Meaning 72% of US citizens are litter-free (free to litter) when it comes to glas?
Glass gets recycled in certain communities at higher rates, but it's generally at county or municipality levels - some states and counties have almost no recycling programs. I think only about 30% of glass in the US gets recycled the last I'd read about it. Apparently its weight makes it more difficult to transport. Paper (especially cardboard) gets recycled around 65%+ nationwide, more so in the areas where there are numerous paper mills.
I think it's the energy-consumption and the pollution in creating aluminum. Ecologically, it is totally unacceptable, and apparently the facts have been widely scraped from the internet. - It used to be there in all it's 'glory', only a few years ago.
Instead, a great whitewashing of the chemical industry seems to be taking place by highlighting the advantages of recycling it, when you do a web-search, while hardly anyone is re-cycling it in reality.
10 states in the US pay a glass bottle "deposit"; it varies between 5 cents and 15 cents. Most states have over 60% return rates, a few are over 75%. Aluminum (mostly cans) in the US gets recycled about 65% of the time from what I could find.
Not enough, of course, but more than I expected.
Those ten states make up for how much of the U.S. population? ...
Here, glas-deposits vary between 8 - 25 â¬-cents, and plasticbottle-deposits usually are 25 cts. for the whole nation, while selling non-refundable plastic bottles and other food-containers is still legal.
And then, besides selling trash to poor countries which is resulting in micro-plastic we all keep eating, drinking, and eventually inhaling, there still is this:
...which after some thought brings me to aluminum cans. - Gosh, what a mess..!
What's the mess? Apart from their infinite recyclability, they're a huge weight savings to ship the product. Now if they could only figure out how to make them "nesting" when unfilled so that they don't take up so much warehouse space or space in the truck on the way to the brewery.
Yeah. Forgot about glas. It is collected here in public containers, or refunded in all stores by law, depending on it's branding (you pay a small plus, if refundable). - I never buy any drinks in plastic bottles, not even if refundable... apart from that I rarely drink Coke.
...which after some thought brings me to aluminum cans. - Gosh, what a mess..!
The "free market" is bringing us all to hell on earth together, regardless if you vote for any-who.
10 states in the US pay a glass bottle "deposit"; it varies between 5 cents and 15 cents. Most states have over 60% return rates, a few are over 75%. Aluminum (mostly cans) in the US gets recycled about 65% of the time from what I could find.
Not enough, of course, but more than I expected.
Learned this at an early age that Coke tastes better in glass bottles than plastics of today. Just saying.
Yeah. Forgot about glas. It is collected here in public containers, or refunded in all stores by law, depending on it's branding (you pay a small plus, if refundable). - I never buy any drinks in plastic bottles, not even if refundable... apart from that I rarely drink Coke.
...which after some thought brings me to aluminum cans. - Gosh, what a mess..!
The "free market" is bringing us all to hell on earth together, regardless if you vote for any-who.
In my country, we all have to rent assorted bins for general (household disposals), paper, plastic & composite materials, and an extra one for compostable waste (uncooked greens, plant- and garden waste).
Not that I learned this today, but:
Much of all the plastic & composite waste either goes to the landfill disposal-sites, or (the vast majority) of it is being sold to poor countries, where it is either burnt (without any toxic waste filters) or for an apparent huge part, just dumped in to the rivers and the sea, root of micro-plastic.
If we want to be sure, our plastic & composite material waste gets burned in proper waste incineration plants, we have to put it in our regular household bins. This is something, the public isn't really aware of.
Damnville at least really did have a 3rd party recycling company handling it at first but they went belly up and they just never saiid anything about it and kept charging the $5/month recycle bins rental.
Whoever is emptying the bins is paying a fee to dispose of/manage the contents, so charging those who generate more is a reasonable method of disposal. In reality, very little of the "recycling" is recycled, and often generates a landfill tipping fee.
Youâre not far off the truth. When they will need to reclaim metals from the 50âs to the 90âs youâll see people trying to lay claim like old time gold miners when humanity collapses, aka Thunder Dome.
i took out the dystopian descriptor i had in there, thinking maybe it will be more reasonable; like back to the future II where doc uses garbage to power his flying car.
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Aug 2, 2023 - 10:33am
dischuckin wrote:
at least it's sorted for the future when landfills are harvested (hopefully they don't stir it too much)
Youâre not far off the truth. When they will need to reclaim metals from the 50âs to the 90âs youâll see people trying to lay claim like old time gold miners when humanity collapses, aka Thunder Dome.
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Aug 2, 2023 - 9:17am
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Sounds very much like a 'lets keep these people employed all week' situation. Not very efficient.
Damnville at least really did have a 3rd party recycling company handling it at first but they went belly up and they just never saiid anything about it and kept charging the $5/month recycle bins rental.
Today I learned garbage pick up is very much just like it was in Danville. Just a few differences.
Here in the Azores Monday and Thursday are organic,Tuesday is glass, Wed is cardboard and Friday is plastic.
Danville picked up on Thursdays and charged $5/month extra for the recycle bins.
What is the same is that everything that is picked up ends up going right to the landfill. Guess this whole recycle thing is just meant to make people feel like they are actually doing something to help.
Sounds very much like a 'lets keep these people employed all week' situation. Not very efficient.
at least it's sorted for the future when landfills are harvested (hopefully they don't stir it too much)
Around here paper and metal (especially aluminum) get recycled at pretty high rates. Only certain glass (bottles) and plastics (milk-jugs mostly) get recycled at reasonable percentages.
Today I learned garbage pick up is very much just like it was in Danville. Just a few differences.
Here in the Azores Monday and Thursday are organic,Tuesday is glass, Wed is cardboard and Friday is plastic.
Danville picked up on Thursdays and charged $5/month extra for the recycle bins.
What is the same is that everything that is picked up ends up going right to the landfill. Guess this whole recycle thing is just meant to make people feel like they are actually doing something to help.
at least it's sorted for the future when landfills are harvested (hopefully they don't stir it too much)
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Aug 2, 2023 - 8:09am
Today I learned garbage pick up is very much just like it was in Danville. Just a few differences.
Here in the Azores Monday and Thursday are organic,Tuesday is glass, Wed is cardboard and Friday is plastic.
Danville picked up on Thursdays and charged $5/month extra for the recycle bins.
What is the same is that everything that is picked up ends up going right to the landfill. Guess this whole recycle thing is just meant to make people feel like they are actually doing something to help.
