Sunday, December 6, 2009

More truth about recycling

After a researching the benefits of recycling a few years ago, I realized that there was little benefit to recycling most of what we actual do recycle. I found out through research and talking to people the following things:
  • Much of what we recycle ends up in landfills anyway for lack of a buyer
  • Plastic is particularly bad to recycle, as it is almost impossible to make high quality plastic from recycled plastic (I talked to an actual plant manager of a plastics factory)
  • It costs millions of dollars to run these programs
  • Most businesses don't recycle, they are not part of the curbside programs. The same goes for apartment buildings
I realized, that for the most part, the curbside recycling programs are only socialist wealth transfer systems. More low-skilled jobs for people. Most of the jobs are probably unionized as well. I realized that plasmafication instead of incineration is likely the way to go. An example of this technology is being built in Ottawa.

Now we have another article with more experts, making most of the same points above, saying recycling is nothing but a shame. Somehow I am sure, the leftists will say that these experts are not experts at all. No, they are merely shills of the land waste industry, fossil fuel industry, or the mob. They don't want to hear the truth.

Whenever I read another article about this, I always think of the Penn and Teller episode on recycling. That was a good watch.

3 comments:

Tracy said...

Reminds me of the time I took stuff to my local dump. The cans were too full so they sent us further up to dump our 'now' garbage. If that wasn't bad enough, we discovered a huge pit which was currently being filled with all the see-through blue 'recycyling' bags from our town. It was a day I wished I had my camera!

Lynn said...

Recycling was exposed as wasteful and energy inefficient almost from the moment the idea was conceived,but all politicians have bought into it as a way to placate outspoken greenies,whom they fear due to their loud activism.

The pols,ever mindful of the polls, fear the greenies represent a big enough voting block they have to be pandered to,and give 'em am inch....

So every Wednesday,we faithfully recycle. The private waste management firm in my city actually refused to empty my garbage because I had about ten sheets of 8 X 11 writing paper in it. They left me a notice, and I've been a good little peasant ever since.

Dmorris

AnonymousCoward said...

It's all a big scam!