11 Nov
2011
11 Nov
'11
9:34 a.m.
On Nov 11, 2011 8:42 AM, "Mr Ian Primus" <ian_primus at yahoo.com> wrote:
--- On Thu, 11/10/11, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Yes, but of course. This is human nature. There is a similar problem with
old tires
around here. The garbage man won't take them, and disposal costs
a few dollars. Therefore, it's quite common to see them discarded into
woods, tossed into the median on highways, or in the river.
:) But
now we have this new recycling law which you
are forced to pay a
recycler to dispose of consumer items. The
trashman is
no longer allowed to
haul away your junk. Now think what will really
happens to the junk, spewn
in some remote area of the woods
In other words, these regulatios have almost certainly
increased
polution. As usual...
An acquaintance of mine, a couple years ago, faced with problems
disposing of a
massive pile of Compaq Deskpro Pentium 1's, was not about to
pay the ten bucks apiece the "recycling" company wanted. The trash men
where he lived wouldn't take them, and nobody else wanted them. Therefore,
there are now three Ford Taurus loads of old PC's at the bottom of the
river, deposited there under cover of darkness.
This law is another example of corporate slight of hand trick. There was a
time when you get a deposit return on most items, from sodapop bottle to
tires. Now these recyclers make their money coming in and on the items they
refurbished that's going out. You and I are paying for their stock
inventory to produce their products - what kind of logic is that. Now there
is still the local recyclers centers in several cities which are free, but
you have to motivate yourself - which unfortunately most people don't -to
bring the items which are sorted right there into separate recycle bins.
And we already have recycle trucks in many cities that pickup glass/plastic
bottles - so why not electronics ?
=Dan