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In our recycling bin we use bags that are deemed recyclable. They are blue in color. Probably not ok in some areas. Here in North idaho seems to be ok.
Recycling fail
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Our trash company won't take glass for recycling. Glass, like aluminum, is recyclable for eternity. Glass companies love cullet. They claim that glass is dangerous.
On the way home from work, a commercial/industrial trash company has a huge bin for glass. They don't find it dangerous.
Also, the recycling people only want aluminum cans. No pie plates, no foil.
On the way home from work, a commercial/industrial trash company has a huge bin for glass. They don't find it dangerous.
Also, the recycling people only want aluminum cans. No pie plates, no foil.
It's not just names and addresses. Personal information on medical papers, investment documents, Social Security and bank statements. I realize that most of these transactions are paperless today but some still come by mail. Scammers are out there and they will take advantage of every opportunity to get your money.
There's even more... After the commission of a crime, the investigators will follow up on any and all trash left at the scene. A robber for example, could have a piece of mail for someone else, commit the crime, drop this piece of mail, and the investigators will waste time investigating that piece of mail.. Slows down the detective process.
Sounds far fetched, but it is not. I have been very involved in a trial where every piece of evidence is saved forever, and definitely investigated, if it ultimately has relevance or not.
Also, I worked in a paper recycling mill for many years. My mill bought curbside recycling, and it's amazing just how many pieces of correspondence are laying on the floors and on conveyor belts, perfectly intact and readable. It's easy to pick up a single piece, know the sender, know the recipient, know their address, know all his account information, and know if he is current on his account. Phone numbers are there, bank information is there, and auto-pay account numbers are there.
I will never put any mail of any kind in the garbage or in a recycle bin without being destroyed first.
Sounds far fetched, but it is not. I have been very involved in a trial where every piece of evidence is saved forever, and definitely investigated, if it ultimately has relevance or not.
Also, I worked in a paper recycling mill for many years. My mill bought curbside recycling, and it's amazing just how many pieces of correspondence are laying on the floors and on conveyor belts, perfectly intact and readable. It's easy to pick up a single piece, know the sender, know the recipient, know their address, know all his account information, and know if he is current on his account. Phone numbers are there, bank information is there, and auto-pay account numbers are there.
I will never put any mail of any kind in the garbage or in a recycle bin without being destroyed first.
Our town stopped taking glass too.... seems the other two big cities in S.C. still do and so I can't quite figure it out. Greenville claims the company they send the stuff to started refusing to take glass... my initial thought was just tell them they have to... you are the government.... but it seems that did not occur to the powers that be. We actually pay a company to pick up our glass... owned by some young engineer type who granulated from Clemson and started a business... he 'returns' the glass to sand and sells it to the state to be used in paving roads.... Yep, we pay him to pick it up and then sell it.
As for people getting information from our mail we put in the recycled bin... I still remember being at our landfill dump site and seeing a guy going through some boxes of paper work someone else had just dropped off to be pushed over into the big bin.....
As for people getting information from our mail we put in the recycled bin... I still remember being at our landfill dump site and seeing a guy going through some boxes of paper work someone else had just dropped off to be pushed over into the big bin.....
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Out here in the sticks, I don't have trash pickup. I have to take my trash to the "convenience center" (a bunch of dumpsters in a central location, guarded by someone working part time). Years ago we used to have separate bins for plastic, paper, glass, and cans. I decided I was going to do the right thing and try to separate my trash. So I did it for a while. Suddenly the other bins disappeared. Turns out we weren't getting paid for the stuff, I think we were actually paying somebody to take it. 
So for the longest time we have been split up into two different kinds of bins: household trash, and catch-all. So when I had bags of household trash they went into that bin, and everything else went into catch all. Then I found out that it doesn't matter where you put it it all goes to the same place. So I started putting everything in the catch-all because it was easier.
Now they have brought back a couple of cardboard bins, and they have put up a sign that says all cardboard boxes must be broken down and they cannot be put into the household trash bin, but they either go into cardboard bin or the catch-all; which makes no sense considering the catch-all and the household trash all go to the same place.
So basically when I feel like it, and there's room in the cardboard bin, I will break them down and put it in there. Otherwise, everything goes in the catch-all.
It's all a racket and a pain.
So for the longest time we have been split up into two different kinds of bins: household trash, and catch-all. So when I had bags of household trash they went into that bin, and everything else went into catch all. Then I found out that it doesn't matter where you put it it all goes to the same place. So I started putting everything in the catch-all because it was easier.
Now they have brought back a couple of cardboard bins, and they have put up a sign that says all cardboard boxes must be broken down and they cannot be put into the household trash bin, but they either go into cardboard bin or the catch-all; which makes no sense considering the catch-all and the household trash all go to the same place.
So basically when I feel like it, and there's room in the cardboard bin, I will break them down and put it in there. Otherwise, everything goes in the catch-all.
It's all a racket and a pain.
My town provided trash pickup for residents. It was paid for by an addition to your property taxes so, only homeowners and apartment owners actually paid.
Then the recycling craze started.
We were given plastic tubs and instructed what could or could not go in them. Corrugated cardboard only, no shirt boxes, yes newspaper and paper sacks, no magazines, yes all glass if you wash it first and remove the lid and label, then no brown glass, then no other colors of glass, only clear. Good Lord it was like having a part time job LOL. And they wanted you to rinse out the soda and beer cans too.
Then new trucks were needed at about $80k each ( in the early 90s I think ) plus 2 new employees per truck at union scale cause they were going to pick up recycle separate from the regular trash. To get that money now you had to BUY your recycle bin or rent it for $3 a month. And now you have to put a STICKER on your trash bag that costs $0.25 each and the bag can't weigh more than 30 pounds.
Then the stickers went up to $0.50 each. Then $0.75 and now the truck are worn out so they added more to your property taxes. Then there's no market for glass so they don't take ANY.
Today you have to DELIVER your bin to a recycling center and walk through the maze of different containers labeled for different items.
Many of us use a private hauler who charges $40 a quarter and takes anything and everything you put in the nice 2 wheel heavy plastic 50 gallon bin they provide at no additional charge.
Then the recycling craze started.
We were given plastic tubs and instructed what could or could not go in them. Corrugated cardboard only, no shirt boxes, yes newspaper and paper sacks, no magazines, yes all glass if you wash it first and remove the lid and label, then no brown glass, then no other colors of glass, only clear. Good Lord it was like having a part time job LOL. And they wanted you to rinse out the soda and beer cans too.
Then new trucks were needed at about $80k each ( in the early 90s I think ) plus 2 new employees per truck at union scale cause they were going to pick up recycle separate from the regular trash. To get that money now you had to BUY your recycle bin or rent it for $3 a month. And now you have to put a STICKER on your trash bag that costs $0.25 each and the bag can't weigh more than 30 pounds.
Then the stickers went up to $0.50 each. Then $0.75 and now the truck are worn out so they added more to your property taxes. Then there's no market for glass so they don't take ANY.
Today you have to DELIVER your bin to a recycling center and walk through the maze of different containers labeled for different items.
Many of us use a private hauler who charges $40 a quarter and takes anything and everything you put in the nice 2 wheel heavy plastic 50 gallon bin they provide at no additional charge.
Back when I was doing the recycle thing, I got home from work one day and my recycle bin was gone. I called to tell "City Services". She told me I was banned from the privilege ( WTH?? ) because for the 2nd week in a row I had put a brown bottle in the bin. Told her I didn't know they quit taking brown glass and was not notified of the change.
Her answer was "Well, it was in the newspaper." I told her we don't take the paper. She replied, "I don't take it either." To which I said but yes …. YOU WORK THERE DUMBA$$.
She hung up on me but the next day I had a shiny new bin sitting on the curb.
Sorry …. Rant off.
Her answer was "Well, it was in the newspaper." I told her we don't take the paper. She replied, "I don't take it either." To which I said but yes …. YOU WORK THERE DUMBA$$.
She hung up on me but the next day I had a shiny new bin sitting on the curb.
Sorry …. Rant off.
I don't know about plastic and metal being recycled, but I know recycled paper and cardboard is critical to many industries. My son-in-law is a chemical engineer who works for a company that makes these enormous machines that take recycled paper material and turns it into new paper products ranging from cardboard to egg cartons and everything in between. The companies that make these containers could not survive without recycled paper products and wouldn't need to buy this multi million dollar machines that my son-in-law sells to them.
And by separating the recycled items from the regular trash I make my wife happy. She feels that we are helping "the environment". I help by using recycled dinosaurs as fuel for my cars and motorcycles, creating carbon dioxide to keep the plants alive.
And by separating the recycled items from the regular trash I make my wife happy. She feels that we are helping "the environment". I help by using recycled dinosaurs as fuel for my cars and motorcycles, creating carbon dioxide to keep the plants alive.
There are a couple of locally owned recycle centers around here.
You take your stuff there and they CHARGE you to dump it.
Then they SELL it for a profit.
Talk about double dipping LOL ….. as a consumer you PAY them for the product they SELL and share none of the money with YOU.
You take your stuff there and they CHARGE you to dump it.
Then they SELL it for a profit.
Talk about double dipping LOL ….. as a consumer you PAY them for the product they SELL and share none of the money with YOU.
Our recycling rules say no shredded paper at all, and for some reason, they won't take tin cans (like Campbell's Soup can type of cans). An interesting story about "recycling". My wife was a teacher. At her school, each classroom had the regular trash cans and at least one blue "recycling" can. I put "recycling" in quotes because each evening after the students were long gone for the day, the Janitors would come in to clean the rooms and take the trash out. They'd throw the trash from all the regular trash cans into a big trash bag and then take the "recycling" trash can and throw the contents into the same big trash bag. When my wife asked the School Director about this, she was told, "It makes the kids think they're doing something."
This would take me several hours a week alone!
in Vermont it is actually illegal to put food scraps in your trash. you are supposed to compost them yourself or take them to a facility to compost. you know what happens when you try to compost meat?
stupidest reg ever.and unenforceable
stupidest reg ever.and unenforceable
My town has trash and recycle totes for each address. Trash is picked up weekly and recycles are biweekly. For the last several times the recycle tote has only had about half of it dumped into the truck. I am fed up with this so now everything is going into the trash tote and they can take their recycle tote and recycle it.
Semi pre-sorted at the local landfill, one time i saw two Shopsmiths, and a 5 gallon stainless steel hno3 keg from the 50s, but was told they dont sell anything to anybody. Bummers!
My silly city dosent allow ANY composting!
I always suspected that trash companies don't recycle to the degree they say they will. Our trash is picked up by a company that is "selected" by the board of supervisors". We had one company in this area for over 50 years. Suddenly a couple of years ago (right when we had a large change in the board) another company got the contract. Hmm...
One morning I happen to be reviewing my camera that covers the area the cans are placed for pickup. Lo and behold, the truck comes by and picksup both the trash and recycle cans and intermingles them. So much for separate trucks for trash, recycle and green waste.
A call to the county ended up with them stating that the trash hauler is allowed to do er a three day weekend to "catch up". When I asked the lowly person that answered the phone how much money the board members got to replace a company that had been doing a good job for 50+ years, she hung up. Apparently the grift didn't go that far down the ladder.
One morning I happen to be reviewing my camera that covers the area the cans are placed for pickup. Lo and behold, the truck comes by and picksup both the trash and recycle cans and intermingles them. So much for separate trucks for trash, recycle and green waste.
A call to the county ended up with them stating that the trash hauler is allowed to do er a three day weekend to "catch up". When I asked the lowly person that answered the phone how much money the board members got to replace a company that had been doing a good job for 50+ years, she hung up. Apparently the grift didn't go that far down the ladder.
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And in Oxnard, California it is required to put food scraps in your green barrel on top of the grass and other green stuff and they are supposed to be wrapped in paper. LOL
The expression "Great minds think alike." would indicate there are no 'great minds' in either of our states.
I remember many years ago hearing that Houston or some large Texas city (don't remember which now) required homeowners to sort into three separate bins - which went into three separate bins on the garbage trucks which dumped everything in the same spot in the same landfill. Economics made it impractical to recycle even when things were already mostly sorted.
My wife tells me we are not supposed to put meat in our composter and I can't for the life of me figure out why, other than she is a vegetarian... heck we composted meat for centuries.... in one form or another... there's plenty of meat composting over in the mid east right now....
