TestingH2O
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In my city we are fined for not recycling. All trash must be separated.
Interesting. I hadn't heard of any US cities doing that. My friend in Tokyo says that's the policy there.
In my city we are fined for not recycling. All trash must be separated.
But that is the answer. It's up to the individual and it depends on community infrastructure. There is no yes/no response possible. That's the trouble with a conversation like this, you have to be willing to accept that there are not concrete answers even if it seems like it might be a yes/no question.The question was if it was collected separately, not if people take the time to do it
The question was if it was collected separately, not if people take the time to do it
In my community, it's single stream recycling so glass, paper, and plastic all go together.
It's entirely up to each individual. If a person wants to, they can throw all their waste in one can and no one will say a word.
Some communities offer curbside recycling. In that case, it's still not required, but you can divert waste from the landfill that way. In my community, it's single stream recycling so glass, paper, and plastic all go together.
The fact is that when we all learned reduce-reuse-recycle, very few people emphasized that those 3 things are listed in order of impact. Recycling feels like an important thing, but the first two have a greater impact.
We have a little hook on our green bin to 'foil' the raccoons. It seems to work. I also found a new type of green bin at Home Depot that might do the trick.They got rid of garbage limits in Markham, in part because people seem to have gotten garbage down to 1-2 bags every other week.
My only real gripe with the green bins is that raccoons are very good at getting into them if you don’t keep them hidden away somewhere.
They got rid of garbage limits in Markham, in part because people seem to have gotten garbage down to 1-2 bags every other week.
My only real gripe with the green bins is that raccoons are very good at getting into them if you don’t keep them hidden away somewhere.
I’ll probably look into that should our bins die on us. For now we keep them in the garage until disposal day.We have a little hook on our green bin to 'foil' the raccoons. It seems to work. I also found a new type of green bin at Home Depot that might do the trick.
My only real gripe with the green bins is that raccoons are very good at getting into them if you don’t keep them hidden away somewhere.
The hotel I was at this weekend has locking dispensers. You're not opening it unless you're housekeeping. But regardless, how many people try to stick their hands into soap dispensers in public restrooms? Same idea.The assumption is that the stateroom hosts use cleaners to clean the bathroom, but they won't clean out the dispenser. You never know who would stick their dirty fingers in there...
Just to be clear, this hasn't actually happened yet on the ships. I just began the thread based off a statement on the Disney Parks Blog that they were planning to do this over the next few years.I was MIA for a couple of months (new house, husband's broken leg and Europe trip), I come back to the DIS and this is what I find... no more toiletries in the bathrooms?
I understand the need for this from an environmental standpoint, but seeing those little tubes of goodies in the bathrooms on embarkation day is super awesome. I wonder if they can make the packaging more environmentally friendly instead?
The hotel I was at this weekend has locking dispensers. You're not opening it unless you're housekeeping. But regardless, how many people try to stick their hands into soap dispensers in public restrooms?
As my teen says all the time, "Who would do such a thing?"
www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/man-leaves-body-fluid-in-metro-airport-soap-dispensers
I would say majority at the waste management company no it's not separated out. Normally all recyclable items go together and is separated out later on. That would be my guess on the majority but that's just my opinion.The question was if it was collected separately, not if people take the time to do it