
things are quiet until hitler decides he'd like to invade russia
so, he does
the russians are like "OMG WTF D00DZ, STOP TKING"
and the germans are still like "omg ph34r n00bz"
the russians fall back, all the way to moscow
and then they all begin h4xing, which brings on the russian winter
the germans are like "wtf, h4x"
-- WW2 for the l33t
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No, TheDave, actually if they closed our small landfill and we had to truck our household waste to the nearest landfill and pay their fee per tonage, plus trucking, etc., we would pay considerably more than we are now. My guess would be that this varies by county, and size, and even availability of vendors purchasing recycleables in any given area.
But then ours is a countwide operation and the City doesn't participate in it.
I wouldn't like to be forced into recycling, especially by my City. If that were the situation here, I would have left City employment long before I did as I wouldn't enjoy dealing with the public complaints!
Luckily our recycling is all voluntary .... they don't even pick up from your household, but do have large dumspters placed around town for people to toss into as desired.
BiGBoab-Actually our paper is ground up, mixed with water and used for daily cover at our landfill. A half inch of that replaces 6 inches of dirt daily and thereby more than triples the life of it. Not only that but they are bagging it and using it for garden mulch. I guess one man's trash can be another man's treasure, no?
I appreciate that Rose. No I dont, I am just saying that to be polite.
I think it would also be a good idea to recycle at the source. About 35% of a tree that is cut down ends up as useable wood. What happens to the rest? The majority of it is burned where the tree is cut down. Is that setting an example to recycle?
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I appreciate that Rose. No I dont, I am just saying that to be polite.
I think it would also be a good idea to recycle at the source. About 35% of a tree that is cut down ends up as useable wood. What happens to the rest? The majority of it is burned where the tree is cut down. Is that setting an example to recycle?
BigBoab: Absolutely not.But if they are going to mess up that way while cutting them down, the least we can do is make the most of the rest!
J2: Yes, it is done on site... Listen to me talk refuse......
That darn man has totally brainwashed me!!
Last edited by Everose; 03-04-2005 at 08:24 PM.
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test - bullshit on winamp tv
http://205.209.129.180:8000/;stream.nsv
http://65.75.176.90:8000/;stream.nsv
http://65.75.168.150:8000/;stream.nsv
Last edited by TheDave; 03-06-2005 at 11:44 AM.
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I go as far as taking my newspaper to work for the packing crew.
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I go as far as taking my newspaper to work for the packing crew.
And to my children I leave 50 thousand clean tin cans.
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But if they are going to mess up that way while cutting them down, the least we can do is make the most of the rest! 
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