I think the government should do more to demonstrate to skeptics like me that the materials picked up are actually being recycled and not sent to the landfill. Do we pay less to have separate pickups, or is it just additional profit for the sanitation company? Why is recycling not mandatory? Why are shopping centers and common areas allowed to have trash cans with no provisions for separate recycling? My mailbox area has 5 trash cans with no indication about what can be placed in them. If most of the things we buy are made overseas, how can you "recycle" without sending the stuff back to China, or wherever else it came from? Why can't we hire unemployed people to separate the trash? It seems like we need more clarity on the benefits of recycling.
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