Well it's very simple on what the mayor is trying to do for SF. If it takes people time to sort out garbage, that is just a waste of man hours as it can be simply taken care of from the start, and once that happens it's just so much easier to just straight in without having extras to go over it. Right now, obviously they will be eye'ing people's garbage to see if they split it correctly, but long term this is just to reuse as much as possible, as well as use less man hours, therefore saving money period.

Great idea, I wouldn't see why this is going to be hard for anyone.

 

...setting up laws just to make it easier for the people to come along and pick out all of your plastic bottles

 

Anything to defer responsibility as long as possible, huh?

 

Sorry but I don't recycle a DAMN thing.

Many scientists believe that it has a harsher impact on the environment to recycle then it is to create a new product from scratch. Plus what happens when you mix lower quality plastics with higher quality plastics? The highest quality plastic can only be as good as the lowest quality plastic it is recycled with.

You won't get me to recycle. Matter of fact if you're on facebook become a fan of the page i made "not recycling" just search for that where you type in names of your friends and you can become a fan! DO IT!

 

My brother in-law works for a garbage company. He says all trash/recycling goes to the same place to be hand sorted anyway. Don't waste your time.

 

I understand and agree with the concept but does that mean every room in the house will need 10 small bins to seperate them out? It's the effort of actually organizing it as you're throwing it out that is the problem. No one is going to walk to the garage to throw away every little thing properly.

 

This one is new, got any links to some research about making it a crappier impact? =P

 

i started recycling ever since i moved to sf.
it really isnt that bad.

 

Yeah lemme look around, I found a co.uk site that was talking about it with interviews.
While I look I'll run down the basic belief behind what I said..

-collect all the recycles - carbon/emissions
-separate recycles - machinery typically used for big batches - carbon/emissions
-transporting it all to a truck where it's not transported to a shipyard - carbon/emissions
-boating the material to China (typically) - carbon/emissions
-melting/breaking down the recyclables - carbon/emissions
-recreating the new product

Let's not even forget that most plastics cannot be recycled because it is mostly near impossible to sterilize.

 

Not at all. I don't think the city should be able to tell me what I can and can't do. Especially not what I have to do.

 

that mAYOR HAIR wants to be your governor...

 

yeah i agree. i'm all for recycling and cutting down on how much we destroy the planet, but this is borderline unreasonable.

 

This is from the town that outlawed cemeteries, so no big surprise.

 

tru dat


thats why theyre all in colma

 

That actually makes sense. Zombie prevention. I can support that.