http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/11/18/when-going-green-goes-wrong-recycling/ Patriotism that loves our country, our land, and our planet Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:35:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/11/18/when-going-green-goes-wrong-recycling/comment-page-1/#comment-14712 The Energy Net » Top Nuclear Stories (Nov. 13th - 17th) Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:15:35 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=1635#comment-14712 [...] When Going Green Goes Wrong: Recycling : Red, Green, and Blue Many local authorities use commingling  which sounds like more fun than it is, all it means is that co-mingled collections are the ones where previously separated waste is crushed together in the back of a dustcart. Once this happens, it’s almost impossible to separate the recycled materials again, so what happens to the waste? Often it’s taken to Materials Recovery Facilities where large amounts of energy are used to try and separate the waste again. Or it’s shipped to India and spread out in fields where people then try to hand pick it back to the original categories. But it’s also often just ¦ dumped in landfill. Precisely what we were told recycling was going to stop in the first place. [...] [...] When Going Green Goes Wrong: Recycling : Red, Green, and Blue Many local authorities use commingling  which sounds like more fun than it is, all it means is that co-mingled collections are the ones where previously separated waste is crushed together in the back of a dustcart. Once this happens, it’s almost impossible to separate the recycled materials again, so what happens to the waste? Often it’s taken to Materials Recovery Facilities where large amounts of energy are used to try and separate the waste again. Or it’s shipped to India and spread out in fields where people then try to hand pick it back to the original categories. But it’s also often just ¦ dumped in landfill. Precisely what we were told recycling was going to stop in the first place. [...]

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