Current state of waste management

[hoosierdoc]

With China not buying our recyclables anymore some areas are scrapping recycling programs. My parents are in franklin and no one is accepting new clients for even regular trash services.

i wonder what happens to the recyclables that are being picked up. Are they just tossed into general waste?

 

[dvd1955]

Hopefully at the least they are going to a waste-to-energy site. Good one located in Indy.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

China announced the change in policy a year ago.

But American bureaucrats don't experience time the same way that we do. To them, a one-year preparation time is like a nano-second; incomprehensibly short.

 

[hoosierdoc]

Oh really? I assume this was some tariff fight thing

 

[SMiller]

I ran the recycle facility at WM in Indy, what a joke, when China was buying our cardboard all was well, when that went to **** we just dumped it in the trash, entire program has been shut down for a long time.

In Indy most of it goes to the boiler regardless.

 

[femurphy77]

I ran the recycle facility at WM in Indy, what a joke, when China was buying our cardboard all was well, when that went to **** we just dumped it in the trash, entire program has been shut down for a long time.

In Indy most of it goes to the boiler regardless.

The problem I see with municipal programs, at least the ones I've looked into, is that they want to charge me for the bin, charge me to haul it off and charge me if something is placed in the wrong bin. THEN they sell whatever I've recycled to the highest bidder. Typical government scam being paid on both ends. Me? I'm not going to play.

 

[IndyTom]

The problem I see with municipal programs, at least the ones I've looked into, is that they want to charge me for the bin, charge me to haul it off and charge me if something is placed in the wrong bin. THEN they sell whatever I've recycled to the highest bidder. Typical government scam being paid on both ends. Me? I'm not going to play.

I'm fortunate not to be stuck with whatever the city has chosen, but I probably end up paying more because of it. That said, I will not pay them for the privilege of separating out my recyclables just so they have an easier time selling them off, either.

 

[Vigilant]

My recycling program is more of a jobs program. I drive down the road, throwing out beer cans, thereby providing employment to the guys that go around collecting cans to trade for cash. Win-Win, I get a buzz, and provide employment for someone else.

 

[hoosierdoc]

Nice start, but I got you beat. I pee into my plastic bottles and launch them. I save gallons of water a day, water the grass, AND provide recycling opportunities

 

[SMiller]

The problem I see with municipal programs, at least the ones I've looked into, is that they want to charge me for the bin, charge me to haul it off and charge me if something is placed in the wrong bin. THEN they sell whatever I've recycled to the highest bidder. Typical government scam being paid on both ends. Me? I'm not going to play.

Zero money in recycling, once uppon a time a big deal, WM has million uppon millions invested in recycling, their investors will not see a return in their life times.

 

[Dead Duck]

But the STRAWS.....

 

[Vigilant]

Nice start, but I got you beat. I pee into my plastic bottles and launch them. I save gallons of water a day, water the grass, AND provide recycling opportunities

I bow to your superior recycling program. If I were closer to Michigan, the aluminum can guys would be out of a job, as I would take all the Indiana cans and bottles to MI for cash, ala Seinfeld!

 

[hoosierdoc]

That’s exactly why we should put a deposit on cigarette butts

 

[Vigilant]

That’s exactly why we should put a deposit on cigarette butts

You sir are an absolute genius, and I feel you are wasting precious resources “practicing” medicine when you could be out in the world doing some REAL good!

 

[hoosierdoc]

Well it’s been proposed and I think a court blocked it somewhere. Just crazy

it’s estimated 75% of butts are littered a year. Literally trillions of them.

No Butts left Behind: How to Pay for Cigarette Butt Collection and Recycling - Environmental Finance Blog

 

[Mgderf]

Many large municipalities ran into issues when they started recycling glass.
Tons of glass piles sat around for years before they found buyers and many actually lost money.

 

[CHCRandy]

Well it’s been proposed and I think a court blocked it somewhere. Just crazy

it’s estimated 75% of butts are littered a year. Literally trillions of them.

No Butts left Behind: How to Pay for Cigarette Butt Collection and Recycling - Environmental Finance Blog

There are companies that recycle cigarette butts now...they turn them into pallets, benches and other plastics. They donate $1 to charity for every pound of butts collected. They have many Fortune 500 companies involved and collecting butts. Terracycle is one that comes to mind.

 

[CHCRandy]

Ray's in Plainfield still recycles cardboard. I go in there and they have 1500-1800 pound bales everywhere. They stopped recycling asphalt shingles though

 

[patience0830]

I send my trash to the future raw materials mine.


AKA


the landfill. When manufacturers need it, they'll hire someone to mine it.

 

[Dead Duck]

When I got to Indiana I was sad because there are no hills here.
Maybe this is a blessing in disguise.