Your Questions About Recycling
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Nancy asks…
Why do they separate beer cans and soda cans in BC?
This has been puzzling me for a while now.
Apart from the fact that beer cans seem to be worth more than soda cans I can’t seem to think of a good reason why they should be separated? They’re both made of the same material and I assume they will all be melted and so used to make new cans… does it really matter what beverage was in there before the recycling process begins??
Does anybody have any idea why they ask us to separate the beer cans from soda cans when bringing them to the recycling centre?
The Expert answers:
The contents have no bearing so the only thing i can imagine is that some beer cans are specially lined….
George asks…
Question About Recycling?
I need to pursuade an audience to start recycling
So i need some sources and facts why should we recycle.
I need the most urget need on why we should recycle
(e.g. Landfills are filling up with certain amouts of recycable material, thus increasing the trash produced) what is the demension of the problem
And how can one contribute to resolving the Problem.
What can the avrage person do to resolve the problem
How can we visualize the world in the future if we dont recylcle?
How can we visualize the world if We do Recycle?
Thank You Anyone that answers
The Expert answers:
We should recycle because if people think ” Oh It’s just one person what will that do!” But if everyone thought that what would happen the our country? What we do when we run out of resources and try to buy them from other countries for a high amount? We shall solve this by letting as many people as we can know what some people are doing to our environment. We shall explain what will happen if we DO NOT recycle. We may visualize the world as an empty waste land piled with many workers digging through garbage to find thrown away recyclables.
David asks…
Why do you have to take the tops off of plastic bottles when you put them in the recycling?
Are the lids made from unrecyclable plastic or is it something to do with the fact that they can be squashed down to a smaller size when transported with out them on? I never know whetether I can stick them in the recycling bin seperately or if they have to go in the trash.
The Expert answers:
Funny, I have no clue, but my first thought was that because they will be melted down, as the air heats up on the inside they could explode.
But the Christchurch City’s websight had this to say:
‘Why Although they may look the same, some lids are made from a different grade of plastic to that of their containers. If different grades of plastic are mixed in the recycling process that batch can be ruined and will need to be dumped.’
Lizzie asks…
Recycling Cans, and Bottles?
Why in tarnation do people think they are getting back FREE MONEY for this when in fact you did pay for it at the counter with tax, and blah blah blah, plus the fact you had to put it in a Hefty bag, sort it out at the center, and use your gas to bring it there, plus your precious time to bring it in and then drive back home, so speaking is it all really worth it?????
The Expert answers:
It pays huge dividends by taking up less space in the land fills and keeping pollution to a minimum. Most anti-polluters drop off their bottles and cans on the way to work or to the store so no gas is wasted. They use paper sacks or reusable bags to transport them in.
Linda asks…
should companies be responsible for recycling product packaging?
i know it’s long but can anybody answer this
can you please separate facts and opinions
The Expert answers:
Unfortunately, I have no facts other than what I know about household recycling.
In my opinion, a company who is concerned about future consumers will make sure that their products have recyclable packaging and take responsibility for their ‘footprint’. There is enough evidence in this world to sustain the logic that, unless we change how we do things now, we will hit a crisis later. I would completely be willing to buy products from a company that committed to recycling its own packaging. The shoe company “Crocs” does this, for example. They have a program in place that gathers up used shoes and re-makes new pairs from them. I’m fairly sure that those companies who value our resources today will be the ones at the forefront of the market later when raw materials are no longer the cheapest option.
So, I guess it’s not a ‘should’, but if they’re smart, they will.
Sandy asks…
Is recycling fee on a Brand new TV purchase correct?
I bought a brand new Vizio 42″ HDTV at Wallmart, I did not bring in my old TV, in fact I don’t have any old TV, yet they charged me, without asking me a $25,00 recycling fee.How can that be? I live in Gilroy, California.
The Expert answers:
$25 is correct
Here is the official web site
http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/electronics/act2003/retailer/fee/
Thomas asks…
Why Should Canadians be Fined For Not Recycling?
Come up with many ideas as you can please, due to the fact i have run out of ideas for my essay.
The Expert answers:
You’ve picked a bad topic for your essay (since they shouldn’t be fined for not recycling, instead if the government wants people to recycle they should make it worth their while to do so).
Now, why don’t you got and do YOUR OWN DAMN HOMEWORK?
Jenny asks…
Can You help? will only take a second of your time =)?
I am doing a project on the importance of recycling, I have to do presentations to five different groups of students in my college.
As you can imagine young people of today are not really to interested in helping the invironment and I am afraid I wont get through to them.
Can anyone give me some fun facts about recycling and the invironment that you think could help me catch their attention… PLEASE!
The Expert answers:
Fun fact #1: invironment is spelled “environment”.
Americans throw out 200,000 tons of edible food daily.
The average American generates 52 tons of garbage by age 75.
The average individual daily consumption of water is 159 gallons, while more than half the world’s population lives on 25 gallons.
Fifty percent of the wetlands, 90% of the northwestern old-growth forests, and 99% of the tall-grass prairie have been destroyed in the last 200 years.
The following website is from a National Geographic documentary on “Our Human Footprint”. It’s pretty interesting, shows how much the average person consumes in a lifetime. For example: a year’s supply of bananas for the US would take up 894 square miles. A US lifetime of soda cans stretches 3.42 miles. That’s 50 football fields with end zones.
Http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/human-footprint/
Lisa asks…
Why recycle when it costs you money to do so?
The apartment complex I am currently living at has garbage dumpsters which is covered by the rent. It does not have recycling bins. Each apartment can have their own recycling bin, but it costs an additional monthly fee.
Can you explain to me how this makes any sense whatsoever? This gives me no incentive to recycle–in fact, it gives me more incentive not to. I would be glad to recycle but because of this I will not do so while I’m living here.
Can you tell me the logic behind paying to recycle? Please don’t say “for the environment” and “being selfless” as reasons–I am glad to recycle and have done so in the past, but I am not going to pay to do so because I am not rich. This is like having to pay money to volunteer at a homeless shelter.
The Expert answers:
It really doesn’t make any sense. The fact that people separate items for recycling is already saving the transfer sites money because they can hire less people to sort it all out when it comes in. It saves them time and they in turn can sell the aluminum and glass and make a profit. Normally they would have to pay a crew to go through all that garbage and then sell the recyclables to regain some of their money. But now they get you to sort it out, pay them for it, and still turn around and make a better profit…It’s a pretty good gig…A lot of people won’t bother recycling in the first place and making them pay to do it sure isn’t going to change their minds.
We can call them selfish but it won’t change anything. It’s just human nature, most people aren’t going to do something unless it directly benefits them immediately. I remember years ago, our garbage collection agency gave us green bins to put paper products in. I had mine loaded with newspapers, the collection agency came, the guy must have dropped the bin and the papers were all over my driveway…Did he pick it up? NO!, he left it for me to clean up… I wrote them a letter telling them I was done sorting out my garbage and thanked them for my new green flower pot.
They never even came around to get that!
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