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Henrico making noise about a fee twice a year..not much. ** -- HOKIERIT 01/18/2021 7:43PM It's because recycling is a financial loss. It takes more money to recycle -- 133743Hokie 01/19/2021 09:42AM I'm willing to subsidize recycling IF there's any real "reuse" of resources ** -- HOKIERIT 01/19/2021 12:32PM The CLT takes all recycling still and has transformed 98% of it into -- PhotoHokieNC 01/18/2021 4:16PM Always thought it was a waste ———> -- YardBird 01/18/2021 3:52PM The plastic planet: poor Mother Earth ** -- astrohokie 01/18/2021 2:20PM Ours stopped in April -- Victor Tango 01/18/2021 2:00PM One concequence of C-19 has been increase in scrap prices -- Burruss Writer 01/18/2021 1:29PM China stopped accepting plastic ** -- lchoro 01/18/2021 1:18PM Yep, this is why recycling is feeling the pinch ** -- 133743Hokie 01/18/2021 2:42PM There is more to it. I never understood the idea to separate it once it -- VaTechie 01/18/2021 11:12PM What town? ** -- darnellm 01/18/2021 12:33PM Had my last recycle pickup last week too... -- DoYouLiftHokies 01/18/2021 12:12PM Ours frequently dumps both bins in the same truck - agree it will end soon. ** -- vt90 01/18/2021 11:44AM Wash Co Va had paper and plastic bins at the convenience stations but... -- Spud 01/18/2021 11:31AM The question becomes was China & other countries actually recycling or just -- RUHokie 01/18/2021 12:08PM And can it even be recycled and reused for anything decent -- Victor Tango 01/18/2021 2:04PM Good article -- Tafkam Hokie 01/18/2021 4:01PM Bottom line is metals are still the only things where recycling makes -- Tafkam Hokie 01/18/2021 12:28PM Recycled paper has heavy usage ** -- 133743Hokie 01/18/2021 2:43PM True. There are even times and cases where making recycled paper is cheap -- Tafkam Hokie 01/18/2021 3:06PM VB still picks up recycling separately, but no idea if they still recycle -- EDGEMAN 01/18/2021 11:07AM I think VB subs out the recycling to outside vendor. -- Stork 01/18/2021 11:25AM Great piece, thx ! ** -- astrohokie 01/18/2021 2:02PM Good info! -- EDGEMAN 01/18/2021 11:43AM My county recently started recycling glass again but you have to take it -- HokieNoVA 01/18/2021 11:06AM Its fixable but you have to want to. We don't need plastic bags yet that -- UTPr0sim 01/18/2021 10:54AM I guy I knew from Pepsi said they went to plastic because of weight -- Hokie Koooster 01/18/2021 1:06PM I still think it is well within both the retailer's and consumer's power -- Tafkam Hokie 01/18/2021 11:27AM We end up taking our plastic bags to the church. -- Hokie CPA 01/18/2021 1:17PM Good for that, but they still probably end up in the land fill. Better to -- UTPr0sim 01/18/2021 3:24PM We have a clothe holder for plastic bags... -- One4VT 01/18/2021 3:23PM I've always loved to hear all of the glass bottles and jars shatter -- Coach McGuirk 01/18/2021 10:32AM Blacksburg is still picking up trash and recycling. -- santafe 01/18/2021 10:22AM Not cans; only 9 percent of plastic globally recycled, now glass on way out -- WestyHokie 01/18/2021 10:22AM
