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Originally Posted by mtdjed
Recycling by incineration is a good option as long as they don't pollute and generate energy.
When you find no one accepting paper, plastics etc, that is telling you that that process is not economically worthwhile.
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The chimneys have "scrubbers" on them, so little to no pollution escapes to the atmosphere.
The energy generated is enough to power thousands of homes.
The metals are separated out for recycling.
The ash remaining is far less volume to the landfill than the original trash would have been.
So just throw your newspapers, magazines, plastic bottles, etc, into your garbage for the twice weekly pickup. At least this way you can be sure your plastics are not ending up in the ocean, like they did when we sent the recyclables to Asia for processing.