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Rant: Stop pretending individual recycling is going to save us
I spent two years sorting every bottle and can like a saint, then found out my local facility in Phoenix just dumps half of it in the landfill anyway. If you really want to cut emissions, focus on voting for better city composting laws instead. Anyone else run into a recycling center that just doesn't actually recycle?
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troy_butler712d ago
Totally agree with @robert_bennett29 on this one it really does feel like we're all just going through the motions for nothing. The whole system is so broken that even when you do your part the companies running the recycling centers just shrug and toss it all in the same dumpster. I've heard stories about places in Phoenix literally burning recycling bins because it's cheaper than actually sorting the stuff. Makes you wonder if we should just focus our energy on voting for laws that force the companies to actually recycle instead of pretending our little blue bin matters.
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robert_bennett2913d ago
Honestly, it's just one of those things where the system is broken but people still feel like they're doing something. Ngl, maybe just toss it in the regular bin and stop worrying about it.
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