Do you recycle? (poll)

[Timetrvlr]

Do you recycle plastics, cans, glass jars, cardboard, newsprint, plastic bags, etc.? I think we should, especially plastics. It is estimated that it will be a thousand years before plastics in land fills will deteriorate.

 

[Laurie]

Everything listed, plus all organic waste (food material, plant material), all batteries, electrical, clothing and cloth material

The only yjings I can't recycle are cling film and bubble wrap.

 

[Don M.]

We have a couple of good recycle centers nearby, so I collect the cans, bottles, etc., and drop them off every couple of weeks. Plastic is the worst waste in our environment...ever since I saw some photos of that massive floating dump in the Pacific, just North of Hawaii, I got serious about recycling.

 

[tnthomas]

Aluminum only

 

[Raven]

I recycle everything possible.
Landfills are a scourge on the earth so I try to do my bit to keep
as much as possible from going there.

 

[NancyNGA]

All of the above except plastic bags.

 

[Grampa Don]

We have 3 large trash bins on wheels supplied by the city; one each for regular trash, green waste, and recyclables. We also have a free drop off for electronic waste. I use them all. The green waste is composted and given out free every year. The recyclables go on a conveyor where workers pick off the good stuff. I'm sure much of it ends up at the dump anyway.

Don

 

[Marie5656]

I get a bit OCD about recycling. I have two bins, which sometimes get filled to overflowing.

 

[Falcon]

Everything. I have 3 bins including one for "green waste" ; Grass, clippings, leaves etc.

And they're picked up by big trucks every Friday.

 

[Ruth n Jersey]

Everything gets recycled and I keep an old coffee can for egg shells,coffee grounds etc. When it is full I bury it in my garden.

 

[Aunt Bea]

The apartment complex that I live in has recycling bins for all of the items mentioned, the actual garbage goes into a dumpster and eventually ends up in a garbage burning steam plant.

I think that watching what we buy and how it is packaged is just as important as recycling. It irks me when some simple item is packaged like a set of Russian dolls or when every piece of produce has to be wrapped in plastic on a foam tray.

 

[IKE]

Only newspapers.

 

[Timetrvlr]

I'm astonished that so many do recycle. I thought it was a rare thing done secretly by treehuggers.

I don't live in the city but live just outside city boundaries so I have to take all my recyclables to nearby bins.

 

[Laurie]

" I thought it was a rare thing"

The Eu levels fines for every ounce of landfill that a country produces. That fine filters down to the consumer in extra taxes.

My municipal authority manages, at the moment, to recycle 75% of all waste. The recycled waste is sold and the proceeds go to pay for the landfill.

Of course, now we're leaving the EU we can go back to being one of the biggest polluters in the world.

 

[Lynk]

I recycle all of the above except glass. The city will not take glass. You can recycle or not. The city will supply the tote.

 

[AprilT]

I recycle and also re-purpose quite a bit of the plastics, newspaper and cardboard for craft projects.

 

[Ruthanne]

I used to but they don't recycle where I live now. I haven't been thinking of it but come to think of it I should start doing it myself. I noticed some of the neighbors put recycle bags on the lawn.

 

[dearimee]

Though I live in a large city we aren't required to recycle. We have large bins that it all goes in and is separated at the station. I only do paper, broken down boxes of every kind but not anything that's dirty. I can't lift squat so whenever the paper grocery bag gets full, and it holds a lot, I get my son to drop it in the bin when he comes by now and then. It takes a couple months to get enough to even put at the curb. I'm too grumpy and contentious to rinse out cans and bottles. Now they're wanting boxes to be cut up into 18" pieces. Ha! Well, I do cut into sizes I can manage.

 

[Grampa Don]

We got a letter from the trash company saying that they want us to wash and dry cans and bottles. I do rinse them out, but I'll be darned if I will dry them. They also specified that they do not want plastic bags. I guess they gum up their sorting equipment. And, their rule of thumb is: When in doubt, throw it out.

Don

 

[AprilT]

That's pushing it Don, it's a good thing people are making the effort to rinse and recycle, now telling them to dry. I personally do air dry my cans and bottles before I place them in the bin, but, that's just me, but if there's a bit of moisture left in them, I'm not picky about it. What, will I have to hold a hair dryer to my bottles. Glad I recently bought a water filter for my faucet, though I still plan to use bottled water occasionally.