Quote:
Originally Posted by photon
80-90% sounds right, depending on how much effort one puts in. Stuff like plastic food containers that normally would go in the garbage can be recycled if they're washed out first.
|
This is the problem I have. I think water is a more valuable resource than the recycled plastic from my yoghurt container. I have no problems with plastic going into a landfill as we have more than enough room for it. Glass and metals are worth recycling due to their high energy usage in their creation and paper/cardboard are worth recycling because of the lack of biodiversity in forestry replanting programs but with a properly lined landfill plastic just sits there and fills the space.