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We recycle paper and empty ink cartridges at work. But at home our apartment complex does not offer any type of recycle dumpster...
We recycle paper and empty ink cartridges at work. But at home our apartment complex does not offer any type of recycle dumpster...
Mine doesn't either, but my neighbors and I have all created our own recycling system -- we made our own bins and the people with trucks trade off taking it down to the recycling center every couple of weeks. Luckily, everyone who lives here currently is willing to participate, because it would otherwise be a big trash pile.
thanks to the city is beyond ing easy to recycle. There really is no excuse not to recycle anymore.
Although recycling is only a first step and doesnt do all that much in reality, other than be a good first start.
Re-using is even better.
ya the apt complex i'm in when i'm in fort worth doesnt recycle neither.
i dont get it. maybe i'll have to start working on getting that in this ing place.
It just depends on what kind of neighbors you have. There are two small buildings (12 units each) that share my parking lot/garbage area and neither property manager wanted to be responsible for any kind of recycling solution, so it's not written into any rental agreements or anything like that. There just happened to be enough people here that care about recycling that we were been able to put it together ourselves.
That's cool man (in my best hippie voice).for seizing the initiative.
Still don't believe in it.
How can you "not believe in it"? Recycling is not a faith-based activity - it is based on FACTS. You save energy, water, and non-renewbale resources by recycling, reduce the size of toxic landfills, and it takes less than 5 minutes a day to do it - in fact, set up the bins properly, show people what goes in which bin, and it pretty much takes care of itself.
Recycling is the easiest thing in the world to do, and not doing it is environmental vandalism IMHO.
Two things to say to that:
1. agreed, it is only entry-level environmentally-conscious behaviour and really should be required of everyone. My city recycles 70% of its solid waste, and has gone from 0 to 70% in a decade. Change the culture, make it easy by having a weekly recycling pickup as for garbage (we have two bins - one for paper, plastics, cans, etc., one for other garbage), and oila, less waste.
2. actually, it does do a lot in reality. Recycling products saves 40-70% (depending on the product) of the energy of making things new, doesn't add to landfill (a very toxic environment that chews up otherwise productive land), and generates employment. It's only a start, and I agree that reusing is better, but at least it is a start.
Last edited by RuffnReadyOzStyle; 09-09-2008 at 11:40 PM.
Well, I think he's making a veiled reference/statement on people who refuse to believe in global warming (at least I hope so). If not, I agree, it's ed up not to recycle and I too consider not doing so to be the equivalent of eco-vandalism.
i try to, i do save bottles and cans but i usually find myself too lazy to recycle until it ac ulates to an unbearable amount.
Unfortunately, the science behind the theory of global warming has been conflated with politics, and the IPCC keeps relying on the "global mean temperature" statistic which is open to attack from all quarters. The forces of unbridled mass-consumption have done a great job confusing the layman and giving ammunition to the environment-haters.
Examine the solid, observable science behind the theory - rates of ice melt at the poles and glaciers, ecosystem measurements (like animal migration and plant-flowering), changes to localised weather patterns, the changed composition of the atmosphere, etc., and the picture is very clear - the climate is changing at 10-100x (depending on your location on the planet) quicker than it EVER HAS, and the only other factor that has changed massively is the composition of the atmosphere correspondent with wide-spread, large-scale industrialisation and spiralling population.
Anyway, yes, of course he is.
well i was thinking more of putting my old college activism hat back on making the apartment complex start recycling but i see what you are saying.
Ya I know what you are saying. I probably worded what I said wrong, didnt mean to write off recycling as not very useful at all (
You should try less-serious some time. Not everyone types in blue text for sarcasm.
I recycle at home and work. I actually convinced my boss at work to start a program. Coworkers loved me, I was the hippie who increased their oh-so-busy workload with mundane stuff like recycling.
I went to the sister company soon after and the program was halted immediately. What do you know? I was back there the other week and noticed a recycling bin. Never asked why, but I would assume its because the sheer amount of paper you use in an engineering atmosphere is so jarring, you cant help but think "Man, this is a waste!"
When I started it, they were doing about 3 machines a year. They now do over 40 a year. So they had well over 40x the waste, Im sure. Thats how ridiculous it has to get before even the lazy and self-absorbed realize what the term "wasteful" actually means. I couldnt imagine.
He's not being sarcastic. I've seen him espouse similar views on anything environment-related before, so i was reacting to both that post and his history.
Anyway, I don't do "less serious". I am a serious person, and that's just the way it is.
If the employer wants it so bad, then the employer can do it.
Our recycle can (blue one) is filled up almost each week. The trash can could go for 3-4 weeks before I have to take it out. We even use the HEB green bags. No plastic.
Where I live, the city provided big bins for recycling. Pretty easy. Also my old job bought every employee a "green" coffee cup and a water bottle so the company could stop buying Styrofoam cups for coffee.
Syrofoam is a whole different animal that we dont want to get me started on thats for damn sure.
You take the high road and Ill take the low road. Sometimes, I wish to God I didn't know now the things I didn't know then.
And give me something to believe in.
I know this may seem like a stupid question for you guys that recycle but I would like to start.
Any tips on how to get going and where to take my trash? I live out in the country and we pay a dude 20 bucks a month to pick up our trash.
I'd say, "trash dude, I'm interested in recycling, if I were to put my recyclables in separate bags from the trash, is there any chance you'd be able to take them and recycle them with little or no extra effort?"
In fact, my grandpappy is in a kind of similar situation. There is no recycling pickup at his house and he's too damn old to drive it to the recycling center himself, but his housekeeper takes all of his diet coke cans and merlot bottles because she can trade them in for cash like the hobos do. I'd guess if this guy could get cash money for your recyclables he'd probably be willing to take them.
Or if you drive into a metropolitan area every so often, have space in your garage and a big ass truck/trailer, just save it all yourself and take it with you when you go.
The truth is though, that due to the constraints your dealing with, it just might not be feasible. Don't feel bad... if you can't do it, you can't do it. Hopefully you're able to though.
Last edited by balli; 09-10-2008 at 11:23 PM. Reason: edits
My trash guy is one of those old hicks who would tell me he'd do that, and really just dump it in the landfill.
I am probably going to do the aluminum one since that place is nearby.
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