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10-20-2005, 09:50 AM
"Mrs Bonk" <arse@cutey.com> wrote in message
news:3ro038FkdenuU1@individual.net...
> SteveB wrote:
> I thought recycling was for the good of the planet not for profit.
well, it's actually both (based on recycling programs round the world).
something doesn't have to be a short-term monetary benefit in order to still
be a nett benefit (economic and otherwise) for everyone, but there's clear
monetary benefit to be had also - recyclables are a _resource_ like the mine
or tree they originally came from, they're not "garbage".
> Maybe things are very different where you live.
well, he claims to live in las vegas, so there's that :-)
i got the impression steve b. was saying he doesn't know how to wash out his
recyclables! (although how his recyclables always get full of seafood or
chicken is something of a mystery, when you think about it). beyond that,
why the garbage & recycling service coming only once a week is a "problem" i
can't really fathom. people who are bothered by food smells in their garbage
keep the smelly meat-based waste in the freezer for the week, and of course
composting the compostables is the obvious solution for other food waste.
how these two things could be insurmountably difficult when billions of
people do them every day quite easily, again, i don't know.
> I recycled a bed this week. I dismantled it and took it to my recycling
> centre. We try to recycle everything possible. My local county council
> have informed us that if land fill is not reduced considerably we shall be
> fined by Europe. Then our taxes will rise and we pay enough tax as it is -
> so we have to do our 'bit'.
regardless of that - the reality is a choice between taking some
responsibility for our own garbage, or being pushed out by landfill instead.
it doesn't take too much wit to see which is the preferable option. :-) (and
wallace and gromit would agree wholeheartedly ;-)
kylie
news:3ro038FkdenuU1@individual.net...
> SteveB wrote:
> I thought recycling was for the good of the planet not for profit.
well, it's actually both (based on recycling programs round the world).
something doesn't have to be a short-term monetary benefit in order to still
be a nett benefit (economic and otherwise) for everyone, but there's clear
monetary benefit to be had also - recyclables are a _resource_ like the mine
or tree they originally came from, they're not "garbage".
> Maybe things are very different where you live.
well, he claims to live in las vegas, so there's that :-)
i got the impression steve b. was saying he doesn't know how to wash out his
recyclables! (although how his recyclables always get full of seafood or
chicken is something of a mystery, when you think about it). beyond that,
why the garbage & recycling service coming only once a week is a "problem" i
can't really fathom. people who are bothered by food smells in their garbage
keep the smelly meat-based waste in the freezer for the week, and of course
composting the compostables is the obvious solution for other food waste.
how these two things could be insurmountably difficult when billions of
people do them every day quite easily, again, i don't know.
> I recycled a bed this week. I dismantled it and took it to my recycling
> centre. We try to recycle everything possible. My local county council
> have informed us that if land fill is not reduced considerably we shall be
> fined by Europe. Then our taxes will rise and we pay enough tax as it is -
> so we have to do our 'bit'.
regardless of that - the reality is a choice between taking some
responsibility for our own garbage, or being pushed out by landfill instead.
it doesn't take too much wit to see which is the preferable option. :-) (and
wallace and gromit would agree wholeheartedly ;-)
kylie