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Considering transport costs, I don't know how viable that would be. Picking up boxes for recycling from houses alone would make for a pretty big carbon footpri
by rtpg 10y ago
Considering transport costs, I don't know how viable that would be.
Picking up boxes for recycling from houses alone would make for a pretty big carbon footprint. Not to mention costly. The current box strategy might be more carbon-friendly, oversll
- _coldfire 10y agoYou say recycling but I think you mean re-use. The energy costs involved in recycling are not trivial and someone still needs to "pick it up from every house". Its is almost always preferable carbon-wise to re-use, especially in metropolitan areas where pickup is trivial and could easily be performed on the next delivery. A small security deposit would cover the costs, or just keep them if you want some storage boxes.