I have never thought about recycling, Not an excuse Just the honest truth, once I read that, I went into a thought, I am not allowed to do anything that would cause a major change in my life-Its against my Pagan Path but would recycling do that?

I cant see how it would so I e-mailed Las Vegas Recycling company that serves my area and put in a request for knowledge on what the next step is for it, do you see any way that it would change my life?

I do tell friends not to litter and when I see them doing it, I pick up after them, in one case, I told a friend I wasnt going to hang out with her any longer because she was disrespectful to The Earth and to me knowing how I felt about her littering, I also always pick up trash when I see it thrown about.

Ok, My rant is through

Blessed Be
Ace

I live in a rural area. There is no curbside recycling. And, while I have always been a “re-user”, until this year I never made the effort to recycle. Since I have been recycling, II have cut my trash in HALF!

I re-use all sorts of cartons for candle molds. And potato chip cans for pencil holders for my children.

Just for a decorating re-user idea: I took some wine bottles (and what a hardship THEY were to empty! and lined them up on the buffet in my dining room and poked Christmas tree lights in them. It looks so cute!

The jobs provided by recycling plants suck and are definitely NOT a benefit, go visit a recycling plant and see what it is like working there. The are among the worst jobs to have.

In many cases the cost of recyclable materials also exceeds the cost of raw materials. Virgin plastic resin costs 40% less than recycled resin.[7] Additionally, an EPA study that tracked the price of clear cullet from July 15 to August 2, 1991, found that the average cost per ton ranged from $40 to $60,[8] while a USGS report shows that the cost per ton of raw silica sand from years 1993 to 1997 fell between $17.33 and $18.10.[9]

In a 1996 article for The New York Times, John Tierney argued that it costs more money to recycle the trash of New York City than it does to dispose of it in a landfill. Tierney argued that the recycling process employs people to do the additional waste disposal, sorting, inspecting, and many fees are often charged because the processing costs used to make the end product are often more than the price gained from its sale. Tierney also referenced a study conducted by the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) that found in the six communities involved in the study, “all but one of the curbside recycling programs, and all the composting operations and waste-to-energy incinerators, increased the cost of waste disposal.”

Anyways, both sides can go back and forth infinitely, because they both pull their numbers out of their asses. Just saying that your friends who are not recycling aren’t really destroying the Earth as much as you imply.

Save water! Drink beer!

Outside ecological reasons, recycling also benefits the local economy but providing jobs. The problem with the holier-then-thou people is that often they don’t even recycle, not aluminium, glass, paper, nothing.

So why do people recycle then? Because it lets you maintain a “holier than thou” attitude towards the people that don’t recycle.