Do You Recycle or Not?
By Terri Doss
@gtdoss (1013)
United States
August 19, 2022 5:31pm CST
When I was a kid, recycling wasn't a big thing. The only thing we did was get our deposit money back from our glass cola bottles and aluminum cans.
When my husband and I first got married, more was said about recycling, but we rarely took our plastics, cans, etc. to a recycling plant, and there was no recycling pickup at that time.
Nowadays, we have recycling included in our garbage pickup, and, in my opinion, it's hugely important to recycle if there is a way to do so.
There's just so much waste that can actually be recycled nowadays. And given the many, many people that are now alive and creating waste, recycling seems more important than ever!
What do you think about the importance of recycling? Are you able to recycle in your neck of the woods?
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@porwest (92743)
• United States
20 Aug 22
For me, even from my childhood, I remember being big on recycling, and recycling back then was strongly encouraged. To this day I am big on recycling, even bringing back all of my recyclable stuff from work trips I take to toss it into our recycling bin.
Luckily our city has regular recycling pick up.
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@gtdoss (1013)
• United States
21 Aug 22
We've got a "clean and beautiful" committee in our county that are kind of zealots for making sure that recycling gets recycled. I have the feeling that, save for this committee, we probably would have a lot of the recycling put into the landfills.
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@Beestring (14699)
• Hong Kong
20 Aug 22
We have recycle bins in our place. I put plastics, paper into them.
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@Beestring (14699)
• Hong Kong
20 Aug 22
@gtdoss We also have a bin for donating used clothes.
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@Itsmejenry23 (54)
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20 Aug 22
Yes! Plastic bottles, cans are separated. My father is using a natural fertilizer: vegetable peel or fruits that can no longer be edible - he blend it with soil. We have a little yard with Lemon, Chili and a big tree of avocado. Me and Mom are using Eco bags for groceries.
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@snowy22315 (182357)
• United States
20 Aug 22
Yes, I do and I think it is important for everyone to do.
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@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
20 Aug 22
I still don't know what it means. I used to think they put them all into--i dunno--some melting-pot, boiled it down to its original elements, and constructed new materials from them.
Then I see that they basically put it in 'a separate dump from the regular dump.'
https://gyr.fortlauderdale.gov/greener-government/recycling-waste-reduction/our-waste-stream/what-really-happens-to-our-recycling#:~:text=What%20Really%20Happens%20to%20our%20Recycling%3F%201%20Your,community%20is%20not%20over%20capacity%20for%20processing
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@RebeccasFarm (90523)
• Arvada, Colorado
19 Aug 22
I make use of most things but I sure dont have a lot.
If there is anything, sadly I do not have a recycle service here and it would be a trudge to take it anywhere with no transpo.
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@RebeccasFarm (90523)
• Arvada, Colorado
20 Aug 22
@gtdoss Yes and it doesnt make sense for me to pay for recycling.
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@Deepizzaguy (104278)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
19 Aug 22
My relatives and myself used to recycle used cans and newspapers. These days there is no recycling plant close to home for my relatives to recycle or time.
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