Currently throwing out the recyclables which are cardboard, plastic
bottles, glass bottles, cans and other clear plastic. We need to keep
this stuff around the house for a week though as collection is only
once a week.
Recycling is not enforced by law as far as I know but if you try to
throw everything out together in one bag, the garbage collectors will
place the garbage bags back in front of your door with a note
reminding you that you must recycle.
Recycling practiced in your region?
That reminds me, back in the UK, there were green and brown bottle
banks for recycling. Wifey one day saw the bottle collectors just mix
everything up in the back of a truck and was demotivated to recycle in
the UK again ^^;
今日はリサイクルの日。日本のリサイクル回収制度はいいよね。イギリスにいた頃には殆どの人は大雑把にやっていた。
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Draftsman Graduated, Environment & Interior Design Student
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Here in Chile.. only the plastic bottles and glass bottle... food, cardboard, plastic cans no...
Draftsman Graduated, Environment & Interior Design Student
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In my time in Japan, was one of the things I liked in the system of life in Japan. With my girlfriend now separates all garbage in different bags... but I do not know if it helps anything, here in chile the trash going to the same place. but we have our conscience in peace (^_^')
student , otaku and awesome blogger
http://otakudan.com
I was thought since a young age that recycling is important, it became a part of my life.
Student/Amateur Artist
http://poisondusk.wordpress.com/
At the moment in the UK (in my family's area at least) all recycling just gets mixed up together - each house has been given a wheelie bin for recycling and they just put all the glass, plastic and paper in the one bin, and it only gets collected once every two weeks. It's difficult to tell how much of it actually gets sorted and recycled.
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
http://immalion.com
Recycling exists in Brazil, though most people don't give a damn.
There are tons of places that separates cans, glasses, plastics and organics... but I hardly see people respecting those, as I go to throw something in those cans, quite oftenly I see stuff that shouldn't be there.
On the industry side, there's not much actual recycling going on. It's still on the educational level, so what happens in most cities is the same thing as what Danny's wifey experienced in UK: It all goes to the regular dumpster. :P
As for me, I recycle. First because I know eventually every country and city will have to do it, and also because I plan on moving to Japan, so I have to get used to it.
I heard in Japan you also have to wash bottles and cans before recycling them... true?
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http://wakku.ath.cx
In Germany: (varies from Region to Region)
- Packaging (Plastic)
- Paper
- Organic waste
- Glass splitted in clear, brown and green
- "Restmüll" (everything that does not belong in the other categories)
Musician/Audio Engineer/3D Graphic Artist
http://www.bsodcomic.net
Our recycling picks up every week on Tuesday. They collect the standard soft of things but they don't require you to separate things. There's also a recycling plant not to far from us if you need to take larger items or things like batteries.
Mad scientist
My cousin once told me that they have to sort their garbage for recycling. Then one morning at 4 O'clock (don't ask me why anybody are awake at that hour) they saw the garbage truck. They picked up everything and put it in the same location so sorting appeared to be pointless.
I like the idea of recycling but it has to have a benefit. For instance if you use at much energy and resources recycling something than you do by just burning it and produce new stuff then it should really be considered if it should be recycled, specially since our incinerators uses the waste heat as heat source for a powerplant. More garbage = less coal.
There are examples of people thinking they are doing something great for the environment and then it's not. Bio-ethanol as car fuel is a good example. In order to produce a litre of ethanol in Brazil and ship it to Europe it takes more than a litre of oil. On top of that the car engine will produce more particles (causes lung cancer) and will give less km/litre. It's also worth mentioning that Brazil has a huge issue with farmland. They clear rain forest to get it and even if it can be proven that some fields aren't cleared land since something else grew there last year, then it can be cleared 10 years ago. Also taking up the farmland for something like this will push them into getting more farmland to provide food for their own population. Such facts are lost when politicians and oil companies encourages people to use petrol with 5% ethanol "for the sake of the environment". I hate environmental campaigns like that because it makes it tricky, if not impossible to tell when you are doing something good for the environment and when you hurt it more than if you didn't care.
Certain stuff should always be recycled. Aluminium (like beer cans) is important. You can recycle 5 kg of aluminium for the energy used to produce one kg from natural resources. Also aluminium is often transported a long way before it's actually used. A real example could be to dig it up in Australia, transport it by railroad and ship to Iceland where it's processed. Iceland has a decent aluminium processing industry since it needs a lot of electricity and it's cheap to produce with geotermal powerplants. Once it's converted into usable aluminium it's loaded into ships again to go to whereever it's needed. For the sake of this example we say Germany. Now start to think about how long the aluminium travelled just to get to the destination and how much oil it took to get there. That amount of oil is saved by Germany recycling the aluminium they already have and this is in addition to the energy officially saved by recycling.
I seem to recall that recycling glass also saves a whole lot of energy.
Young Grasshopper
http://miragestrike.blogspot.com
I think recycling is enforced by the law here. I remember getting a fine for mixing the garbage into the plastic bin by mistake. ^^'
銀河帝国五〇一軍团 TK/TD 8316 M.E.P.D. 軍曹/Droid Hunter
http://gordonator.com/
This is how people treat recycling here in Singapore. See to believe.
http://gordonator.com/2008/02/11/singapore-recycling-part-2/
Student (University)
Not strongly encouraged in the US, but here at my uni, every room has a recycle bin, so recycling just becomes second nature, and we throw that stuff into the recycle bin without even thinking about it.
student
http://listlessink.wordpress.com/
Thank you so much for recycling. I'm very big on environment stuff, so it always makes me smile to see others recycling.
Here in California, most people tries to recycle as much as possible. (at least around the Bay Area).
Student
My elementary school what was you could call, a green school, and so, early in my life I have been conscious of the importance of recycling. Sometimes, I really feel guilty of throwing recyclable items in the garbage. I'm not a super environmental guy, but I know that the smallest things can be benefict for our own life quality.
JR. College Student
http://npc.talkingincircles.net/
I'm not sure actually, I know my city/county is run by bums who don't care about the environment. But I've also hear the state sued them and supposedly they now sort our trash and recycle that way.
On the side our house recycles aluminum cans, but it's very difficult to find a stand/vendor/what-have-you that collects and pays for the cans.
pervert
we only recycle paper(does not include milk cartons) and cans/bottles/plastic.everything else just goes in the trash
do the garbage collectors look through your trash?how do they know if you mixed it in?
I agree about recycling but it is often disregarded by people everytime.
No wonder japan is abundant in gundam models and other plastic models. ^^
studying comp studies, dreamer but not really diligent ('~`)
http://bruneian-otaku.blogspot.com
recycle tin and paper here, I think that's all
???Confused???
cans, bottles...yea that's pretty much it over here...
Struggling Manga Artist
http://yohsho.deviantart.com/
Let's see we recycle paper, cardboard, can, glass, clear plastic some other plastics every 2 weeks. Sometimes I wished they would do it weekly cuz it seems to build sometimes.
Student
We recycle paper by putting it out with garbage, but cans and bottles have to be brought to a center specifically for recycling them.
Industrial engineer
http://inotas.blogspot.com
by my place, we put aside organic and none organic. Organic trash is picked 3 days on the week, but recyclable only once. Which is classified later.
But the recycling isn't complete. In other countries, like Sao Paulo, the organic trash is used to generate energy.
College Freshmen
We have one trash can for recyclables, one for yard waste, and one for general stuff. They don't collect the trash if it won't close though.
Pretty much the same here...
Student
Recycling is practiced here but it's not really that strict at all you can usually get away with mixing recyclables with rubbish and so on.
Full-time geek/Part-time student/Part-time musician
http://randomgeekness.livejournal.com/
Here recycle is out of the question we have even worse problems ..... they don't even come picking up the trash.... I wish this place was better...
insurance advisor
http://www.sportsshooter.com/sehsuan/
i recall the time when i was walking around tokyo, i couldn't find a single trashbin - and couldn't spot the recycling bins! it was tough - but i had to chuck the empty pocari bottles into my day pack for my day's worth until i got back to the hotel room....
http://otakuposts.blogspot.com/
no law about recycling here, but people recycle almost everything. from old used plastic (pet bottles to stereos) to metals (aluminum, iron, steel) everything gets sold to people who buy it. For Newspapers and cardboard there are neighborhood shops that buy these and give back money per kilo of stuff you bring. So we earn recycling (less than what the buyers earn) but recycle most of anything unused instead of just throwing them in landfills like the 1st world countries do.
Nendo Exhibitionist
http://www.kodomut.com
The habit of recycling should be cultivated when young through the education system, but sadly in Singapore recycling isn't a strong movement.
I make a conscious habit to recycle paper and cardboard from my figure shipments though. Hopefully other comrades here do the same ^^
Student & Game Designer
http://www.artificialzeromedia.com/
Germany here. You have to recycle.
There are 5 different kinds of trash: Paper, Glass, Plastic, Bio, Rest/Normal
Its different from location to location what you have to recycle. Some german houses will only have one trash, but the Plastic trash (we call it "yellow-trash", involving every plastic, tin and package and stuff) is almost present everywhere.
You can just throw everything where you want, but if they check, they can charge you for not doing it right.
Techno Geek would be Jedi Knight
In Italy in the area were I live there are the same rules as Germany and usually work.
student
http://www.gunpla-inochi.com
I recycle whenever I could...but I wouldn't go out of my way to recycle. Portland, OR is a green state so everyone is all about conserving, recycling, and all that "going green" stuff ^^;.
WebMonkey
http://rossbennetts.com/
at the university where I work we have many, new, beautiful looking recycling bins all around the campus.
Unfortunatley, I have been here when the garbage collectors come, and they just throwing everything into one big bin and mix it back up again... very disappointing...
NEET
It actually costs more to recycle a plastic bottle that produce a new one. The same amount of toxins are released and we have enough land fills to cover us for another 1000 years or so. I really don't see the point at all. Also we have sustainable forests now so there's no point in recycling paper either. All a bit crazy really. Only good thing to recycle is aluminium cans. They're rally cheap and useful to recycle.
Student
Collection is only once a week? Where I am we get this tiny box to put ALL recyclables into and is only collected once every two weeks. >_>
Otaku
http://imperiomoe.wordpress.com
We recycle as much as we can and we do composting too
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/making-compost-black-gold-for-your-organic-garden.html
NEET
In Sweden we have special recycling houses in our neighbourhoods where we throw our garbage. In the houses there is boxes for plastic, metal, transparent glass, coloured glass, paper, biodegradable waste, residual waste etc.
For batteries, paint, toxic substances, electronics etc we have to drive to a waste recycling site and throw it there.
Student
It's not really encouraged in the US. There are no bins where I can place my recycle-ables where I live.
code monkey
This is one reason I like to live in a high rise when I stay in Tokyo. They have a central garbage/recycle room where you can take your waste any day of the week and no old ladies standing around to inspect your bags. When I lived in Mejiro in a two story building I had to take it outside. Storing waste was a big deal because my place was soo tiny. I would often get drunk and forget to take things out. To make matters worse one of my neighbors wouldn't separate their stuff and just left it on my doorstep. So these old ladies came to visit me and have a long talk because they thought it was mine.
Screenwriter Wannabe
i try to recycle bottles and cans, but i live in an apartment so everything gets mixed together.. some local cities will sort the garbage for you, which is cool (altho i wouldn't want that job)..
College Student
http://www.projectsaber.com
We have recycling here, but all recyclables go into one big bin. I guess they do the sorting out for you.
Graphic Designer
We recycle here, pick up once weekly as well, but many people are slobs and don't separate stuff like they're suppose to. Is it really that hard to keep garbage out of the recyclables, paper with paper and bottles and cans in the other bin? *huff* sorry, tenants could careless IMO. I'm totally for recycling tho, too much wasting.
Recycling in the UK is not a nationwide process. Different councils (areas) have different systems.
Where I live, we separate our rubbish into recyclable (glass, cans, plastic bottles & containers, paper) and non-recyclable (everything else). There are different coloured sacks provided for both and the council collect all rubbish on the same day. We also have separate sacks for textiles and shoes, which again, are collected on the same day as the rubbish.
Every household has also been provided with a compost bin and a small plastic box for non-compostable food. We are encouraged to use the compost bin for vegetable & garden cuttings, and tea leaves ^_^. Any non-compostable food is collected by the council and taken away.
Also, every couple of weeks, a ‘rag and bone’ man working for the council drives around and collects unwanted electronics and machinery.
In this area we pay quite a lot in taxes, but I think this is a system that works pretty well.