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Originally Posted by WhiteToast
It’s just plain irresponsible to throw glass, plastic, aluminum into landfills. <shaking my head>.
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I agree.
HOWEVER, we can only blame it on ourselves for refusing to know how to recycle correctly and be careful of what goes in the recycling bin. I see people throw trash into recycle bins in public and at home. People seem to think greasy pizza boxes, used napkins, aluminum foil, and bottle caps are OK. The are not!
A few months ago when the "refuse" hit the fan over China refusing to take our recycling, I limited it to glass bottles (no caps!), cans, and corrugated cardboard. That stuff is all easy to separate at the recycling center. I suspect they are even valuable. I would love to recycle plastic, but with the many varieties, it is difficult to separate. I choose to use at little as possible. I really hate that my groceries are delivered in plastic bags now. :-(
Here's a video showing the incredible amounts of trash people throw into the recycling bins:
Single-stream recycling workers - YouTube