Comments on: Want to Increase Plastic Bottle Recycling? Put a Deposit on It.

By: shredding Houston

shredding Houston — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:25:14 +0000

Paper, plastic as well as old electronic gadgets can now be turned into something useful or entertaining thanks to those who have made efforts in helping us deal with what most of us consider as trash already.

By: Mission Recycling

Mission Recycling — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 04:34:14 +0000

One of the main issues regarding the recycling of plastic is lack of opportunity to recycle. This is partly because plastic can be contaminated with other materials and the cost of processing this can outweigh the cost of producing more plastic so compared to other materials like glass and paper, there are fewer places to recycle plastic. However, plastic is lightweight and highly versatile and one way round this is to re-use plastic within the home.

By: Darlene

Darlene — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:40:50 +0000

I think plastics of all kinds need to have a visible recycling symbol. More times than not, I find it near impossible to find the recycling number on the plastic. I had to call one company to find out what # the plastic bottle was. They should be visible (without a magnifying glass). Also they should not allow plastic items including packaging unless it is a recyclable plastic. Plastic packaging should also have a # on it. If Zyrtec and Q-tips can do it so can all companies. Remember when things were bottled with glass?Things taste so much better in glass. Sure it breaks, so do plastic jars sometimes.

By: JessTrev

JessTrev — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:59:31 +0000

I grew up in Massachusetts and saw the difference before and after the bottle deposits went in place. Amazing motivation – and I wholeheartedly agree with the idea.

By: Martin at PlasticLess

Martin at PlasticLess — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:40:41 +0000

I am living in a developing country and there must be some monetary value associated with plastic water bottles because there are old guys gathering up massive quantities of them from the roadsides. Whatever the value is, it’s not enough to prevent litter and the entrepreneurs choose their collection routes based on efficiency.

By: Dirk

Dirk — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:34:48 +0000

Recycling plastic bottles is not the answer. Recognizing that we do not need to make them in the first place is. Even if you recycle a plastic bottle, it cannot be made into a new bottle. 100% of plastic bottles are brand new.

By: Diane MacEachern

Diane MacEachern — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:34:35 +0000

Yes, I agree, we need a national bottle bill!

By: Marianna

Marianna — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:02:16 +0000

Great post! I never understood why water bottles didn’t have a bottle deposit. I think a national bottle bill could really help a lot.

By: mother earth aka karen hanrahan

mother earth aka karen hanrahan — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:55:00 +0000

I have never heard of a plastic bottle deposit my goodness that’s brilliant!

By: Coccinelle

Coccinelle — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:48:56 +0000

Where I live those bottles have a 5 cents deposit and it works really well, but I don’t know the percentage of recovered bottle.
The only problem is that recycling center are in great problems due to the economic recession and due to the fact that they do not have aluminum and plastic to resell to make a little benefit.
However I still think that the whole deposit thing is a great thing and I don’t think that our governments will let die these recycling center anyway…