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Recycling Scam Exposed

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By *eoBlooms OP   Man
1 week ago

Springfield

The BBC has found that millions of tyres sent to India for 'recycling' were either resold or dumped in landfill.

Does anyone really believe the material we send abroad is ever actually recycled ? Should we be obliged to deal with all our rubbish ourselves?

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By *uffleskloofMan
1 week ago

Walsall

I’m always amazed how somehow we in the UK are responsible for so much plastic waste landing on beaches in far off countries when most people here drop their plastic bottles in the recycling.

I guess somewhere in the country there must be millions of people throwing all their plastic in the ocean and it makes its way to the Maldives and gets stuck on the head of some unfortunate turtle.

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By *eoBlooms OP   Man
1 week ago

Springfield


"I’m always amazed how somehow we in the UK are responsible for so much plastic waste landing on beaches in far off countries when most people here drop their plastic bottles in the recycling.

I guess somewhere in the country there must be millions of people throwing all their plastic in the ocean and it makes its way to the Maldives and gets stuck on the head of some unfortunate turtle."

Hardly any of our plastic is actually recycled. Most is still burned or sent to landfill. Another con tbh.

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By *oubleswing2019Man
1 week ago

Colchester


"Hardly any of our plastic is actually recycled. Most is still burned or sent to landfill. Another con tbh."

I've been religiously putting the hard plastics in a separate bin for over a decade now. Every week the council take it away. I would like to believe they are doing something with it, else why collect it ?

Is it time to start fining councils millions for not keeping their end of the bargain ?

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By *eoBlooms OP   Man
1 week ago

Springfield


"Hardly any of our plastic is actually recycled. Most is still burned or sent to landfill. Another con tbh.

I've been religiously putting the hard plastics in a separate bin for over a decade now. Every week the council take it away. I would like to believe they are doing something with it, else why collect it ?

Is it time to start fining councils millions for not keeping their end of the bargain ?"

I believe plastic recycling rates are about 10%. To be fair it is extremely difficult to recycle cheaply, unlike glass, metal or paper.

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By *idnight RamblerMan
1 week ago

Pershore

Incineration is probably the best use of plastic (it is oil after all). It needs good 'scrubbing' of emissions but perfectly possible. Best deployed as 'reserve' generation when the wind isn't blowing.

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By *otlovefun42Couple
1 week ago

Costa Blanca Spain...

I think it was Sky News that did a special report on this a few years ago.

It showed mountains of UK plastic that had been sent to China. The owner of the recycling company was refusing to take more as most of it was unfit for recycling.

The same report showed another huge dump in Poland. When inspected the reporter found recycling bags from his own home council.

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By *otMe66Man
1 week ago

Terra Firma

There is a scheme called EPR that will begin in October. If a manufacturer produces or uses plastic, cardboard, metal or glass packaging they will need to cover the cost of collection, recycling and disposal.

How that is going to work in practice I have no understanding of, or what it means to council tax etc.

I sense it wont lower council tax, it will increase the cost at the till and our waste will still be a problem.

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By *eoBlooms OP   Man
1 week ago

Springfield


"I think it was Sky News that did a special report on this a few years ago.

It showed mountains of UK plastic that had been sent to China. The owner of the recycling company was refusing to take more as most of it was unfit for recycling.

The same report showed another huge dump in Poland. When inspected the reporter found recycling bags from his own home council. "

A lot of criminal gangs are involved- it's high profit and low risk/punishment. As long as Councils get the paperwork to say its being disposed of properly they don't ask many questions.

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By *uckurcumMan
1 week ago

Bishop Auckland

I watch each fortnight as my carefully recycled glass is thrown in with the plastic ....kind of says it all ...

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By *eoBlooms OP   Man
1 week ago

Springfield


"I watch each fortnight as my carefully recycled glass is thrown in with the plastic ....kind of says it all ...

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That is bad a glass is relatively easy and cheap to recycle.

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By *midnight-Woman
7 days ago

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"The BBC has found that millions of tyres sent to India for 'recycling' were either resold or dumped in landfill.

Does anyone really believe the material we send abroad is ever actually recycled ? Should we be obliged to deal with all our rubbish ourselves?"

I'm beyond believing in personal recycling anymore. What is the point 😐

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By *eoBlooms OP   Man
7 days ago

Springfield


"The BBC has found that millions of tyres sent to India for 'recycling' were either resold or dumped in landfill.

Does anyone really believe the material we send abroad is ever actually recycled ? Should we be obliged to deal with all our rubbish ourselves?

I'm beyond believing in personal recycling anymore. What is the point 😐"

That's sad but understandable. There is a real lack of transparency in the recycling industry.

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By *midnight-Woman
6 days ago

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"The BBC has found that millions of tyres sent to India for 'recycling' were either resold or dumped in landfill.

Does anyone really believe the material we send abroad is ever actually recycled ? Should we be obliged to deal with all our rubbish ourselves?

I'm beyond believing in personal recycling anymore. What is the point 😐

That's sad but understandable. There is a real lack of transparency in the recycling industry."

Individual efforts are just a drop in the ocean as well (eeek bad choice of words, but you know what I mean)

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By *coptoCouple
6 days ago

Côte d'Azur & Great Yarmouth

"I've been religiously putting the hard plastics in a separate bin for over a decade now. Every week the council take it away. I would like to believe they are doing something with it, else why collect it ?"

My (German) wife's brother-in-law was a truck driver. When green bins, brown bins, bottle bins etc. began in Germany, he saw the opportunity, bought a refuse collection truck, started his own business. Within a couple of years he had a fleet with a couple of dozen employees.

Whereas he'd been the happiest guy alive alone on the road, the stress of running a business wasn't his thing, he died after a couple of years, but that's not the point of the story...

The family was shocked that his trucks were collecting waste from different sources, sorted as laid down, then delivering it all to the same place and the same landfill.

How come? Central government gave incentives to Councils to sort their waste, which they did and collected the cash. There was no obligation to do anything with the waste, so they didn't.

Whether that's true today I don't know...

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By *crumdiddlyumptiousMan
4 days ago

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"Hardly any of our plastic is actually recycled. Most is still burned or sent to landfill. Another con tbh.

I've been religiously putting the hard plastics in a separate bin for over a decade now. Every week the council take it away. I would like to believe they are doing something with it, else why collect it ?

Is it time to start fining councils millions for not keeping their end of the bargain ?

I believe plastic recycling rates are about 10%. To be fair it is extremely difficult to recycle cheaply, unlike glass, metal or paper."

Its finding the storage for the plastic to be recycled and processed plastic that's part of the problem, Recycling yards can only store so much before it becomes a fire hazard with all the lithium batteries

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
4 hours ago

Horsham


"I’m always amazed how somehow we in the UK are responsible for so much plastic waste landing on beaches in far off countries when most people here drop their plastic bottles in the recycling.

I guess somewhere in the country there must be millions of people throwing all their plastic in the ocean and it makes its way to the Maldives and gets stuck on the head of some unfortunate turtle."

You could look to the shipping industry, they used to fill a bin bag bag with heavy items and chuck it overboard. Once the binbag breaks apart, the contents will go where they like.

It might contribute a smal portion of it, but it has been going on for years.

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