05-13-2008, 05:26 PM
We've been recycling for at least 20 years now. The town cut a deal on a transfer station and it has been win/win for us. Really kept the landfill costs down.
On the other hand, most of the stuff that you think is being recycled ends up in just another pile somewheere else. For example, around here we seperate out plastic bags from the supermarket, but there is no demand for them and eventually they go back into the landfill. A truck driver that works at the landfill recently said that the only recycleabls that have been leaving the landfill are cardboard/paper, colored glass, and metals. Plastic, especially grocery bags and water bottles aren't worth the feul cost to transport.
Ask for paper bags at the supermarket.
On the other hand, most of the stuff that you think is being recycled ends up in just another pile somewheere else. For example, around here we seperate out plastic bags from the supermarket, but there is no demand for them and eventually they go back into the landfill. A truck driver that works at the landfill recently said that the only recycleabls that have been leaving the landfill are cardboard/paper, colored glass, and metals. Plastic, especially grocery bags and water bottles aren't worth the feul cost to transport.
Ask for paper bags at the supermarket.