Do you recycle all the time and every product that you should? Yes? No? Why or why not?

What is your take on people that never do recycle?

Do you make an effort on buying products that are made from recycled material?

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Originally posted by kibukun:
Ok, so with recycling what I think we should do more of is reuse our products more than just recycling them, like keeping used plastic bags or reusing used water bottles. (note that i mean the stuff we buy ourselves)

That's a good idea but some of the plastics used in water bottles actually break down over time. So they shouldn't be reused... but if someone had a bottle (say a nalgene bottle) that was more sturdy it might be safe.
As far as recycling goes, I think mor people migt do it if it was easy. Some people just don't care... they chuck paper in the trash just bc a recycling bin isn't right nex to it.

Ok, so with recycling what I think we should do more of is reuse our products more than just recycling them, like keeping used plastic bags or reusing used water bottles. (note that i mean the stuff we buy ourselves)

OK, maybe i should've said this more clearly, STOP ACTING LIKE I'M STUPID!

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they mine iron and turn it into steel...

By adding Carbon.

EG, I already know that steel isn't mined, they mine iron and turn it into steel... i know this and have known this for quite a while... stop trying to pick apart my posts!!!

srry bout that, but you're acting derisive...

and oh yeah, YAY FOR BS!!!(oops that doesn't sound right) I mean, YAY FOR BuSu!! (bushsupporter)

My friend is a chemistry major and insists that the amount of energy it takes to transport and then reprocess materials outweighs the negative environmental impact of dumping it all in a landfill.

Let me rephrase: Environment-friendly.

If recycling is actually "saving the environment".

That's a shame, saving the environment shouldn't cost any money.

It still costs money in my city.

We didn't use to recycle because they charged an arm and a leg for the service, but now they made it free, so we are sure to recycle as much as we can.

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True, but if you trash the rivers and forests of the interior and south central Alaska, you'll be maimed by the sports fishers and hunters.

I agree. I am a citizen of the Great State of Colorado and we care about our environment here as well. I don't like litter or pollution. But I am in favor of drilling for shale oil here in my state. I love the environment but would never want to be considered and enviromentalist.

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Originally posted by Bushsupporter:

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Ever live in the Republican state of Alaska?

The Republican state of Alaska is in favor of drilling in ANWR.

True, but if you trash the rivers and forests of the interior and south central Alaska, you'll be maimed by the sports fishers and hunters.

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I live in MI where we have a 10 cent deposit on cans and bottles. Absolutely ridiculous that I have to spend 15 minutes putting my cans into the machine, dealing with it breaking and randomly spitting cans at me, just so I can get my money back.

I am in complete agreement with you. It is silly.

If one wants to recycle good for them, I don't want to. I shouldn't have to and I shouldn't be berated for it.

I live in MI where we have a 10 cent deposit on cans and bottles. Absolutely ridiculous that I have to spend 15 minutes putting my cans into the machine, dealing with it breaking and randomly spitting cans at me, just so I can get my money back.

Absolutely ridiculous...particularly for a family that fills up their orange recycling bin every week.

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Ever live in the Republican state of Alaska?

The Republican state of Alaska is in favor of drilling in ANWR.

I might recycle if it didn't cost more and take more effort to do. Until then I will continue to throw out all of my "recyclables" in the garbage. Why not?

By the way, littering and not recycling are not the same thing. Littering means you have not pride in the community. Low income areas of cities have very bad litter problems because no one cares. If there are already holes in windows, abandoned cars, graffiti everywhere, and hookers all around, there is no incentive to throw away your trash in a trash can.

Yes on all applicable questions.

My take? Well I remember this one time when I was sitting in the car with our driver (we need one), and we were talking about how the Jordanian public needs to start cleaning-up. I was saying, "We're improving," and to prove my point, I pointed-out a guy who'd stopped next to a public trash can, when the idiot finished-up his can and threw it in the other direction. Like, the garbage can was on his left, and he was standing right next to it, but nooooo, he threw his cola to the right.

People who can recycle but don't bother moving their ass to do so are idiots.

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Originally posted by kibukun:
For me, i don't recycle. but i would if i had the trash can and the money for a truck to pick it up every week. but don't think me as an environmentalist. I'm conservative.

You do realize you can be a conservative while caring about the environment, right? Ever live in the Republican state of Alaska?

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but, I'm pretty sure they clean off the rust and put the metal in a forge with the rest of the steel that's already mined.

And steel isn't mined... It's man-made.

srry for the extra post, but I forgot to answer the other questions in my last.

2. For other people who don't recycle i could care less because they can do whatever they want. BUT, people who throw trash on the ground for no good reason is one thing i hate. I mean come on, your making the place we live in into the place where we put the trash in the end.

3. No, i don't really make much of an effort to buy things that are already made from recycled material either. I don't really care that much. Besides, half of the stuff we buy is probably made of recycled material. Even cars.
You know that shiny body the new cars have? Those are probably made of old rusted car bodies that make up our junkyards. But that's kinda good, isn't it? less metal to rot in the junkyard. Reading this you're probably thinking that these rusted car bodies probably weaken the metal. but, I'm pretty sure they clean off the rust and put the metal in a forge with the rest of the steel that's already mined.

thank you for your time.