Plastic industry knew recycling was a farce for decades

Re:Plastic industry knew recycling was a farce for decades by gizmo686 on Friday February 16, 2024 @07:28PM (#39404894)

There is. A quick Google search found several companies near me who will by scrap metal off of me.

The problem is that a pound of aluminum goes for about $0.45.

That does not come close for paying for a weekly curbside pickup service, which is what most individuals use for recycling.

Heck, they probably wouldn't even take an unsorted collection of "recyclables". The company I am looking at drops the price for unspecified "dirty" aluminum to $0.25 per pound.

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Re:Plastic industry knew recycling was a farce for decades by calvinmorrison on Friday February 16, 2024 @07:56PM (#39405146)

Right so its not worth doing. Simply your just distributing stolen time and labor to subsidize it .

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Re:Plastic industry knew recycling was a farce for decades by gizmo686 on Friday February 16, 2024 @09:04PM (#39405605)

You are paying for the curbside pickup anyway, so the marginal cost of recycling aluminum is small.

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