It seems to me that it has been tried and they became more of a trash dumping site than a recycling site. I always thought they made money selling the stuff to a recycle company. Is that not the case?
Not so much, apparently. I'm aware of at least one city that discontinued its curbside recycling program because it cost too much money. The markets for recyclables are extremely volatile, making it hard to predict which recyclables will make money and which won't. Aluminum seems to be fairly consistent, but the price of steel and other metals goes up and down, and plastics and glass also vary in demand and price. I tried a google search to answer your question. First I tried "recycling facts" and got a lot of information about how recycling is good for the environment. Then I tried changing "facts" to "profit," and found a lot of articles in the "how to make money fast & easy" genre. Finally, I tried "recycling cost" and came up with a lot of information pertaining to municipal recycling programs. Here's an article from New Jersey: Recycling Pros & Cons (brief excerpt) And another: (also a brief excerpt) (of course the links will provide much more information) I'm sure if I searched long enough, I would find information about commercial waste companies' experience with recycling and its effect on their bottom line. My next avenue would probably be to go looking for Waste Industries or Republic Waste's financial reports, but I need to mow my lawn before it gets too hot, so that's all for now.
It's a pain! We moved up north for awhile and Michigan had th 10 cents deposit. It was a pain in the youknowwhere! Storing the bottles, down here you'd have to make sure you rinse them out because of bugs, the extra cost of the deposit-$1.20 on a 12 pack. I'd rather see manditory recycling.
