Recyling

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

Hey,

how many of you people Recylele??


I do8

[Tristuskhan]

Everything I can... but the first thing to do is avoiding useless stuff like plastic bags, small packaging and so on...

[Moros]

I do.

(that's even a short post for me! :o)

[Andres]

I do.

(that's even a short post for me! :o)

Meh, off course you do. In Belgium we are obliged. This and that in the blue sack, the sack destined for garbage that can be recycled, but oh no, not that, we know that can be recycled as well, but for some reason, you cannot put it in the sack for recyclable stuff.

And if you do so, our functionaries will put a pink, recyclable off course, sticker on your blue sack! And you'll have to take out the piece of recyclable garbage that, for some reason, does not belong in the blue sack for recycable garbage, but belongs in the brown sack for non recyclable garbage.

Long live Belgium! Eh sorry, I meant Long live Belgium! And its blue, brown and white sacks!

[CountArach]

We are provided 3 bins down here:

1. General waste
2. Paper and carboard recycling
3. Plant products.

So yes, we all recycle down here.

[Uesugi Kenshin]

We have no choice about it either, although I think you can probably get away with throwing recyclable bottles away. We recycle everything we can, and I think for my town at least there is a fine for throwing away recyclable paper.

[Togakure]

I work for Whole Foods, Inc. We were the first major US company to make a profit recycling our own waste. Got some national award for it (I've only been with the company for a short time). Yes, I recycle, but I'm not fanatical about it.

[Gregoshi]

We are required to recycle paper, light carboard, aluminum, steel cans, glass, and types 1&2 plastics. This is all collected with at curbside. I also recycle heavy carboard and take it to local collection sites. I've diligent about it but my family barely tolerates it.

[Whacker]

I'm not sure how this happens, but some of the local cities have passed ordinances that require recycling in certain areas. If the recycling folks come along and don't see a recycle bin out in your yard each week, they can call it in and you'll be fined.

I do not recycle. I figure that the way the human race is going we'll have killed ourselves off in the next few decades, so it's not worth it.

[Marshal Murat]

I recycle.

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

I'm not sure how this happens, but some of the local cities have passed ordinances that require recycling in certain areas. If the recycling folks come along and don't see a recycle bin out in your yard each week, they can call it in and you'll be fined.

I do not recycle. I figure that the way the human race is going we'll have killed ourselves off in the next few decades, so it's not worth it.

yes it is! I don't wanna die in 30 years when I;m 45

[naut]

What CA said.

[Lorenzo_H]

We used to, but then we found out that our government just incinerated the stuff we put into the recycling bins along with all the other rubbish. So we stopped.

[Mikeus Caesar]

Like Whacker said, the world's already going to hell in a handbasket, and once all is said and done, all that shall remain as a testament to the greatness of the human race is a thin layer of glass and plastic trapped in between the layers of mud and shale.

I contribute to this thin layer, and quite frankly don't care. The world we leave for our children is already going to be ****, so it can't be any worse with a bit of excess plastic stuck under the ground in landfill sites.

[Zalmoxis]

I only recycle cans and bottles, don't really have much more than that anyway.

[Caius]

I don't

[Beirut]

We have one of those giant blue recycling containers and it's full to overflowing every two weeks when they come pick it up. Glass, paper, plastic, cans, everything.

Our garbage output is noticeably less at times goes on.

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

Two bins here - Blue and Black.

The black bin is for the normal landfill household waste, while plastics, only ones made of a certain two materials, and cans go in the blue one. Anything else has to be carried to the tip by it's owners to be dealt with correctly, but normally it just gets dumped in the black bin - especially if you lack the time to transport it over there. Sadly though, despite how much I believe that we all should do our bit, in England recycling is not compulsory - I could place as much recyclable waste in my black bin as I wished and still be excused without punishment. I hear that on many continental countries, this is not possible. I sometimes believe that Britain needs to follow their stricter example. The government is hopelessly bringing in worthless restrictions, but they are doing nothing decent for the problem.

[I of the Storm]

I do.

There are free public containers for glass (green, brown or white), paper (newspaper stuff or cardboard) and light metal as well as your own private containers for recyclable waste (for everything with a little green dot on the package), organic waste (pooh!), and all the rest (with costs).
If you mix it up the city works will fine you. So recycling is good for my florins chest.

[RoadKill]

Well here in Canada, we recycle almost eveyrthing, bottles and stuff in the blue bin, paper in the green bin, plants and bi-products in the other.

[drone]

Plastic in one bin, aluminium in another, and glass (beer bottles ) in a third. All put on the curb Thursday morning. The truck comes by, picks them up, and who knows after that. I also recycle used oil, CFL lights, and batteries, but I have to take that to the dump myself. I do my part, but for all I know the county just puts it all in one big pile.

[Lemur]

Here in WI it's a two-bin system. The biggest impact on our garbage size, however, has been the composting. We're dumping all non-meat leftovers into a composting system we rigged up, with an eye toward free fertilizer for our gardens. THis has really lowered the size of our weekly bin.

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

Should be like the Swiss :-)

[Martok]

In our city, everyone puts their recyclables into a single bin. Every other week (Tuesday for me and my roommate), the recycling people come by, empty the bin, and then sort out the material once they get to the recycling center. It's an easy and convenient system for us.

[Uesugi Kenshin]

Here in WI it's a two-bin system. The biggest impact on our garbage size, however, has been the composting. We're dumping all non-meat leftovers into a composting system we rigged up, with an eye toward free fertilizer for our gardens. THis has really lowered the size of our weekly bin.

We do that too. We have a fairly large garden and about a pail of compost every two days, and much more when we're harvesting from our garden or cooking a lot so it definitely makes a big impact on the amount of garbage that we produce.

[spmetla]

I recycle when I can, at home it's pretty much just cans and bottles (both glass and plastic) and I guess the same when I'm at school. Wish there was more available for recycling paper but Hawaii is pretty slow on this whole recycling thing.

I guess at home (a coffee farm) we recycle all bones and organic stuff by tossing it in the fields or feeding it to our dog or chickens.