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Do you have any source for that claim? Here's a quote for landfill rates: $40/ton. Do the math yourself, plastics aren't heavy. Much cheaper than sending it in
by shioyama 7y ago
Do you have any source for that claim?
Here's a quote for landfill rates: $40/ton. Do the math yourself, plastics aren't heavy. Much cheaper than sending it in a container across the world. Unless somebody is paying at the other end, of course.
http://riverbend.wm.com/landfill-rates/index.jsp http://riverbend.wm.com/landfill-rates/index.jsp
- ceejayoz 7y agoSure. Here’s an example. https://www.journalnow.com/news/local/starting-today-it-is-illegal-not-to-recycle-plastic-bottles/article_585d86c7-1dec-5794-91c6-d5416ae51785.html https://www.journalnow.com/news/local/starting-today-it-is-i... > The law was passed in 2005, but it didn't take effect until today. It adds plastic bottles and two other items -- wooden pallets and oil filters -- to a long list of items that are already banned from the state's landfills. Among the items already banned are aluminum cans and tires.
- shioyama 7y agoThis is one regulation in one state. Do you think that even impacts things like dirty diapers, one of the items that was strewn over the news? Of course not. If you're thinking people are paying ~ $1,200/container to ship plastics to Malaysia without anyone paying on the other end, it would have to be pretty darn hard to throw stuff out in the U.S. And clearly it's not. The stuff in the news is fraud, the same as if you ordered something from Amazon, paid for it, and you didn't get what you paid for.
- ceejayoz 7y agoIt’s an example, as requested. Similar laws are common all over the country and world. I’m not going to keep playing the goalpost move game.