Re:Plastic industry knew recycling was a farce for decades
by ploxiln on Friday February 16, 2024 @07:38PM
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Unfortunately, how much you pay to recycle is hidden, in your taxes. You kinda need to know how much your cities pays for the recycling, vs trash, for each kind of material. Probably possible, but not easy. (But we know you can get paid for metals.)
Re:Plastic industry knew recycling was a farce for decades
by InitialLastName on Friday February 16, 2024 @08:01PM
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In this case, it sounds like GP is using a private garbage collection service because their municipality does not provide garbage collection services (as is common in rural areas).
One would expect that the costs in that situation are likely to be more representative of the actual cost to dispose of the material, as the company can't obscure its economic reality with taxes.
Re:Plastic industry knew recycling was a farce for decades
by mlrtime on Saturday February 17, 2024 @09:03AM
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Correct and funny enough because of this I recycle MUCh more living in a conservative rural area than a progressive urban area.
The private collection incentives me to separate as much recycling as I can and provides nice big free bins for this.
Re:Plastic industry knew recycling was a farce for decades
by mattmaroon on Saturday February 17, 2024 @10:14AM
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My city charges extra if I don’t recycle. But, I know from the data they publish that they are simply paying to recycle everything and the rate is higher than the rate at which they dispose of garbage. So I’m still paying for it, it is not paying me.
I sort of am being paid to put my plastic in my recycling bin. My garbage company charges $47/quarter for a 35 gallon regular bin, and $22/quarter for a 64 gallon recycling bin.
It would require two regular bins to handle everything, which would be $94/quarter, which is more than the $69/quarter that one regular bin plus one recycling bin costs.