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Is recycling just a stop gap measure that does nothing to encourage proper packaging of products? Is it just a way to get more money? Does it contribute to the acceleration of climate change due to increased trucks on the road? Or is recycling helping to keep our environment clean? Share your views Le recyclage
serait-il une mesure temporaire incapable de favoriser l'emballage correct
des produits? Serait-ce tout juste une autre façon d'obtenir de plus grands
profits? Avec l'accroissement des camions sur la route, le recyclage
contribuerait-il à l'accélération des changements climatiques? Ou bien,
est-ce que le recyclage contribue à conserver notre |
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Anonymous Arkansas April 29, 2009 |
Recycling rocks!!!! This is way to help our
world, this way you would save more trees... and yea it rocks RECYCLE,
RECYCLE, RECYCLE!!!! EVERYBODY RECYCLE PLEASE!!!!
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Tones North Dakota April 27, 2009 |
Yeah I agree with the lot of ya I recycle and I
think if we don't we will all die.
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Chloe Holyhead April 24, 2009 |
I love recycling it is great
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Jenny Alaska April 24, 2009 |
I think you should recycle!!!!! If you don' t
our world will be destroyed and we wont be able to have fun if our earth is
a dump!!! It is our job to save what God made!!!
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Glen Margatetns April 26, 2009 |
Recycling is very hard to do
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Sheanda March 30, 2009 |
Hello I love to recycle
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| March 27, 2009 |
Recycling sounds like a great idea. I've just
never had the time to do it
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Jesus Gonzalez Long Beach, Cal March 25, 2009 |
If we don't start to recycle bad things like
pollution can happen and because of that we could get sick and get a disease
if you don't want pollution then start recycling paper, bottles, aluminum
etc. Remember RECYCLE
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| March 26, 2009 |
PEOPLE- RECYCLE!!!!!! If you don't you will kill
our planet!
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Elisa Ann Corkey San Antonio, Texas March 23, 2009 |
First off let me start by sayin whoever
recycles: hats off to you =] But if you dont it doesn' t justify the type of
person you are. Second recycling dosent conclude that the world is going to
end God defines that.
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| March 15, 2009 |
Think about what will happen to the animals and
their habitats? it is so simple to just recycle so lets recycle and have a
happy world.
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Mayhap Stonebridge February 5, 2009 |
I think we should all recycle.
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Anonymous Ontario, Canada January 20 2009 |
Recycling saves a lot of trees. trees are
good because trees provide us with oxygen, and we need oxygen to breathe!
Plus, it provides homes for animals like birdies! Yay birdies! RECYCLE OR
THE WORLD WILL END AND WE WILL DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Chloe Utah December 17, 2008 |
Did you also know that recycling is hazardous to the environment and to our own human health? Chemicals leak out, and it can cause brain
damage. When you recycle paper, the de-inker emits pollution.
See? Everything isn't always good.
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Anonymous December 14, 2008 |
We should all recycle! It destroys our earth when we don't I LOVE TO RECYCLE!
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Kate Ecclestone Stone, Staffs, England December 6, 2008 |
recycling is stupid. why waste our life by
recycling when we could be out having fun!!!! that is what most people
think, but we should recycle it is important and if we don't then god knows
what will happen!!
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Maria Davenport, IA December 5, 2008 |
RECYCLE!!!! DO IT FOR OUR PLANET!!! YOU'RE
POLLUTING OUR AIR IF YOU DON'T RECYCLE. THINK ABOUT THE CHILDREN OF THE
FUTURE!!!!!
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Shataki Gary, Indiana December 5, 2008 |
RECYCLE!!!!!! SAVE OUR PLANET!!!! I LOVE OUR
PLANET AND OBAMA!!! RECYCLE!!!
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Haley December 2, 2008 |
recycling makes the world a better place. i love
recycling!!
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Elizabeth G. Ridgewood, NJ November 23, 2008 |
RECYCLE! WHEN PEOPLE DON'T RECYCLE PLASTIC, IT'S
A LOSS OF OIL, WHICH WE USE FOR GAS, WHICH WILL ONE DAY RUN OUT, SO WE WILL
ALL USE SMART CARS, THEN EVENTUALLY ANOTHER PROBLEM WILL EXIST, AND THE
WORLD WILL END!!!!!!! JUST SIMPLY THROW THE BOTTLE IN THE BIN!
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Maria Canada October 28, 2008 |
recycling is very good!!! recycle or our planet will be a dump!!! if
our planet is a dump, where would the people in the future live? you surely cant live in a dump. recycling is not something that is hard to do
- you only have to get a recycling bin, put it outside when the day for recycling. it is very simple so make are world a better place!! thanks for reading:)
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Hallue Undersrew Morristown, TN October 22, 2008 |
recycle it saves trees and i love trees
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D. C. October 20, 2008 |
Recycle!!!!!!!!!!! Think about our children of the
future; what kind of life are they going to have if we don't recycle.
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Laurie Michigan October 19, 2008 |
Just recycle, it not hard at all.
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Anonymous September 1, 2008 |
I say recycling improves our lives and the Earth. So everyone recycle, and listen to Tegan and Sara and Underoath. <3 |
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Chadelle Paramribo, South America July 30, 2008 |
I say recycle -
it can truly make a difference! We moved to South America about 4 months ago from South Africa and they only recycle plastic
here; I see the mines cutting down the trees and when they are finished mining in that specific area after 2 years or so they have to
rehabilitate the ground but do you think they actually do it? For them it is just
wasted money and time so I say recycle and promote it!!!!! You can make a difference if you try.
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Susan Treacle Poland July 7, 2008 |
Recycle recycle eh? What a spectacular idea. It is absolutely the key to a peaceful world, universe, and life. My answer is: DO IT. 100000000000%. Think about the children. What is their life going to turn out like if we don't respect the future? Have a heart. Have a life. |
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Lilly Kansas May 27, 2008 |
Recycle! It makes a difference!
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Anonymous Recycleville, USA May 19, 2008 |
WHO CARES ABOUT THE PRICE!!! Would you rather
have paper in your hand or be extinct??? I would choose the recycling one!!!
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Green Girl Tumbler Ridge May 13, 2008 |
What if we do not recycle? How badly would our
world be affected? That's the question, and the answer is that we should
recycle. My school is starting composting and we do need to save our
world before it is to late. And how hard is it for someone to just
start recycling? Because a little of your time can save the world's time.
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Michaela Oregon May 8, 2008 |
If we don't start soon then the world will one
be trashcan and, secondly, we would have global warming and carbon dioxide
for air and the world will be water.
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Anonymous April 30, 2008 |
Recycling is a good thing and soon if we don't our world is going to be a big
trash can of pollution! So start recycling!!
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Bailey New Hampshire April 29, 2008 |
I am trying to get my school to recycle more
than just paper. We need to save our earth. We need to take care
of it so we aren't living on a crappy no good planet.
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Anonymous April 22, 2008 |
Recycle because even though it uses energy to
recycle it still saves energy by recycling and if everyone did recycle then
the world would be more clean. And there's more to recycling than to
just recycle bottles and stuff you can use a bottle twice and many other
things. Thank you for reading. :)
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Anonymous April 19, 2008 |
Recycling is completely pointless...doesn't help
much at all...read the stats
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Anonymous April 11, 2008 |
If everyone in the world recycles our earth
would be a better place!!
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Anonymous Toronto, ON April 1, 2008 |
it is very important to recycle. be green.
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Barbara Hyde Tomball Texas March 26, 2008 |
we should all recycle, point blank. it saves the world one tree at a time.
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Jessica Rolo Northern Ireland March 18, 2008 |
I think recycling is good for the environment
and that companies are doing something to help are future life. I'm
also doing stuff for the environment because are school are doing projects
so I came up with the idea of planting trees
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Ermy Malaysia March 17, 2008 |
Recycling is very important in our life! do it
right now!!!!!!
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May Portland, OR March 12, 2008 |
We are considered one of the "Green"
states. But I've noticed that hardly anyone actually recycles. I think
recycling is a great idea, but we need to do something to make it happen. If
we don't start recycling more, and doing other things to save our
environment, we are going to end up dead. Our future will be the one in
"Idiocracy." We will be stupid, and will have polluted lands, but
who cares, we wont be alive in 100+ years. That's what most people think,
but we need to do something NOW to save the environment for future
generations.
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Payton Iowa March 11, 2008 |
RECYCLING IS GOOD VERY VERY GOOD!
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Stephanie C Omaha-NE March 5, 2008 |
YES YES YES YES RECYCLING is good, and it will
always be good! START RECYCLING NOW!!!!!!!!!
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Anonymous February 29, 2008 |
Well I think it's a good thing to recycle because you save a lot of trees and you don't fill a lot of landfills.
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Anonymous February 21, 2008 |
Recycling one can saves enough energy to light a 100 watt bulb for 3-1/2
hours. A pound of steel can save enough energy to light a 60 watt bulb for 26 hours.
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Anonymous Toronto, ON February 10, 2008 |
Recycling does save trees. It takes less trees
to recycle paper instead of just making brand new ones! So always ALWAYS
recycle.
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Stephanie & Corttany Idaho January 7, 2008 |
Why not recycle? If you start recycling then you
will be an example to people around you and then they will start recycling,
and before you know it the earth will be a lot better place. So I encourage
everyone to do their part..... MAKE A DIFFERENCE
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Greg Washington January 3, 2008 |
recycling is important to our environment and
health
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Anonymous Toronto, ON December 14, 2007 |
of course recycling helps the environment. if
there was no recycling there would be garbage everywhere....and recycling
DOES save the trees!! OBVIOUSLY!!! because if we recycle the paper we don't
have to cut down more and more trees. If you don't recycle, you will kill
the earth.
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Rebecca Thompson November 30, 2007 |
we should do recycling because it saves our life
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Emily Texas November 28, 2007 |
I really like the 5 r's: Rethink, Reuse,
Recycle, Renovate, and Redesign! Recycling is way more than just throwing
trash in garbage cans it is very important for our world and the animals and
people in it! Recycling could raise the population of many animals and maybe
people! I would say that we are a little out of control!
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Emma DeBoer November 13, 2007 |
recycling is smart to do! now recycle to save trees
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Daniel Seattle, WA September 4, 2007 |
Recycling is destructive. Save trees?! Recycling does nothing to save trees, our use of paper has
spurred a logical and much needed demand for farmed trees, yes, we farm trees. Living in houses, apartments,
any structure however destroys the environment, I have lived in a small 600
square foot house to limit my impact on the environment, however many people feel great about recycling, but they often forget that they do more
damage through their house than their excretion of garbage. If you recycle you need to know that metal is the
only material that has the ability to be recycled without causing industrial emissions that are
40% higher than US Federal standers for private companies, (Namely Paper, however plastic is much
worse) (simple terms the emissions from paper refineries is one of the single highest
contributors to CFC's in the Ozone) However paper recycling emissions are only beat out by plastics. Many happy go lucky recyclers are
naive people, they are people! that will believe anything you tell them.
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Jordana, Age 12 USA March 23, 2007 |
well it saves our world and plus it saves a lot
of time and energy to us and the people. so if we make our world
better we can save the world from a horrible life to a good life
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Patricia Hotchkiss February 12, 2007 |
i think that we should save trees cause if we
don't we wont have any oxygen.
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Mckay Vyrostek Pearland January 24, 2007 |
I think that we should save the trees because we
barely use paper and if we keep cutting down trees we wont be able to live
without oxygen and the population would be...0!!!!!!!!! (that's a bad thing)
anyway The environment is important cause trees aren't renewable you just
cant go to home depot and buy a 100 foot tree and plant it in the forest
that's all :)
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Fobiopars December 19, 2006 |
I think every individual has a big impact of
using our resources as well as contribution her/his part in recycling. There
are enormous amount of advertising to encourage people just to buy and
consume. One should wonder and use the common sense and ethics and ask this
simple question how much I need to buy? Train ourself to fight with our
unethical desires.
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Anonymous October 8, 2006 |
You should put what will happen if we don't recycle.
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Mathieu Nongni, Ngaoundéré Cameroun le 6 mars, 2005 |
De quel recyclage peut-on parler pour les populations de l'Adamaoua au
cameroun? Sommes nous capables de produire du papier ou de l'utiliser? et qui
l'utilise? Nos populations sont encore habituées aux feuilles naturelles
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Andrew Hawkins, Richibucto NB January 15, 2005 |
Without doubt recycling is a step in the right direction I see no reason why the issue shouldn't be addressed at source. Manufacturers should be penalized for excessive packaging. Using less packaging would reduce the weight of the products and probably the volume too thereby reducing the transportation costs and saving the manufacturer money. |
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Dr Norbert Gami, Anthropologue et environnementaliste Brazzaville,
Congo le 7 jan. 2005 |
Débat très intéressant, mais je voudrai attirer l'attention des lecteurs sur le déferlement dans les villes africaines des emballages sous formes de sachets plastiques. Après utilisations, les usagers abondent ces sachets dans la rue. A tel point que les villes d'Afrique centrale comme Kinshasa et Brazzaville ressemblent à des grosses poubelles. Mêmes lorsque ces emballages sont ramassés, ils ne bénéficient pas d'un recyclage. Les ordures sont souvent rejettés à moins de 20 km de la ville dans des grosses fosses. Juste pour vous dire que les pays du tiers-monde viennent d'amorcer un virage dangereux avec les emballages en plastiques non recyclable. Dommage qu'il n'y ai pas un regard des écologistes sur cet aspect. |
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Carter Reeb, Charlotte, North Carolina Dec. 30, 2005 |
I think that recycling is just a way to make a companies product look more attractive, and
also a way to give a company a "Green" look. By showing that they care about the environment by using
recyclable products, they appeal to a wider demography, and therefore make more money that way. I also
think that the use of recyclable packaging and recyclable products is good, but in no way is it making a big
difference, but is really a small improvement that is publicized for the public and allows us to think that
when we buy a product we are actually being less detrimental to the environment and doing out duty as a
steward of the environment. If I had to guess, I would say that many people see both the hypocracy and the
facade that recycling really is, and that many of these same people do it anyways because it is better to do
all that you can by recycling when the best way to help the environment is to reduce the
amount of products produced and the amount of industrial waste that leaks out into the environment destroying our ecosystems. They figure that since they
aren't willing to simply alter their lifestyle and they want to save our earth, they will recycle. I think
it is completely asinine for us to do so many small things in the name of environmental awareness when we
completely ignore the major causes of pollution and the degradation of biodiversity and whole biospheres.
Think about it, 80 percent of the population uses 20 percent of the worlds resources and the other twenty
percent uses the other 80 percent of resources that are used in the world. That's
crazy and totally wasteful. Do your part and as a whole, we can make our world a better place.
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Woody Dec. 16, 2004 |
YES YES AND YES. For example, if we had the
simple glass milk bottles I grew up with, you wouldn't have to process them
and find a use for them, they just got re-used and you never had the worry
about drinking out of -ugh- plastic of some sort... a nice hemp bag for
groceries would be worth composting right alongside my chicken manure... and
so on
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Heather McTiernan Dec. 15, 2004 |
Just as decreasing the level of fuel consumption in our gasoline burning cars is only a
stepping stone on the path to both a technological shift in transportation (to renewables) and ideological shift in transportation (to lifestyle change), so is the recycling system an intermediate but necessary step in the shift toward a closed-loop system of consumption. Recycling is only futile if we look at it as an end, rather that a means to an end. Changing the ideologies and consumption patterns of an entire society is no small feat, and as with anything else, some people will profit from the process, and some waste will be generated. People profit from the public transportation industry, and buses and trains are significant polluters, but we don't question the need to keep promoting these systems with the hope that as we improve the system, more people will use it and it will become more efficient. I think recycling should be looked at the same way. It may only be the first rung on the ladder in terms of waste reduction, but it is an essential one. Skipping this step would be too big of a jump for our consumption obsessed society. Two steps forward and one step back gets us further ahead than no steps at all. |
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Hart Perley Dec. 15, 2004 |
I do believe that no matter how much the
ordinary person contributes to the recycling of "garbage" the ones
that are the most destructive are the industries. The ordinary person
can do their part in keeping their surrounding environment clean of
"garbage" yes, but they will not change the process of
"climate change". The process that accelerates the change
cannot be stopped now, nor reversed, unless industry stops, and we know that
will not happen. Do not be alarmed about global warming, your own scientists
had warned long ago of this "potentially" happening, but industry
grew anyway. Just be prepared!!
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Anonymous Dec. 15, 2004 |
Recycling is an important PART of the Reduce, Reuse, Recyle mantra, but that's just what it is - One Part. We see in so many places that people are trying to reduce the amount of trash they put by the curb. If they were ALSO reducing how much made it into the recycling bins, we would see serious improvements. We should all be continuing to recycle what waste we do generate, but the goal should definitely be to generate less waste. |
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Mark Arsenault Dec. 14, 2004 |
I certainly believe that this is a topic that deserves much thought. Has anyone taken the necessary steps to calculate the exact costs, both monetary and environmental? |
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Dan Earle |
I guess the answer is --- all of the above. In the list of the 5 R's, recycling is pretty much a stop gap measure to take care of packaging that we don't really need and to run newspaper, magazines, and glass and cans back through some kind of cycle with some positive effect. It is better than shipping stuff off to the land fill. Recycling does not get down to the root of the problem of use of resources and waste issues -- better addressed by the other 4 R's. One of the problems is that all we ever hear is recycle, recycle, recycle. There is no public discussion of the other approaches that are needed. Rethinking of what society needs and redesigning really begins to fall into the corporate realm and Cradle to Cradle Design so well put forward by McDonough and Braungart in their book of the same title (North Point Press). The 5 R's: Rethink, Reuse, Recycle, Renovate, Redesign |
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G. Doucet Moncton, NB Dec. 13, 2004 |
I do feel there is much too much packaging. I do see the need for some. People living in Europe seem to buy everything in
bulk or at markets. I'm not sure North Americans would be willing to do that. Sometimes I get to feeling we are beyond redemption. And I
was brought up on a small farm... The food was so fresh back then. However now I get scared of germs on produce and of mad cow disease. Are we out of control? |
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Jen MacDonald, Glen Margaret, NS Dec. 13, 2004 |
The fact that recycling exists justifies for the consumer, the purchasing of items with a lot of packaging. There needs to
be more investment in readily biodegradable packaging materials such as the new corn plastics. This investment increase calls for a campaign
to encourage the development of biodegradable packaging options AND consumer behaviour change in
choosing items with less packaging - the first tenant of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
I'd also like to see a community economic development cost benefit analysis for recycling programs, i.e. does the job creation from
recycling help communities be more sustainable? And, if we took recycling out of the picture, what impact would this have on community
economies? Gee! thanks for letting me rant and share my opinion.
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