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I've got to think there's some "Economies of Scale" impact there.


As in, once everyone in an area is recycling a LOT of plastic and paper, the companies that had to handle it came up with more efficient processes, and/or equipment that was more cost effective at the higher volumes.

Maybe a quick test....what do you pay for garbage collection, is recycling included in that fee, and WHAT gets recycled?

In CT previously, and now outside Rochester, NY we have a 65 gallon can for recycling that is full almost every week, and a 90 gallon can for 'trash', that I DO put out each week, but it normally only has 2 bags in it. So we recycle a lot more than we trash. If my trash bill is significantly more than yours, then my provider might be losing money on the recycling, if we can get to an 'apples to apples' comparison.

I would also guess that I would have heard more in CT and now NY from the trash providers if they were losing money on recycling. I would guess they're not because our CT company provided us with a larger bin (90 gallon) free of charge so that we could recycle more, while the NY company only charged something like $15 for the 65 gallon bin for recycling, which is probably close to their actual cost for the can.

The companies seem to want the recyclable materials up here, so maybe having more stuff get recycled helped drive the critical mass needed?

(In response to this post by Tafkam Hokie)

Posted: 01/17/2018 at 12:42PM


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