How green are you? Do you RECYCLE?

Chunkee

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My wife and I try to recycle everything we can...some of the plastics cannot be done around where I live.

I dont understand why there is not some mandate that a recycling utility have all types of recycling.

jC
 

rudeguy

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I take my bottles back, but thats it. I only do that because they are worth a dime each.
 

Juice Box

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Originally posted by: rudeguy
I take my bottles back, but thats it. I only do that because they are worth a dime each.

yeah, IL doesnt give sh!t to you for turning in stuf :( I guess you are supposed to get a "good feelng" from recycling

 

FoBoT

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i recycle nothing on purpose, so we cancel each other out chunkee

i need to get a burn barrel this summer so i can start burning most of my trash
 

Juice Box

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Originally posted by: rudeguy
I take my bottles back, but thats it. I only do that because they are worth a dime each.

yeah, IL doesnt give sh!t to you for turning in stuf :( I guess you are supposed to get a "good feelng" from recycling

 

Mayfriday0529

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Penn and teller that bull$hit show said that like more that 50% of what you recycle still ends up in the trash, so why bother
 

Chunkee

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Originally posted by: FoBoT
i recycle nothing on purpose, so we cancel each other out chunkee

i need to get a burn barrel this summer so i can start burning most of my trash

:(
 

I recycle my cans and bottles, and I recycle probably 15 lbs. of paper a week at home.

At work, I shred close to 100 lbs of paper every couple days. It all gets recycled.
 

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Originally posted by: Juice Box
Originally posted by: rudeguy
I take my bottles back, but thats it. I only do that because they are worth a dime each.

yeah, IL doesnt give sh!t to you for turning in stuf :( I guess you are supposed to get a "good feelng" from recycling
I don't know how it works where you are, but all I do is throw cans, newspaper, plastic items into a bin the city provides and set it out for pick-up every tuesday.

 

Chunkee

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Originally posted by: jumpr
I recycle my cans and bottles, and I recycle probably 15 lbs. of paper a week at home.

At work, I shred close to 100 lbs of paper every couple days. It all gets recycled.

:)
 

Chunkee

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Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
Originally posted by: Juice Box
Originally posted by: rudeguy
I take my bottles back, but thats it. I only do that because they are worth a dime each.

yeah, IL doesnt give sh!t to you for turning in stuf :( I guess you are supposed to get a "good feelng" from recycling
I don't know how it works where you are, but all I do is throw cans, newspaper, plastic items into a bin the city provides and set it out for pick-up every tuesday.

i have to take mine, did not used to, but we moved, i dont mind, it is worth it to me

jC
 

gar3555

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I also recycle nothing...i make fishnets out of sixpack holders...I bury styrofoam in the forest...I burn plastic bottles in my back yard...

hehe..isn't America great
 

FoBoT

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Originally posted by: Jnetty99
Penn and teller that bull$hit show said that like more that 50% of what you recycle still ends up in the trash, so why bother

many cities that have instituted recycling programs have no place to sell/give the stuff to. so they take it and dump it into the same land fill as the "normal" garbage

so it is just a trick that wastes peoples time
 

luckysnafu

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At home I recycle glass, cans, plastic, paper and newspaper.

At work we recycle cans, plastic and paper

Everybody should recycle :)
 
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we recycle paper, glass, metal, plastic.

I mulch, or compost yard waste.

I ride the bus when I don't have to pick up or drop off my kid at pre-school.

I ride my bike when the weather is good.

 

Mayfriday0529

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Originally posted by: FoBoT
Originally posted by: Jnetty99
Penn and teller that bull$hit show said that like more that 50% of what you recycle still ends up in the trash, so why bother

many cities that have instituted recycling programs have no place to sell/give the stuff to. so they take it and dump it into the same land fill as the "normal" garbage

so it is just a trick that wastes peoples time


Exactly, i mean i recycle and stuff, but for all of you don't think that you are saving the world by doing it , there is just to much stuff and not enough man power to be able to sort through all of it.

 

randomlinh

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Originally posted by: Jnetty99
Penn and teller that bull$hit show said that like more that 50% of what you recycle still ends up in the trash, so why bother

that and aluminum is probably the only thing worth recycling that doesn't cost us even more fossil fuels...
 

Juice Box

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Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
Originally posted by: Juice Box
Originally posted by: rudeguy
I take my bottles back, but thats it. I only do that because they are worth a dime each.

yeah, IL doesnt give sh!t to you for turning in stuf :( I guess you are supposed to get a "good feelng" from recycling
I don't know how it works where you are, but all I do is throw cans, newspaper, plastic items into a bin the city provides and set it out for pick-up every tuesday.

yeah, thats what we have too, im sayng we dont get money for turning in stuff like they do in Michigay
 

crab

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No recycling here.

Hell, we dont even have trash pick up. We have to load up the pickup and haul it all to the dump bi-weekly. Costs $10-$15/load depending on weight.
 

DaWhim

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I am 100% against recycling.

every sunday, I get a stack of sunday newspaper(10 copies), I always throw it out like all other garbages.