Comments on: Here’s What To Recycle. (And To Never Put In The Recycling Can.)

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 12:56:01 +0000

@Ronnie Adkins

Nothing humanity does could destroy the planet.

However, when we pollute the water table, throw trash in the ocean, increase carbon emissions, and devastate biodiversity, we are actively making the world a worse place for our neighbors, children, and grandchildren.

God commanded us to be good stewards of the Earth. Christ commanded us to treat our neighbors with love and respect. Let’s do that.

By: Ronnie Adkins

Ronnie Adkins — Sun, 30 Jul 2023 23:44:29 +0000

Recycle? Why, to save the big companies money, nope, never have, never will, simple, stop producing polymer, such a dirty process, and bad end results. This planet was actually made by God and he new in the future we would have our industrial revolution, our gasoline vehicles, burn coal, dump pcb’s, not REPORT spills at manufacturing facilities, we won’t destroy this planet, only he will, so don’t recycle, burn coal, ban plastic, remember when everything was made out of steel and glass, much better days, put the polymer manufacturing out of business.

By: CW

CW — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 01:58:53 +0000

I don’t know why some of you are talking about climate change when this has nothing to do with that. This is about keeping our landfills from filling up with plastic.

Throw your trash in your yard for a year and see just how much space it takes up, and then imagine it for every household in the whole county. There’s only so much room out there folks, there’s no more land being made.

By: Enough

Enough — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 00:42:50 +0000

My recycling was not picked up Tuesday and I have left it out two more days for pickup. No, still have a full can.

By: Dale

Dale — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 22:50:08 +0000

If they are going to charge me another 9.5% and fuss about what I put in the recycle can (I try to do right) They can have the recycle can and give me another garbage can.

By: JS

JS — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 21:45:57 +0000

There are many other plastics labeled above numbers 1 and 2 that say they can be recycled. However, ECUA notes it can take only no. 1 and 2 plastics. Why can’t ECUA take higher numbered plastics? Since they are labeled that they can be recycled, I have been putting them in the recycle can. I think most people would. I think ECUA needs to jump on the bandwagon for the higher level plastics that can be recycled.

By: Kane

Kane — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 15:49:45 +0000

So, we’ve had recycling here for decades and sometimes ecua recycles and sometimes they don’t, but you always pay for it. As long as the rest of the world (China) doesn’t participate in actual recycling then it won’t work and even then, it won’t stop the heat death of the universe let alone this planet.

The garbage in the ocean is mostly commercial fishing nets not your paper plates and plastic cups. Though they do make a very small percentage of that and the ones coming from our country even less.

The waste sold to China is not I repeat not cardboard and glass bottles it is mostly ELECTRONICS and that is then sent to Africa to Chinese owned “recycling” companies that dump it on the ground and pay children to dig through it for precious metals that the CHILDREN have to smelt down to get paid by the company.

Recycling in this country is indeed a money scam. You want to make a real difference compost not recycle grow your own food raise a few yard animal’s goats. chickens that sort of thing. You can’t turn off the Sun anymore then you can stop climate change. Climate change is real, and it happens with or without us ask the Dinosaurs and maybe take a trip to the Grand Canyon if you don’t believe.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 14:55:16 +0000

@Dee

You’re partially right.

Yes, a lot of our recycling is sold to foreign markets (mostly China), where it is used to create new products. Reducing waste and reusing products should be our priority, but recycling is still a viable method to mitigate the production of trash.

No, China isn’t buying tons of recycling just to dump it in the middle of the Pacific. There is a massive problem with garbage ending up in the ocean, but it’s caused *despite* people recycling, not *because* of recycling.

By: Ronald

Ronald — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 13:59:00 +0000

Since we’re all paying for recycle now, we’ll probably just throw anything in there.

By: Beach Boy

Beach Boy — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 13:47:46 +0000

Of all the items that you CAN NOT put in recycle, why would I want to pay a 9.5% rate increase to recycle? I can get another trash can at NO extra cost. Something seems amiss here.