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pcmc · 01-22-2014, 01:21 PM

I'm all for recycling, I feel it's important to 'do our part' as has been stated already. What bothers me is how only items that are profitable are recycled. Bottle caps aren't a money maker so they get thrown aside. A question I have is if money is being made off of this, how can we skip the middle man and cash in on recycling our own recyclables ourselves, instead of giving the money away?

Another thought is, from what we are told, we are wasting the water that the entire world has a limited supply of. How many gallons of water are we (the world) wasting washing our garbage?

My son, who does cart wheels about recycling, just did a report on recycling. He was disappointed with the statistic he came across stating that only 9% of recycled materials get recycled. I don't know if he read that on the web or in a book, but boy was he shocked.

01-22-2014, 01:21 PM	#123
pcmc Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 412 Thanks: 211 Thanked 106 Times in 73 Posts	I'm all for recycling, I feel it's important to 'do our part' as has been stated already. What bothers me is how only items that are profitable are recycled. Bottle caps aren't a money maker so they get thrown aside. A question I have is if money is being made off of this, how can we skip the middle man and cash in on recycling our own recyclables ourselves, instead of giving the money away? Another thought is, from what we are told, we are wasting the water that the entire world has a limited supply of. How many gallons of water are we (the world) wasting washing our garbage? My son, who does cart wheels about recycling, just did a report on recycling. He was disappointed with the statistic he came across stating that only 9% of recycled materials get recycled. I don't know if he read that on the web or in a book, but boy was he shocked.