Starting off with a confession and the title question.
Confession... I know nothing!
Question... What do you know?
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We're in an automated town, where the waste trucks, pick up 95 gallon plastic tubs and tip the contents into the back of the truck.
One container for waste, one for recyclables.
Other than a calendar for pick day up that we received two years, and an unreadable pamphlet of what goes where, no info since then.
I am suspiciously thinking that it all goes to the same place, even though I know it's not true. Somehow, I believe I may not be the only person who doesn't know what goes where.
So, never mind the difference between metal, cardboard, paper and stuff like wood or metals, how about plastic?
There are 7 different classifications of plastic... do you know which ones are recyclable? Can I put the old foam mattress pad into the trash? or the Recyclables? How about the heavy duty plastic container for "Tide"... and what about plastic bottle caps? What about the empty container of power steering fluid?
...anyway, you get the idea. So... do you get guidance from your local government? Does anyone ever check or notify you when you're doing bad?
I never see anything in our local news, or even in national news, about how this attempt at environmental protection is helping...
What about some more instruction... or even some kind of positive or negative incentive to do the right thing?
Confession... I know nothing!
Question... What do you know?
................................................................................................
We're in an automated town, where the waste trucks, pick up 95 gallon plastic tubs and tip the contents into the back of the truck.
One container for waste, one for recyclables.
Other than a calendar for pick day up that we received two years, and an unreadable pamphlet of what goes where, no info since then.
I am suspiciously thinking that it all goes to the same place, even though I know it's not true. Somehow, I believe I may not be the only person who doesn't know what goes where.
So, never mind the difference between metal, cardboard, paper and stuff like wood or metals, how about plastic?
There are 7 different classifications of plastic... do you know which ones are recyclable? Can I put the old foam mattress pad into the trash? or the Recyclables? How about the heavy duty plastic container for "Tide"... and what about plastic bottle caps? What about the empty container of power steering fluid?
...anyway, you get the idea. So... do you get guidance from your local government? Does anyone ever check or notify you when you're doing bad?
I never see anything in our local news, or even in national news, about how this attempt at environmental protection is helping...
What about some more instruction... or even some kind of positive or negative incentive to do the right thing?
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