Your Questions About Recycling
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Robert asks…
Are the American people simply recycling bins for organic and inorganic waste matter?
Everything we eat and drink is “fortified” with industrial waste (sodium fluoride and other chemicals in water, aluminum, mercury, benzene, etc.) or rendered dead animals (euthanized animals, road kill) turned into feed, cosmetics, food additives, etc.). Probably humans too (since many vaccines are made using aborted fetal tissue–cell lines MRC-5 and WI-38).
The Expert answers:
Hate to tell you ,but all living organisms are. You do not really think wasting all your resources to buy and ingest ‘pure foods’ is any more the just a marketing scam to get you to pay more for the same thing the rest of us are forced to eat?. Dream on. I count on millions of years of evolution and very good family genetics to process and dispose of toxins and dubious food sources. You need to worry about things less a real problem and worry more about your daily life and interaction with fellow humans . We will all live and die. Stressing does nothing but keep you from enjoying the limited time you have here.
Steven asks…
Without oil, how will windmills and recycling bins be made?
The above products need the petrochemical industry.
Linlyons, the Dutch did not use windmills for electricity generation. Also there is a reasonable amount of fibreglass and timber used for them The fibreglass needs a lot of electricity for its production. Plenty of hamsters on wheels, methinks.
The Expert answers:
The Dutch had windmills for centuries before oil.
Barrels, bins, etc existed thousands of years ago.
It is true that quite a lot of our day-to-day goods are made of plastic.
However, it’s likely that something will replace that plastic.
Maybe oil as a lubricant would be more important.
Also, the fertilizer industry depends on oil.
And farmers are going to find that hard to replace.
It is true that oil is inordinately useful.
Maybe it would be good to stop burning it while there’s still some to be found — at a reasonable extraction price.
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I didn’t say they did.
And, you didn’t ask about energy, just about oil.
Clearly energy is going to be a problem.
But within a decade, would oil extraction is likely to start to decline.
At that point, you’ll see lots of other things used to make plastic.
And lots of other materials used to make windmills and recycle bins.
And significant growth in alternative energy.
(I’m getting solar panels as i type.)
Laura asks…
Are recycling bins made out of recycled plastic?
I’ve always been wondering this.
The Expert answers:
Hmm…you pose a good question. I wonder if they really are. Let’s find out.
I just found out they are made from 100% recycled plastic
Daniel asks…
can i put wallpaper that i peeled off my wall in the recycling bins?
theres always been this aweful wallpaper in my room thats been there since before my parents got this house so i purchased some wall paper remover liquid and i dont know whether to throw away the remains or if i can recycle it.
The Expert answers:
Throw it out. You don’t know what the coatings on the wall paper were, and some of the chemical compounds of the remover that you used might remain in the old paper, and it can be detrimental to the recycling process. It can “poison” a batch.
Mandy asks…
when were recycling bins in wakefield introduced?
research when were they introduced? does anyone know/ i am talking about wakefield in specific but any other districts would help.
The Expert answers:
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Carol asks…
Is it not Ironic that recycling bins are made of plastic?
I bet this Q has been done
No need to get technical for a biy of light humour bomb sake….it’s not often you’re right but you’re wrong again google irony.
The Expert answers:
True…but how interesting also that Recycling is touted as being the enviromentally friendly thing to do and is good for the country…when in fact is takes more energy to recycle used items.
The way they get by with this little mis-informed idea is that they make the assumption that everyone won’t give up their life styles and they will still want their bottled water…their soda’s…their pre-wrapped and packaged meats..etc….etc…..so its more economical to just reuse it..rather than scout out a new source and dig it up.
But the extra use of energy does require more resources and power than the original needed to be made.
Helen asks…
Recycling bins in front of walmart?
In front of our Wal-Mart there are two recycling bins. One for plastic and one for aluminum. How does this work because I thought that different plastics had to be sorted by type? Can I just throw whatever plastic in there and the recycle place does the sorting?
The Expert answers:
Yes, if it’s recyclable plastic then it will be sorted for you at the plant!
Ken asks…
why does state college, PA have red recycling bins while everywhere else seems to have blue recycling bins?
Can someone please try to explain this?
The Expert answers:
Several possibilities, one is that was the color of the resin in use at the time theirs were run and they wanted the lowest costs possible. Another real possibility is the unit of government or company overseeing the program specified red as the color to be used.
While not much of answer, the red bin just is what it is because of a chain of decisions and circumstances.
William asks…
Is it legal to take cans from recycling bins of peoples houses?
The Expert answers:
Once it is in the recycling bin on the curb, it is the property of the company that picks up the bin. Therfore, taking the cans is theft.
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