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Purffin · 10-07-2008, 12:50 PM

With pollution and the environment and oceans being trashed do you think they should make it mandatory to recycle? I know it wouldn't solve all problems but it would be a big help.

TripperFan · 10-07-2008, 01:13 PM

It is here in Toronto but I still think we could go a lot further.

This used to be one of the cleanest cities in the world but the message our generation got through the 70s as kids seems to have faded with subsequent generations. The littering makes me sick. I can't bring myself to do it. If I have litter I'll leave it in my car or even put it in my purse until I get home or somewhere I can disgard it in a trash can properly.

I'd like to see both Canada and the U.S. really push in ad campaigns for not littering again like they did in the late 60s and early 70s. It did make a big difference (at least in Canada) and should be started again.

All it takes is getting into the habit of both recycling and putting anything that can't be recycled into a garbage can properly. People are so lazy it makes me sick.

btw, I have no children so it's not necessarily for future generations (at least of my own). It's just the least we can do for the fantastic life we've been given.

*Pleasant Tomorrow* · 10-07-2008, 03:10 PM

I think it should. It's an issue that affects the community.

Where I'm from, the entire city was given 2 blue bins for each household, one for paper and one for plastic, to put out on garbage day. I think it's made a lot more people recycle, simply out of convenience. Definitely a good idea on the city's part and I think a lot of others should do the same.

Inky-Winky · 10-07-2008, 03:33 PM

No it shouldn't. The government is already involved in our lives enough as it is. And now even more with this massive and waste of time and money economic bailout that just happened. I don't need someone telling how to throw away my trash.

TripperFan · 10-07-2008, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Inky-Winky

I don't need someone telling how to throw away my trash.

Well let's hope you're smart enough and aware enough that you already do it properly.....however, it seems many don't and it's just pure laziness - nothing to do necessarily with government.

There's constant reminders around everywhere today to recycle - but if everyone ignores it, who else can enforce it other than the government.

dawsongirl · 10-07-2008, 04:34 PM

YES. *recycle nazi*

We also have the curbside bins and I think that anyone who is too lazy to throw a bottle in the bin vs. the trash is a sorry excuse of a person. The landfill space saved in this country by not throwing away Tide bottles alone must be huge.

I do wish though that all forms of plastic could be recycled. I hate throwing away #5 cups.

dawsongirl · 10-07-2008, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by TripperFan

Well let's hope you're smart enough and aware enough that you already do it properly.....however, it seems many don't and it's just pure laziness - nothing to do necessarily with government.

There's constant reminders around everywhere today to recycle - but if everyone ignores it, who else can enforce it other than the government.

I was at a sporting event a couple weeks ago, and the had a trash can right next to a recycle can. And these

morons still threw their pop bottles in the trash!

Amanda Woodward · 10-07-2008, 05:01 PM

In Singapore they fine you if you litter......that should happen in other countries too imo.

Max Whittaker · 10-07-2008, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by dawsongirl

I was at a sporting event a couple weeks ago, and the had a trash can right next to a recycle can. And these

morons still threw their pop bottles in the trash!

I can't tell you the number of recycling bins I've rumages through, taking out trash that can not be recycled, and vice verse. It's aggravating, but it's my duty as a human being to impact this planet as minimally as possible. If I have to pick up after irresponsible simpletons, then so be it.

I don't think recycling should be mandatory by law. I don't agree with government choosing for us. However, recycling should always be available, everywhere. And I would love to see more recycling options, such as #5 plastic. Fines for littering is not unreasonable, either.

Ideally, what I would like to see is a complete change of attitude. Our consumer based, throw away mentality is so detrimental to our finances and our environment. Why doesn't anything last anymore? I'd love to have machines that do not break down every 3-7 years. I'd love to reuse everything until it can't be used anymore... and then use recycle it into something else.

There's a lot I don't understand about our society. But the incredible amount of waste is maddening!

TripperFan · 10-07-2008, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Amanda Woodward

In Singapore they fine you if you litter......that should happen in other countries too imo.

I understand it's a hefty fine too! And you're fined for spitting or even chewing gum. Good for them! I think some things, if truly for the good of all, (and it is) should be enforced by the government if necessary.

Hell, it's not like they're going to raid your home with a SWAT team if you don't, it's for our own good - like wearing seatbelts.

TripperFan · 10-07-2008, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Max Whittaker

I can't tell you the number of recycling bins I've rumages through, taking out trash that can not be recycled, and vice verse. It's aggravating, but it's my duty as a human being to impact this planet as minimally as possible. If I have to pick up after irresponsible simpletons, then so be it.

I don't think recycling should be mandatory by law. I don't agree with government choosing for us. However, recycling should always be available, everywhere. And I would love to see more recycling options, such as #5 plastic. Fines for littering is not unreasonable, either.

Ideally, what I would like to see is a complete change of attitude. Our consumer based, throw away mentality is so detrimental to our finances and our environment. Why doesn't anything last anymore? I'd love to have machines that do not break down every 3-7 years. I'd love to reuse everything until it can't be used anymore... and then use recycle it into something else.

There's a lot I don't understand about our society. But the incredible amount of waste is maddening!

Unfortunately, our society has become lazy and spoiled - simple as that. As Cathy said, the bins can be beside each other, but people still throw it in the trash. To me, it says that they're so used to NOT recycling, they just throw everything in the trash.

Meanwhile, during the depression, peoples' shoes and boots could be resoled 3 or 4 times before they bought new. Toasters, blenders, etc. later on would even be fixed. Nowadays, we just think nothing of tossing out the old one for new - even if the old one was still working fine (I'm guilty of it as well). I think a lot has to do with the fact that several generations really haven't had to do without. Sure, we still have the poor, but it's not like it was during the 30s and 40s (not that I would know first hand mind you - but I actually did listen to my parent's stories occasionally....

)

Could be we're heading more there a bit now with the economy going into the dumper. I have never heard the "D" word brought up - always a recession until now. And it could well happen. Maybe it's the kick in the ass we all need to remind us since we're not listening or looking at all the recycling bins that are available to us.

Lee · 10-07-2008, 06:13 PM

Yes, because it helps protect the environment

Courtnee · 10-07-2008, 06:50 PM

Sure. It's not like it's anymore work than just throwing stuff away.

robyrob · 10-07-2008, 07:47 PM

I grew up with all the ad campaigns getting pounded into your head so I do my best to recycle everything i can and I am appalled when i see the people in the area I live now litter the way they do.

I live a block away from a corner store and every day when i get home from work i literally have to go pick up 4 or five pieces of trash of my lawn - EVERY DAY. Almost every day I see people throwing trash out their car window or even worse throwing it on the ground when they are literally standing a few feet from a garbage can.

I think that if people can't use enough common sense then i think that they should be fined, but it would be impossible to enforce. It would be nice if local governments made more of an effort to promote recycling and anti-littering and took steps to make it easier for people to recycle, but I don't think that nearly enough people give a crap about it around here.

dawsongirl · 10-07-2008, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by robyrob

I grew up with all the ad campaigns getting pounded into your head so I do my best to recycle everything i can and I am appalled when i see the people in the area I live now litter the way they do.

I live a block away from a corner store and every day when i get home from work i literally have to go pick up 4 or five pieces of trash of my lawn - EVERY DAY. Almost every day I see people throwing trash out their car window or even worse throwing it on the ground when they are literally standing a few feet from a garbage can.

I think that if people can't use enough common sense then i think that they should be fined, but it would be impossible to enforce. It would be nice if local governments made more of an effort to promote recycling and anti-littering and took steps to make it easier for people to recycle, but I don't think that nearly enough people give a crap about it around here.

Yeah...for as long as people have been told to recycle (newspapers at the very least), and that littering is bad, I just don't understand the lack of effort people put forth. It's like they think the litter fairy is going to come and pick up after them, or that we have this infinite amount of landfill space.

The school I work at makes absolutely zero effort to recycle or even to promote it. They use the green recycle bins for lunch boxes. Hell, 20 years earlier when I was in school, we had those bins and we used them! But apparently my employing district doesn't care to make its students responsible members of society.

10-07-2008, 12:50 PM	#1
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robyrob certified wackball#3 Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Aug 03, 2003 Location: hiding under the third booth at Arnold's Posts: 58,182	I grew up with all the ad campaigns getting pounded into your head so I do my best to recycle everything i can and I am appalled when i see the people in the area I live now litter the way they do. I live a block away from a corner store and every day when i get home from work i literally have to go pick up 4 or five pieces of trash of my lawn - EVERY DAY. Almost every day I see people throwing trash out their car window or even worse throwing it on the ground when they are literally standing a few feet from a garbage can. I think that if people can't use enough common sense then i think that they should be fined, but it would be impossible to enforce. It would be nice if local governments made more of an effort to promote recycling and anti-littering and took steps to make it easier for people to recycle, but I don't think that nearly enough people give a crap about it around here.
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10-07-2008, 03:33 PM	#4
Inky-Winky Banned Banned!! Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 25, 2008 Posts: 197	No it shouldn't. The government is already involved in our lives enough as it is. And now even more with this massive and waste of time and money economic bailout that just happened. I don't need someone telling how to throw away my trash.

10-07-2008, 04:34 PM	#6
dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,128	YES. recycle nazi We also have the curbside bins and I think that anyone who is too lazy to throw a bottle in the bin vs. the trash is a sorry excuse of a person. The landfill space saved in this country by not throwing away Tide bottles alone must be huge. I do wish though that all forms of plastic could be recycled. I hate throwing away #5 cups.

10-07-2008, 05:01 PM	#8
Amanda Woodward Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Sep 04, 2008 Posts: 108	In Singapore they fine you if you litter......that should happen in other countries too imo.

10-07-2008, 06:13 PM	#12
Lee veteran member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 23, 2001 Location: Pulaski, Tennessee Posts: 4,766	Yes, because it helps protect the environment