05-13-2008, 04:40 PM
[quote raz][quote cbelt3]People with pickups go around every trash night and take all the metal and anything of marginal value off the curb.
Re-use is better than re-cycle.
Probably not reusing, just taking to sell themselves. Downside is that sellable recyclables in a town run recycling program often help defray the cost of disposing of other recyclables that do not have a current paying market. That happens in the university's recycling program at where I work. Some groups of recyclables like electronics will cost to dispose of depending on the current market. Typically $5-10 a ton as compared to over $30 a ton if they could be landfilled. But they might get paid a few dollars a ton for paper or cardboard.
As for my town, curbside recycling of paper, cardboard, metal cans, and a range of plastic containers. Some other items can be dropped off at the town transfer station, depending on the item there might be a charge. For instance, the town charges $10 for a monitor or TV, but takes waste oil and auto batteries for free. Town DPW burns the waste oil to heat its building in a waste oil burner.
Re-use is better than re-cycle.
Probably not reusing, just taking to sell themselves. Downside is that sellable recyclables in a town run recycling program often help defray the cost of disposing of other recyclables that do not have a current paying market. That happens in the university's recycling program at where I work. Some groups of recyclables like electronics will cost to dispose of depending on the current market. Typically $5-10 a ton as compared to over $30 a ton if they could be landfilled. But they might get paid a few dollars a ton for paper or cardboard.
As for my town, curbside recycling of paper, cardboard, metal cans, and a range of plastic containers. Some other items can be dropped off at the town transfer station, depending on the item there might be a charge. For instance, the town charges $10 for a monitor or TV, but takes waste oil and auto batteries for free. Town DPW burns the waste oil to heat its building in a waste oil burner.