[Velvet]

I find it interesting that people (usually from other places) have been conditioned that they themselves have to recycle and it is a virtuous thing. Not considering that other forms of recycling, such as turning waste into energy may actually be a superior process. It is recycling in its truest form, all matter is energy. And we even benefit from it generating electrical power to lower our bill.

[Nana2Teddy]

Originally Posted by Velvet

I find it interesting that people (usually from other places) have been conditioned that they themselves have to recycle and it is a virtuous thing. Not considering that other forms of recycling, such as turning waste into energy may actually be a superior process. It is recycling in its truest form, all matter is energy. And we even benefit from it generating electrical power to lower our bill.

So true. We were initially shocked when we moved here and learned we didn’t have to separate everything out into 3 different bins like we did back home, plus right before we moved it got even stricter requiring us to have a small compost bin on the kitchen counter to keep food waste out of the other 3 bins. It took awhile before we stopped feeling guilty just throwing everything into trash bags here. We love it! We especially love not seeing large trash and recycle bins all over the street on trash days. Plus some that were always stored on driveways by the garage door despite being against the CC&Rs that were rarely enforced.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by Sparty6971

St Timothy Catholic Church Has large dumpsters in back which are good for newspapers and magazines

Are you sure these are available to the public?

[mraines]

Originally Posted by Cazepp

We have magazines and newspapers that we would prefer to recycle rather than trash. Any ideas?

St. Timothy's will take newspapers. I recycle my magazines at the recycle center on Jackson Rd. off Rolling Acres. I reycle pretty much everything I can there.

[mraines]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

Take them to Publix. They have recycling containers outside of the store.

Not for newspapers and magazines.

[mraines]

Originally Posted by Sparty6971

St Timothy Catholic Church Has large dumpsters in back which are good for newspapers and magazines

I don't believe they take magazines. I think it is newspapers only.

[mraines]

Originally Posted by Nana2Teddy

So true. We were initially shocked when we moved here and learned we didn’t have to separate everything out into 3 different bins like we did back home, plus right before we moved it got even stricter requiring us to have a small compost bin on the kitchen counter to keep food waste out of the other 3 bins. It took awhile before we stopped feeling guilty just throwing everything into trash bags here. We love it! We especially love not seeing large trash and recycle bins all over the street on trash days. Plus some that were always stored on driveways by the garage door despite being against the CC&Rs that were rarely enforced.

This is Florida. They don't much care about recycling. I lived in California and we had a trash bin and a recycle bin. When I first moved here, they took recycling but now everything is incinerated. I take my recycling to the center on Jacson Rd. That is for Lake County. Not sure about Sumter.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by mraines

This is Florida. They don't much care about recycling. I lived in California and we had a trash bin and a recycle bin. When I first moved here, they took recycling but now everything is incinerated. I take my recycling to the center on Jacson Rd. That is for Lake County. Not sure about Sumter.

It's not that they don't care. They just incinerate the trash to generate electricity...

[Nana2Teddy]

Originally Posted by mraines

This is Florida. They don't much care about recycling. I lived in California and we had a trash bin and a recycle bin. When I first moved here, they took recycling but now everything is incinerated. I take my recycling to the center on Jacson Rd. That is for Lake County. Not sure about Sumter.

Yep, California native here. Grew up in SoCal, and lived there until we moved here in Nov 2022. All of our family is there, so we go there a couple times each year. I like the trash system here.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by mraines

Not for newspapers and magazines.

The Publix at Colony Plaza does accept newspapers.

[MorTech]

Almost all consumer plastics are just ethylene and trees are a crop. The best thing to do is incinerate them so to release the sequestered CO2 and water into the atmosphere so plants, thru photosynthesis, can produce oxygen and sugar.

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Originally Posted by MorTech

Almost all consumer plastics are just ethylene and trees are a crop. The best thing to do is incinerate them so to release the sequestered CO2 and water into the atmosphere so plants, thru photosynthesis, can produce oxygen and sugar.

BUT

polywood is all made from recycled plastic, Trex decking started from recycled plastic bags. . So recycling has its benefits as clean ethylene is easily melted to be reused again, which reduces the overall need to use new petroleum for products. The byproduct comparison is unusable ash versus usable products. .

Yeah, recycling is much more expensive than cheaper dump and burn, and the economic policy in the US is the cheapest answer wins, is not necessarily the best long term answer.

YMMV