Re: OT: Trump TARIFFS...!!! ;-D

On 2/7/2025 7:28 AM, Janet wrote:

In article <67a51404$4$3620712
$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>, michael.trew@att.net
says...

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The worst part is that people send these electronics with rare earth
metals in them straight to the dump instead of recycling.

    At our dump,  (which is the only place to legally
dispose of your old  white goods, batteries, broken
furniture, scrap wood etc) *everything* is sorted into
different categories for recycling.
    This is a separate facility from the domestic waste
collection service (where recyclable rubbish is also
sorted by each household into separate bins for recycling.
Paper and card/ metal and plastic/ food waste).
    Most supermarkets also have a collection bins for glass,
clothing, shoes etc.
    Charity shops will come and collect unwanted saleable
goods (furniture, toys, clothes etc) to sell and raise
funds.

It would be nice if the USA weren't so wasteful.  I'm floored by what I see thrown away on a daily basis.  I guess it doesn't matter as much when you make a 6 figure salary, but I find people to be horridly wasteful.  I donate or resell whatever I can.
At work, I separate paper, cardboard, aluminum, and plastics for recycling (no glass).  Where I live, nothing is recycled.  I'm told that Pittsburgh barges all of its trash and recycling to China.  The Chinese probably only recycle what makes them money, from what doesn't fall into the ocean, anyway.