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- From: bhaines@ldgo.columbia.edu (bill haines)
- Subject: Re: USA - Question
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.160754.10328@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu>
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- Organization: Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory
- References: <Bxppn4.AAv@cck.coventry.ac.uk>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 16:07:54 GMT
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- It depends greatly on which state you live in. The more congested states
- have some sort of mandetory recycling. In New Jersey (my home state) it
- started with 25% of all solid waste and progressed to 40% and is due to
- go to 60% I believe. Weather or not to sort depends on the local community.
- Mine was one of the top in the state in participation and % recycled and
- we had several bins 1)paper, all types with no restrictions, 2)corrugated
- cardboard 3)plastic, glass, aluminum and tin (steel) containers and
- 4)scrap metal 5)waste oil 6)grass 7)leaves 8)branches 9)batteries then
- trash.
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- I have moved to New York which does recycle but it is not mandetory as it
- is in New Jersey, they also restrict paper to only newspaper but this varies
- from town to town.
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- There are many states where there is NO recycling at all except beverage
- bottle because they have the land to dump and there is not much grassroot
- movements to start.
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- Bill Haines
- Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory
- Palisades, New York 10964
- 914-359-2900
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