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Recycling; why don't people do it?
Topic Started: Jan 19 2010, 07:29 PM (340 Views)
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I got tired of the racially driven threads in here so here goes an attempt to discuss something else entirely.

I have been to Spain, Portugal and Italy where they recycle close to everything possible outside of creating personal compost heaps.

In Kamikatsu, a town on Shikoku Island in eastern Japan, nothing is wasted. Everything is composted or recycled. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7499954.stm

Meanwhile, I've noticed that people have had issues recycling on the most basic level. Why is this?

According to the EPA, the benefits of recycling are as follows:
* Recycling protects and expands U.S. manufacturing jobs and increases U.S. competitiveness.
* Recycling reduces the need for landfilling and incineration.
* Recycling prevents pollution caused by the manufacturing of products from virgin materials.
* Recycling saves energy.
* Recycling decreases emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to global climate change.
* Recycling conserves natural resources such as timber, water, and minerals.
* Recycling helps sustain the environment for future generations.

So why not recycle? It's really not that hard to do.
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