Such a stupid, short term decision that will be next-to-impossible to reverse.
We put out more stuff for recycling every week than normal trash. A lot of it is newspaper and cardboard which, while of little monetary value to recyclers, can easily be reused and would otherwise add a huge bulk to the pile of trash to be disposed of.
We compost our kitchen waste and have just bought a chipper to turn garden waste into mulch and a leaf vacuum to produce leaf mould.
Aluminum is the main one we all should continue to recycle (per a previous post, there are those who would like it in TV) as it is very easy for recyclers to reprocess, unlike producing the metal from the ore which is very energy intensive.
So we can all do our bit, then we all need to demand lower trash-collection rates!
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