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Originally posted by Trixie
Okay then -- post some links and edumacate us or something.
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It is to late in the evening for me to go do all the link research for you. So I will just do my best to give a brief synopisis.
(alluminum and glass do not apply, hence why you are paid)
Even when you presort they still resort the trash to then amass and then load onto more trucks who then drive great distances to dump at a central location. From here it is again re-trucked and sent to various vendors who then use up a considerable amount of fuel to melt it down and purify it.
When it comes to paper it is often driven way up into a nice "nature" area where it is shredded and then bleached and chemically treated. Take wild guess about the water.
So in above you can add in the cost of man power, or just figure the amount of fossil fuel that is required to move and reuse garbage.
Landfills on the other hand are not nasty icky places that leak into ground water like some people say. They are very monitored and even produce energy unlike recycling. The amount of methane most produce is mind boggling. Eventually they get
I could go on.