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Well, in suburban & rural areas where there isn't recycling & yard waste service or uptake is limited, sending trash through a sorting plant isn't the worst ide
by StudentStuff 8y ago
Well, in suburban & rural areas where there isn't recycling & yard waste service or uptake is limited, sending trash through a sorting plant isn't the worst idea. Cardboard and metal can be separated out, reducing the overall bulk of the trash.
- maxerickson 8y agoRight, but the problem is distance and volume. Rural landfills are often already a bit of a financial mess. Here they've banned hauling trash out of the county, to increase the volume (and thus the fees they collect). Add a significant operation in the middle of that and you better have a lot of support from residents, because they are going to be paying for it in taxes.