Total Head
Well-Known Member
i don't mean just grow stuff. i mean stuff like laundry detergent bottles and cereal boxes and whatnot.
my city has a forced recycling program. you have to put all trash in a special city bag (which cost more than a dollar apiece for the large ones ) and you have to put all the recyclable crap in the bins. if you don't use the special bag they don't pick up the trash. the bags are made very cheap and are practically see-through so i still have to buy regular bags if i want any privacy with my trash. if they hear glass clanging around in there they won't take it because i was supposed to recycle it. the trash guy actually picks through the recycle bin to make sure i didn't sneak anything in there. bastard.
apparently the idea is to make it so expensive to buy the bags that you recycle just to avoid taking up too much room and having to use more than one bag. you can only buy the stupid things at certain stores and they are ALWAYS out of them. needless to say we also have a big illegal dumping problem. go figure
i've now turned into a recycle nazi, not because i care about the planet but because i don't want to have to smell my trash for another week because they refused to take it.
a local article recently claimed that the city now recycles up to 70% of its trash. it sounds made up to me but if it's true i suppose it's at least partially worth it. the article didn't mention how much we spend on cleaning up all the illegal dumping that people do because they can't afford the stupid bags, but hooray anyway i suppose.
my city has a forced recycling program. you have to put all trash in a special city bag (which cost more than a dollar apiece for the large ones ) and you have to put all the recyclable crap in the bins. if you don't use the special bag they don't pick up the trash. the bags are made very cheap and are practically see-through so i still have to buy regular bags if i want any privacy with my trash. if they hear glass clanging around in there they won't take it because i was supposed to recycle it. the trash guy actually picks through the recycle bin to make sure i didn't sneak anything in there. bastard.
apparently the idea is to make it so expensive to buy the bags that you recycle just to avoid taking up too much room and having to use more than one bag. you can only buy the stupid things at certain stores and they are ALWAYS out of them. needless to say we also have a big illegal dumping problem. go figure
i've now turned into a recycle nazi, not because i care about the planet but because i don't want to have to smell my trash for another week because they refused to take it.
a local article recently claimed that the city now recycles up to 70% of its trash. it sounds made up to me but if it's true i suppose it's at least partially worth it. the article didn't mention how much we spend on cleaning up all the illegal dumping that people do because they can't afford the stupid bags, but hooray anyway i suppose.