tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593205849991477831.post6801728672846207271..comments2008-04-11T11:49:35.451-04:00Comments on The Oort Cloud Archives: WasteJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01340490754760102939noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593205849991477831.post-45940420260045688462008-02-11T21:44:00.000-05:002008-02-11T21:44:00.000-05:00They did that in Bloomington (IN), too, when I liv...They did that in Bloomington (IN), too, when I lived there, and my wife informs me that they did it in Binghamton (NY) as well. In Binghamton they even refined the practice to include a variety of sizes charged at different rates. <BR/><BR/>It seems like a reasonably good solution, provided that you don't make the cost so high that illegal dumping becomes prevalent. It makes me wonder why more places don't use similar schemes. Unpopular with residents, perhaps?Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00043027555608910837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593205849991477831.post-23341493983548181542008-02-05T08:24:00.000-05:002008-02-05T08:24:00.000-05:00In Switzerland, we pay for our garbage bags. If y...In Switzerland, we pay for our garbage bags. If you want to throw something away (household trash, specifically), it will cost you something. These trash bags are not cheap -- about 10 bucks for 8 bags, each bag one of the 35 Liter variety (about your standard kitchen trash size). <BR/><BR/>Now that we have to pay for the privilege of trash, it's amazing how much more we recycle and compost. <BR/><BR/>We have also found out, the easy way, that if you violate the trash customs, you get a serious yellin-at by the neighbors.Piet Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14968827099205219623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593205849991477831.post-60192765853362842232008-01-24T08:32:00.000-05:002008-01-24T08:32:00.000-05:00Depressing, perhaps, but less depressing than cutt...Depressing, perhaps, but less depressing than cutting down trees to make <I>new</I> paper for packaging for Chinese products being shipped to the US, or so I would think.<BR/><BR/>As a side note, I once heard that the supply of paper for recycling far exceeds the demand for recycled paper, and so much of the paper submitted for recycling gets dumped into landfills anyhow. Any idea whether that's true? If so, then it would seem that the most important thing consumers can do to reduce paper waste is not so much to recycle paper as to buy products made from recycled paper.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00043027555608910837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593205849991477831.post-45969886219456179902008-01-17T20:56:00.000-05:002008-01-17T20:56:00.000-05:00Do you know what the most depressing part? A majo...Do you know what the most depressing part? A majority of your paper recycling is packed up in a container, shipped back to China, and reprocessed there to make recycled packaging for products that are then shipped back to the United States. Which probably contain lead ;)Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06174375180154997574noreply@blogger.com