let’s stop reusing and start reducing
these so-called facts about waste
management the wait where you going I
swear it’s gonna be interesting
protect the environment around carrier
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content welcome to
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top 5 myths about recycling how you
doing you’re gonna love this
neighborhood every single house here
recycles we’re done yeah myth number
five recycling was invented to reduce
waste
according to samantha mcbride author of
recycling reconsidered regardless of how
wholeheartedly environmentalists adopted
and championed the system recycling
programs were really never intended to
save the environment or reduce waste it
was a solution by manufacturing
industries to avoid legislation over
packaging you may not realize this
marshall eriksen but you’ve got a huge
package when plastic became the new
standard in packaging in the 1670s it
quickly began to overwhelm landfills the
seemingly logical solution would have
been to develop regulations to limit
access packaging but no profit
maximizing industry likes to be
regulated and a healthy distrust for big
government the main industries involved
especially the beverage industry push
for municipal recycling as a means to
shift the burden socially and fiscally
off themselves onto the consumer and
local governments so what you’re saying
is everything is society’s fault and we
as individuals never need to take
responsibility for anything no myth
number four anything you put in compost
or recycling will just biodegrade in a
landfill anyway it’s a common argument
made by anyone who can’t be bothered
with a multi-prong waste management
solution in their neighborhood i’m on
this fight every day because i care
about the planet
the thinking behind it is that anything
capable of decomposing is going to do it
over time naturally regardless of
whether it’s in a compost heap at a
recycling plant or in a landfill
eggshells carrot tops compost is cool
but here’s the thing in order to things
to biodegrade oxygen is needed as well
as a proper balance of materials
all in landfills the massive piles of
garbage don’t allow for enough oxygen
reducing the rate of degradation
significantly furthermore most recycling
materials take ages to decompose
naturally most plastics take between 450
and a thousand years glass bottles will
literally take millions of years to
break down in a landfill myth number
three goods made from recycling
materials cost more Marketing is largely
to blame for this common misconception
many companies charge more for products
packaged or made out of recycled
materials but in reality Goods can be
made from recycled materials quite
cost-effectively either on par with
those made from virgin materials or in
some cases at a fraction of the cost for
example making cans from recycled
aluminium takes 4% of the total energy
needed to make them from virgin
materials but made from recycled
materials is a buzzword in the packaging
industry and a great excuse to charge an
extra buck admittedly low-grade plastics
are not yet cost effective to recycle
nor is recycling glass if it’s melted
down between each use reusing bottles
however is totally financially viable
myth number two if recycling was
financially viable it would be the
natural choice of the free market among
the many arguments made by Penn & Teller
against recycling on their show BS it’s
the idea that the free market should
dictate our waste management solutions
pointing towards the fact that recycling
programs are subsidized as proof of its
failure but with more efficient
recycling systems recycling it’s
becoming increasingly worthwhile as an
investment additionally this complaint
suggests that landfill waste management
or incineration isn’t government
subsidized while these industries are
often privately contracted government
subsidies still usually apply the more
raw material industry also typically
receives subsidies to encourage the
growth meaning that none of the
competition is actually playing on the
even free market playing field like
everything else the value of recycled
materials fluctuates but it has
consistently proven itself a marketable
good then
we’ll sell out the recycling which is in
part of the fourth leg but it’s still
very important myth number one recycling
programs consume more energy than
recycling saves collecting recycled
materials may be expensive especially
when you consider all the manpower
involved in the sorting process but it’s
far from a self-defeating system how
you’re doing there’s a reason we have
bins labeled recycle what the hell is
going on my God in heaven there’s no
shortage of conflicting info out there
but when the entire lifecycle of
materials and the collection are taken
into account
recycling proves it’s worth according to
Jeff Morris an environmental consultant
on average it takes ten point four
million BTUs to manufacture products
from a ton of recyclables compared to
twenty three point three million BTUs of
virgin materials as for the collection
and processing of those recycled
materials you only need to add point
nine million Btu recycling is more
effective in a fair competition even
before you consider the very worthy
environmental and resource related
benefits and recycle those plastics or
else I’ll turn you actually free so
which of these myths did you believe
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these so-called facts about waste
management the wait where you going I
swear it’s gonna be interesting
protect the environment around carrier
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content welcome to
watchmojo.com we’ll be counting down the
top 5 myths about recycling how you
doing you’re gonna love this
neighborhood every single house here
recycles we’re done yeah myth number
five recycling was invented to reduce
waste
according to samantha mcbride author of
recycling reconsidered regardless of how
wholeheartedly environmentalists adopted
and championed the system recycling
programs were really never intended to
save the environment or reduce waste it
was a solution by manufacturing
industries to avoid legislation over
packaging you may not realize this
marshall eriksen but you’ve got a huge
package when plastic became the new
standard in packaging in the 1670s it
quickly began to overwhelm landfills the
seemingly logical solution would have
been to develop regulations to limit
access packaging but no profit
maximizing industry likes to be
regulated and a healthy distrust for big
government the main industries involved
especially the beverage industry push
for municipal recycling as a means to
shift the burden socially and fiscally
off themselves onto the consumer and
local governments so what you’re saying
is everything is society’s fault and we
as individuals never need to take
responsibility for anything no myth
number four anything you put in compost
or recycling will just biodegrade in a
landfill anyway it’s a common argument
made by anyone who can’t be bothered
with a multi-prong waste management
solution in their neighborhood i’m on
this fight every day because i care
about the planet
the thinking behind it is that anything
capable of decomposing is going to do it
over time naturally regardless of
whether it’s in a compost heap at a
recycling plant or in a landfill
eggshells carrot tops compost is cool
but here’s the thing in order to things
to biodegrade oxygen is needed as well
as a proper balance of materials
all in landfills the massive piles of
garbage don’t allow for enough oxygen
reducing the rate of degradation
significantly furthermore most recycling
materials take ages to decompose
naturally most plastics take between 450
and a thousand years glass bottles will
literally take millions of years to
break down in a landfill myth number
three goods made from recycling
materials cost more Marketing is largely
to blame for this common misconception
many companies charge more for products
packaged or made out of recycled
materials but in reality Goods can be
made from recycled materials quite
cost-effectively either on par with
those made from virgin materials or in
some cases at a fraction of the cost for
example making cans from recycled
aluminium takes 4% of the total energy
needed to make them from virgin
materials but made from recycled
materials is a buzzword in the packaging
industry and a great excuse to charge an
extra buck admittedly low-grade plastics
are not yet cost effective to recycle
nor is recycling glass if it’s melted
down between each use reusing bottles
however is totally financially viable
myth number two if recycling was
financially viable it would be the
natural choice of the free market among
the many arguments made by Penn & Teller
against recycling on their show BS it’s
the idea that the free market should
dictate our waste management solutions
pointing towards the fact that recycling
programs are subsidized as proof of its
failure but with more efficient
recycling systems recycling it’s
becoming increasingly worthwhile as an
investment additionally this complaint
suggests that landfill waste management
or incineration isn’t government
subsidized while these industries are
often privately contracted government
subsidies still usually apply the more
raw material industry also typically
receives subsidies to encourage the
growth meaning that none of the
competition is actually playing on the
even free market playing field like
everything else the value of recycled
materials fluctuates but it has
consistently proven itself a marketable
good then
we’ll sell out the recycling which is in
part of the fourth leg but it’s still
very important myth number one recycling
programs consume more energy than
recycling saves collecting recycled
materials may be expensive especially
when you consider all the manpower
involved in the sorting process but it’s
far from a self-defeating system how
you’re doing there’s a reason we have
bins labeled recycle what the hell is
going on my God in heaven there’s no
shortage of conflicting info out there
but when the entire lifecycle of
materials and the collection are taken
into account
recycling proves it’s worth according to
Jeff Morris an environmental consultant
on average it takes ten point four
million BTUs to manufacture products
from a ton of recyclables compared to
twenty three point three million BTUs of
virgin materials as for the collection
and processing of those recycled
materials you only need to add point
nine million Btu recycling is more
effective in a fair competition even
before you consider the very worthy
environmental and resource related
benefits and recycle those plastics or
else I’ll turn you actually free so
which of these myths did you believe
check out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos
every day
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