Posted on 10/05/08
Those plastics you dutifully recycle? They're shipped to China
My neighbours came home the other day to discover six large new recycling bins sitting on - I should say covering - their front yard. The house is a semi, divided into three apartments. Together, the bins constitute a virtual fourth - 480 litres of prime space in the Annex! Are we all mad? The new blue-bin rollout raises the question - and, in that much alone, confirms the suspicion. Our good intentions have run amok.
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