Question about recycling

[bull]

Right. Unless it makes money for the people running the businesses (real money, not phony govt. funding) and it saves us money somehow no one is going to go for it. Being green is all about the green in our wallets or it ain't going to happen for long.

[Neal_J]

I have no need for recycling.  I either drop my trash into the handy garbage can outside the local liquor store or chuck it over the back fence after dark when the neighbors aren't home. 

In general, I try not to overthink things....

[squeakfinder]

I have no need for recycling.  I either drop my trash into the handy garbage can outside the local liquor store or chuck it over the back fence after dark when the neighbors aren't home. 

In general, I try not to overthink things....

So your the reason some city's have laws that require residents to have garbage service!

[Mean 318]

We have two here but sometimes you see the garbage trucks come and pick up everything Sucks cuz they cut the a few cops due to money...  they gave a bunch to the recycling!

[BigRed66]

I know a guy who works for a very liberal city here in NE Ohio that is adamant about recycling, re-purposing, yada, yada, yada....he told me that it's all horseshit, because the city (as well as numerous adjoining communities) pays a subcontractor consisting of our South-of-the-Border friends, sans green cards, to go to the dump and pick the recycleables out for the city. I haven't recycled ever, nor will I, and my philosophy always was, and is, "If they want this stuff so bad, they can go get it themselves." When my buddy told me about the Mexicans in the dump, it just cemented my resolve to not do it. If I hear the terms "Green" or "Global Warming" anymore, I'll puke. Rest assured that the government profits from the local level on up on all this recycling crap. The earth has been fine for how many millions of years by incorporating waste into it's crust? Plenty. The earth is just fine. And will continue to be.

Incidentally, my brother, a Master's Degree holder in Climatology and Meteorological Studies, firmly believes "Global Warming" (there; I just barfed) is a myth, perpetuated by the government to keep us all fearful of what could (but won't) happen to us if we continue on our "reckless, irresponsible" path. He lives in Grand Forks, ND, where that molten core keeps it at -25 degrees from December through February.

The moral of the story? Recycling is garbage. Literally. Don't believe the hype.