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Old 08-29-2014, 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Walter123 View Post
Right now in Florida recycling is a choice. I put out bundled newspapers and boxes because that makes sense to me. Plastic bottles placed in a plastic bag doesn't make sense to me.
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Originally Posted by mulligan View Post
Two separate trucks come to my street every week. The recycle material is shipped to a single stream recycling facility. Even the abominable clear plastic bags are sorted and recycled there in a mostly automated operation. The regular trash does NOT go to a landfill. It is shipped to any one of several trash burning power plants.
Mulligan explained what happens with recycling, and that the plastic bags are sorted and recycled.
Walter, how does that not make sense to you??
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