[Accrs] What is wrong with recycling?

[Alameda County Central Railroad Society]

And I had some aluminum pie pans I was hoping to bring down for recycling.

Andy H.

On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 1:17 PM, Alameda County Central Railroad Society <
accrs at mail.accrs.org> wrote:

> Message From: Dean & Margaret Lewis  lewis2 at earthlink.net
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> Friends,
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> For the last few months, I have been saving aluminum pie plates, foil, and
> small and large food pans for recycling.   I get them from picnics,
> parties, etc and had saved up 3 large bags of pans, etc.
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> Well, I finally took them to the recycle center where I surrendered the *8.1
> pounds* of aluminum, which they called "foil"
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> I made a grand total of $0.44.   Doesn't seem worth the effort, does it.
> How much of this perfectly useable aluminum ends up in land fills.
> Does the trash company salvage it from the recycle cans they pick up?  Or
> do people throw it in the land fill cans.   If they paid more than $.06 per
> pound, we might see more recycling of this metal.
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> It takes a whole lot less energy to recycle aluminum that it does to make
> if from the basic material.
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> During World War II, there was very little waste as everyone recycled
> everything for the war effort.  Not today, we are the "throw away society".
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> Just my take or rant.
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> Dean
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