[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by Barefoot

I had no clue that other states and other countries were trucking their garbage to Michigan. I'm gobsmacked.
It's a strong visual to say that dirty diapers can be trucked to Michigan.
If Michigan does offer low fees and abundant landfills, is it possible that The Villages can truck garbage to Michigan?
But I think this thread is about the lack of recycling.

P.S. Banana peels and coffee grounds can be composted.

What's even harder for me to believe, is that up until 1992 New York City was towing barges of human waste out to sea...and just dumping it!

NYC Sludge (Flush Here)

In March, 1986, when New York started loading up barges with human waste and dumping it into the Atlantic, 106 miles off the coast, the EPA told environmentalists not to worry, that sludge wasn’t going to affect the ocean -- hell, it wasn't even making its way to the bottom.

The EPA's argument was that the ocean was so vast, when the barges dumped the sludge it would disperse harmlessly into the trillions of gallons of saltwater. That’s when the benthic guys, those scientists that are very interested in the activity down on the sea floor, called their bluff.

Starting in 1989, a team of bacteriologists, ecologists, chemists, geologists, and biologists went out to the 106-mile site on multiple expeditions, diving over and over in a tiny submarine to gather data.

What did they find? The waste HAD affected the ocean.

It had settled on the bottom, 2,500 meters down. More than that, it had left a vast footprint, covering an area of 80 square nautical miles with a film 5 centimeters deep.

Simply nuts IMHO.