[Vision2020] Recycling

[Ron Force]

We've been dumping our waste on China, and they've finally had enough:



*For more than 25 years, rich countries shipped their plastic trash to
poorer Asian countries, many of them developing nations lacking the
capacity to manage such waste.China alone took in the lion’s share—45
percent of the world’s plastic waste imports. Then at the start of this
year, it refused to take more, citing local environmental concerns. China’s
move threw the recycling industry into turmoil as nations scrambled to find
new buyers.*
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/06/china-plastic-recycling-ban-solutions-science-environment/

The article points out that 89% of the exported plastics were singe-use
food packaging. I noticed that Newman's spaghetti sauce at Winco has
switched from glass jars to plastic. I'm sure it's cheaper to ship
lightweight plastic rather than heavier glass jars. Perhaps we need to
figure out how to about build disposal costs into the price of products.

Ron Force
Moscow Idaho USA


On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 4:56 PM Janesta Sullivan <janesta at gmail.com> wrote:

> Such a shame about the Moscow Center!
>
> Today I was in Tallahassee on business, and noticed their recycling center
> is closing due to the tariffs.
>
>
> https://m.tallasseetribune.com/2018/08/23/tallassee-recycling-center-to-close-sept-14/
>
> This makes me sad.
>
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2018, 6:41 PM rhayes at frontier.com <rhayes at frontier.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I tend to take my recycling to the bins at the center rather than drag
>> the green curbside out to the street with my meager offerings. I am careful
>> to separate the various materials into the proper categories and deposit
>> them accordingly. When I look into the bins at the recycling center, I am
>> appalled at the garbage I see in them/  A few weeks ago I saw an inflatable
>> swimming pool taking up a good portion of the mixed plastic bin. On
>> Wednesday this week I took my recyclables and saw tin in the aluminum bin,
>> aluminum in the plastic bin, and a whole lot of just plain trash in a lot
>> of the bins.  No wonder the market for recyclables is going downhill. Too
>> much containments in the stream. Are people uneducated about what and what
>> quality is recyclable, or just too lazy to care?
>> Roger
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