By: Diane Benjamin
Evidently too much for too many people. Maybe the signs need to say Pretty Please.
Location: Recycling bins on the north side of the Normal Walmart:
How Much Intelligence Does It Take to Recycle?
By: Diane Benjamin
Evidently too much for too many people. Maybe the signs need to say Pretty Please.
Location: Recycling bins on the north side of the Normal Walmart:
Paper, cardboard, metal, and glass are mostly recyclable. Less than 10% of plastics are recyclable, and the rest ends up in landfills anyway. Collecting plastic to recycle is pointless.
Those bins are going to disappear if people can’t attempt to follow the few rules
The bins will not disappear. They are about Walmart virtue signalling and attracting customers. (“As long as I’m dropping recycling, might as well grab some milk and…”) And about the town council virtue signalling, as they spend taxpayer money to pay for an extra step between people’s trash and the landfill. And possibly about funneling money to political supporters; no evidence to back that up, but it’s usually the underlying reason for ‘stupid’ spending in IL.
Any recycling worth doing will be done regardless of the bins. Leave pop or beer cans on your front lawn and somebody will gladly pick them up for you. $. Likewise some other metal. The bins serve other purposes.
Doesn’t Normal pay Midwest Fiber to handle the bins? If they still do the price could go up because of people who can’t read
I think you’re correct about the current situation. The price should not go up, which is not the same as ‘it won’t’.
Properly done recycling should be a Revenue Source for the town, not an expense. As another poster pointed out, we are Pretending to recycle plastics. That’s garbage disposal, not actual recycling, so it costs money. Recycling aluminum is quite profitable. A private business would pay to have an ongoing source such as the bins. Glass, non-aluminum metals, and fiber (paper, cardboard, etc), last I knew, were marginally profitable, so not sure if they’re worth the overhead costs, but their inclusion / exclusion / option could be negotiated into How Much The Town Would Be Paid for the recycling contract.
These are probably the same people who vote in the libtards.