Comments on: Recycling Myths Debunked

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:30:12 +0000

There are cities – very, very few – that sort trash. We can look at it as a small part in saving the planet and creating jobs. It should be done more often, but there you have it.

My city gives conflicting information on recycling. One source will tell us that we can leave lids and caps on jars and bottles. Another source will say those tops can’t be recycled. I err on the side of caution. I also wash out all those jars, bottles, cans that I toss in my recycle bin! And Nicolas is right, the general population doesn’t even know they should.

By: Georgina

Georgina — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:50:28 +0000

its pretty amazing how much can actually be recycled.

By: ilovn8r

ilovn8r — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:50:03 +0000

Who thinks this stuff? these myths are probably just excuses for people who are too lazy to recycle.

By: Tiffany D.

Tiffany D. — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:32:05 +0000

I don’t think this article mentioned to reduce before recycling. Shame on you.

By: Nicolas

Nicolas — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:15:35 +0000

I have a question about recycling. I’ve heard that you can’t recycle the lids off of many things that are otherwise recyclable (like water bottles, for instance). Also, materials need to be clean to be recycled. So before I throw things in the bin, I take off the lids and wash them out because I don’t want something that isn’t recyclable to contaminate a perfectly good batch.

Anyway, my question is, is this even necessary? I don’t mind doing it, but I don’t know anyone else that does this…are their recyclables being thrown out because they don’t do this?

By: Hannah

Hannah — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:12:48 +0000

I totally agree with Trzplz. My school has recycle bins in plain site all over the place. Unfortunately, there still aren’t as many of them as there are trash cans. I see people all the time who won’t walk maybe six extra steps to put a plastic water bottle in the recycle bin!!! It drives me nuts how lazy people are.

By: Trzplz

Trzplz — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:10:59 +0000

It’s crazy to me what people think and how ignorant some people are about recycling. The bottom line is that people are lazy!

By: Canada Guy

Canada Guy — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:30:30 +0000

Some good points. I still criticize recycling, though, because it is a tiny part of the picture compared to our massive consumption. With reduction and reduce we can get rid of 90 percent of the problem, rather than just focusing on the 10 percent (or less) that can be helped with recycling.