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Well, it did make me feel like I was "doing my bit". But knowing now that recycled material ends up in landfill, often getting shipped around the world first...
by GordonS 7y ago
Well, it did make me feel like I was "doing my bit". But knowing now that recycled material ends up in landfill, often getting shipped around the world first... well, now I feel cheated, disheartened, and basically like an idiot.
- lotsofpulp 7y agoI don't understand why people fell for the political ploy though. Even as a kid, the logistics of it never made sense. How could we trust everyone in a society (except maybe Japan and Singapore) to spend their time to sort their trash properly? Which means all the trash would have to be sorted at the waste facility anyway to make sure it wasn't contaminated with non recyclables...in which case why were individuals asked to sort it in the first place? Not only was this supposed to be sorted between paper/plastic/glass/metal, but also between different types of plastic? That was never going to happen on an individual basis. And what about huge apartment buildings and hotels? The only way recycling would have made sense was if it was all being sorted at the waste facility, which if it was, wouldn't have required people to sort it individually. Hence, the whole thing was a sham from the beginning.