Thursday, January 30, 2014

Nanaimo Recycle bins and Bags ..........

How much recycled plastic is used in these products??
100% I would hope.... anyone know?

I would have to assume that none of these products are made from virgin resin, and are manufacturered entirely from recycled water bottles and such that we dutifully wash, sort, package and lug to the curb each week.

From there someone else dutifully picks it up, drops it off some place else where it is sorted once again and then goes through a few more hands before most of it winds up in China, where the stuff they can't recycle goes into their landfill. Thus allowing us to claim some grand sounding 'diversion' rate. It seems when we claim we are diverting stuff from our landfill, it doesn't necessarily mean it doesn't end up in landfill, just not ours.


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  1. Recycling of Waste in Bangalore5 February 2014 at 23:08

    Landfills are mostly composed of non-biodegradable waste which takes long time to decompose. By recycling, we can lessen the waste materials that are placed into landfills and we are able to make the most out of these materials.

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