[Accrs] What is wrong with recycling?

[Alameda County Central Railroad Society]

On 2/15/2017 9:22 AM, Alameda County Central Railroad Society wrote:
Levi,

I just had this exchange with a friend on my e-mail.   I know it isn't 
always about money but it is the right thing to do.   Anyway, his 
comments makes it seem useless to even try.   I certainly hope it isn't 
right.

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To: Dean

Recycling in our area is weighed and then goes to the landfill. They get 
paid for the weight. There are NO recyclers who could handle the volume 
of our efforts

To: Bob,

Not sure that I follow you.   Does the Fremont recycle place sort out 
all the say aluminum into some large batch, squash it down, take it to 
the landfill and the landfill people sell it to some source that sees 
that it gets melted down and used again??   Same with plastic, etc??

To: Dean

The trucks that pick up our recycling don't have a place that CAN handle 
all they collect, there aren't enough recycling centers in California to 
take that volume.* They get paid to pick it up but,yes,it goes to land 
fills.
*
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> Message From: Levi Boston  levi_boston at yahoo.com
>    
Thing is recycling isn't about money. It's about leaving a smaller 
footprint. I'm all for it.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Feb 14, 2017, at 8:22 PM, Alameda County Central Railroad Society<accrs at mail.accrs.org>  wrote:
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>> Message From: Gary Lewis  glgslewis at comcast.net
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>> Well, it sounds like there is not much of a market for it.  Maybe a deep dive would reveal the economics of the situation.
>>
>> Gary
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Accrs [mailto:accrs-bounces at mail.accrs.org] On Behalf Of Alameda County Central Railroad Society
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2017 7:02 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [Accrs] What is wrong with recycling?
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>> Message From: Andrew Herrera  czephyr1949 at gmail.com
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