i picked up food donations for a food bank for several months. it's crazy what gets tossed, that we weren't allowed to pick up. there are some health regulations that have to/should be followed, which i don't necessarily have a problem with, but OP is generally right.
there's also restrictions on what state/govt funded food banks are allowed to accept as donations from stores and individuals.
there's a shitfuckton of waste in all of our industries. i stopped being anal/OCD about recycling after working for a large department store chain. at seasonal changeover, we were filling up a 40' dumpster about twice a week with packaging that all went to a landfill. also, big office/res highrise or manufacturing plant construction sites generate huuuuge amounts of landfill waste.
imho, recycling as a personal habit still makes sense just from what the Bible says about being this planet's stewards, but it's our infrastructure, macro-economy, and retail conveniences that are the biggest generators of pollution and waste. globalization has also been very poisonous for the planet.
Reminds me of the paper straw in plastic wrapping. LOL
Or cities that ban plastic bags from grocery stores. So you end up putting a bunch of PLASTIC WRAPPED items into a paper bag. And you're supposed to feel better. LOL
In the recycling plant we managed, i think something like 70% of all collected recyclable waste ended up going to the landfill.
Also, the finished products from the recycling plant? We were having trouble finding buyers.
The recycling plant lost money. Throwing everything into the landfill would have been cheaper for the government too. And most of what was collected as "recyclable" ended up in the landfill anyways.
i picked up food donations for a food bank for several months. it's crazy what gets tossed, that we weren't allowed to pick up. there are some health regulations that have to/should be followed, which i don't necessarily have a problem with, but OP is generally right.
there's also restrictions on what state/govt funded food banks are allowed to accept as donations from stores and individuals.
there's a shitfuckton of waste in all of our industries. i stopped being anal/OCD about recycling after working for a large department store chain. at seasonal changeover, we were filling up a 40' dumpster about twice a week with packaging that all went to a landfill. also, big office/res highrise or manufacturing plant construction sites generate huuuuge amounts of landfill waste.
imho, recycling as a personal habit still makes sense just from what the Bible says about being this planet's stewards, but it's our infrastructure, macro-economy, and retail conveniences that are the biggest generators of pollution and waste. globalization has also been very poisonous for the planet.
brb. off to throw a car battery in the ocean :)
Reminds me of the paper straw in plastic wrapping. LOL
Or cities that ban plastic bags from grocery stores. So you end up putting a bunch of PLASTIC WRAPPED items into a paper bag. And you're supposed to feel better. LOL
I used to work for the government.
In the recycling plant we managed, i think something like 70% of all collected recyclable waste ended up going to the landfill.
Also, the finished products from the recycling plant? We were having trouble finding buyers.
The recycling plant lost money. Throwing everything into the landfill would have been cheaper for the government too. And most of what was collected as "recyclable" ended up in the landfill anyways.