I doubt whether there is money in it, either, Chuck. Have a look at
http://www.cypenv.org/worldenv/files/waste.htm and you will see how
money can be made from it. It is totally ridiculous to mix recyclable
waste and the householder should be responsible, if necessary by rules,
for an initial sorting.

Brian

Charles Dolci wrote:
> Dave:
>
> Here in San Jose, CA everything gets recycled (and I have to pay for
> that privilege with my garbage bill). We toss all plastics and glass and
> paper and metals into a single bin that is collected weekly. What they
> do with it is anyone's guess.  I doubt they are making money from it
> (i.e. making a profit) otherwise it would pay for itself and not have to
> be subsidized by the city residents.
>
> Chuck
>
> MA/NY DDave wrote:
>
>> Hi Chuck, ENViro Listservers,
>>
>> Oh Well thought of something else on re-reading my note.
>>
>> I do not want to degrade all of MAss.
>>
>> MAss and Recycling is quite variable. Where I live now, this large local
>> community can not figure out how to recycle various grades of plastic
>> (hydrocarbon polymers). In other areas of MAss they recycle all
>> plastics. I
>> have a good laugh on that one based on category <7> other, like SAN and
>> such, since if it isn't labelled they can't figure it is other and must
>> discard it.
>>
>> So my wife takes the stuff we can't recycle here, to work and
>> transfers it
>> to another MA community that makes money off our waste.
>>
>> Yours in Engineering, Dave
>> YiEngr, MA/NY DDave
>>
>>
>>
>

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