Re: Separation of Garbage disposal
My local council has been commended for its recycling efforts in the past, but attracted controversy not long ago with the revelation that a lot of "recyclables" were actually destined for landfill with the rest of the garbage.
The council provide everyone with two bins - one for recyclables (paper, most plastics, empty cans, glass and clothing) and one for non-recyclables (rubber, low grade plastic). The contents of the recycling bin go a facility where it gets sorted and distributed to recycling plants. The scandal was that when the sorting plant got too busy they just sent everything to landfill anyway.
Sometimes the recycling effort does more harm than not bothering at all.
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