telegraph.co.uk— Thousands of tons of material put out to be recycled by environmentally conscious Britons secretly ends up at landfill, it has emerged.
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Glass is far heavier and requires much more energy (oil) to truck from place to place. Unless of course you're advocating we also give up Soda, Milk, bottled water, and various juices. Somehow I'm guess that position wouldn't be very popular.
I remember a time about ten or fifteen years ago, when people used to come around early on recycling morning and take all the tied up corrugate. I guess there was enough profit in cardboard then that stealing it was worth their while. Only lasted a few months.
Hey I live in a small town in NM..a friend that works there says on Saturdays the employees at the dump (in a smaller town about 20 miles away) all fight over who gets to work that day at the dump because walmart comes in and dumps all the returns. Flatscreen TVs...game consoles...you name it. I dont know what to think of this. It makes me really mad...Walmart is filling the landfills because shipping is too high I am thinking. Is that why the stuff we buy ask that you dont return it to the store you purchased it from? I dont really know where to go with this info...but it seems like walmart is really going out of their way to take their truck to a smaller landfill. We have a landfill a lot closer to the store.
buelldozerMar 3, 2008
Glass is far heavier and requires much more energy (oil) to truck from place to place. Unless of course you're advocating we also give up Soda, Milk, bottled water, and various juices. Somehow I'm guess that position wouldn't be very popular.
strad2Mar 3, 2008
Actually Penn & Teller told you more nonsense than anything else...<a class="user" href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/01/high-tech-trash/recycling-text">http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/01/high-tec ...</a><a class="user" href="http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9249262">http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id ...</a><a class="user" href="http://www.nrdc.org/cities/recycling/recyc/recyinx.asp">http://www.nrdc.org/cities/recycling/recyc/recyinx ...</a>Sad that so many people quote that show as somehow the last word on recycling...
aethelbergaMar 4, 2008
I remember a time about ten or fifteen years ago, when people used to come around early on recycling morning and take all the tied up corrugate. I guess there was enough profit in cardboard then that stealing it was worth their while. Only lasted a few months.
bassheadMar 4, 2008
erm...it's in the Telegraph. How much more mainstream do you want it? :)
Closed AccountMar 6, 2008
Tree farms are used for paper now...
Closed AccountMar 6, 2008
No, not really.
feralvisionMar 10, 2008
Not true. It takes more energy to make a glass bottle than it is to recycle it into a new one.
Closed AccountMar 22, 2008
recycle food to stop going to landfill <a class="user" href="http://ecobites.com/content/view/782/48/">http://ecobites.com/content/view/782/48/</a>
jamielooJun 17, 2009
Hey I live in a small town in NM..a friend that works there says on Saturdays the employees at the dump (in a smaller town about 20 miles away) all fight over who gets to work that day at the dump because walmart comes in and dumps all the returns. Flatscreen TVs...game consoles...you name it. I dont know what to think of this. It makes me really mad...Walmart is filling the landfills because shipping is too high I am thinking. Is that why the stuff we buy ask that you dont return it to the store you purchased it from? I dont really know where to go with this info...but it seems like walmart is really going out of their way to take their truck to a smaller landfill. We have a landfill a lot closer to the store.