Some things you can. Aluminum, steel, and glass are all infinitely recyclable. Paper, the fibers become shorter each time until finally it won’t make “proper” paper. Evil plastic ;-), can only be recycled a half dozen times or so after which it’s headed to the landfill, or, apparently, the ocean where it never goes away or biodegrades. Food for thought. Every piece of plastic that has ever passed through your hands is still in existence. That includes all the shopping bags which are used for an average of 10 minutes, all the food wrap, all the bubble wrap and air baggies used in shipping – everything.
Something to think about – to recycle paper – bleaching is done to get it clean – so how much chemcial pollutants are used to recycle a ton of paper???
Steel is, at this time, mostly recycled. No need to take iron ore from the earth, just recycle stuff that we junk. Glass is also recyclable. Aluminum is far cheaper to recycle than it is to refine in the first place
awgiedawgie Premium Member over 5 years ago
“Eventually, all paper products become toilet paper, and no one wants to recycle that.”
(Yes, yes… I know that not all paper products actually eventually become toilet paper, but I can picture that being the answer in the comic)
tiomax over 5 years ago
Sure! We do it with water. Think about that, every drop of water we drink has been through some living thing probably innumerable times!
Iron Pounder over 5 years ago
Would that it worked that way.
phoenix over 5 years ago
Some things you can. Aluminum, steel, and glass are all infinitely recyclable. Paper, the fibers become shorter each time until finally it won’t make “proper” paper. Evil plastic ;-), can only be recycled a half dozen times or so after which it’s headed to the landfill, or, apparently, the ocean where it never goes away or biodegrades. Food for thought. Every piece of plastic that has ever passed through your hands is still in existence. That includes all the shopping bags which are used for an average of 10 minutes, all the food wrap, all the bubble wrap and air baggies used in shipping – everything.
raptor over 5 years ago
Something to think about – to recycle paper – bleaching is done to get it clean – so how much chemcial pollutants are used to recycle a ton of paper???
timbob2313 Premium Member over 5 years ago
Steel is, at this time, mostly recycled. No need to take iron ore from the earth, just recycle stuff that we junk. Glass is also recyclable. Aluminum is far cheaper to recycle than it is to refine in the first place
whelan_jj over 5 years ago
All that recycling takes energy. All the energy creates its own pollution (even solar and wind).
ElGato over 5 years ago
Today Recycle. Tomorrow, who knows!