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Post by lammchen on Apr 13, 2021 13:52:15 GMT -5
China used to be the big country that the US would send their plastics to for recycling but they have since stopped doing that. Now my local recycling department says they mostly just combine the stuff with the trash.
Why isn't the US getting involved in taking over where China ditched us? We're spending billions of dollars on other things that don't matter much right now (I love art but the arts centers don't need millions of dollars right now)?
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Post by ZandraJoi on Apr 15, 2021 12:19:01 GMT -5
Problem with us shipping it over to China all these years, a lot of it wasn't even recycled. Not to mention the pollution caused by the ships transporting it. US tends to be behind in a lot of countries with what we do. It unfortunately comes down to greed. Recycling is not a money-maker. I agree w/ the way money is being spent frivolously.
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Post by nova on Apr 21, 2021 2:05:46 GMT -5
I think a lot of countries have stopped local production and outsourced to china. And so the china dumps the products in other countries. So they tend to cause pollution in their own and other countries too. I think we have to find out the alternative products which can be easy to recycle. I think such policies and the production changes needs to have that innovation.
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Post by gio on Apr 21, 2021 17:59:15 GMT -5
Some people feel that it is extremely tedious to recycle, and it could be for a number of reasons, mostly because some aren't sure what they can put into recycling. While it might sound surprising, some areas put marking on the recycling bin to show what can and can not be placed in there. One other reason is that if an area does not offer recycling service, you may have to pay a fee to have a private company offer that, and really most people will not bother paying that extra fee and will throw it in the trash.
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Post by nova on Jul 5, 2021 10:33:46 GMT -5
Recently noticed that what are some of the things are different and the reason for that is there is not much inner motivation and also people wait for permission of other people to do things. That's what is limiting people on things.
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