Ramseyboi Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 6 minutes ago, Raffles said: You say that as if it's what people actually do. I go the recycling bins every 2 or 3 weeks when I have a stack of it. I live a 2 minute drive from the bins and take the recycling on my way to work or shops etc Sometimes I walk with a smaller bag of it, if I am passing Where's my commercial? Even if everyone did that, and they don’t, then I seriously doubt the recycling banks do as much good as they do harm. Even just the production and transport of all those bins and wagons would take years to cancel out with the amounts we generate. I am sure the “environment” as a whole would be better off of the island didn’t recycle and need all the infrastructure associated with it. Even this thread discussing it is using resources in our homes, in data centres. I just feel people fail to look at the overall picture. Everything we do impacts the planet. Even running a website spouting green policies or people all driving to a meeting about the environment and turning the kettle on while they watch a presentation on a huge screen in a brightly lit air conditioned room. We just all need to consume less, in every are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 You should recycle everything you can. Some things are economically worth recycling, somethings are not. DBC claim they make money selling paper to a mill in Wales, I'm not convinced, for an Island our size it may well be better to burn it. When it goes to the incinerator as just paper it attracts a lower gate fee than general rubbish too. This is also why the amenity sites have dedicated cardboard skips, classed as ecofuel at the gate. Glass is pointless to ship away, so turning into aggregate is the best solution, helps cut down on quarrying. Metal is worth recycling, aluminum especially. So keep using the recycling bins and don't be thrown by the haters, I do my clinking walk of shame through the square more regularly than I should. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moghrey Mie Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Glass is not shipped away. It is sent to Ballaharra Quarry for crushing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Makes for great drainage on football pitches 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raffles Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 4 hours ago, Ramseyboi said: Even if everyone did that, and they don’t, then I seriously doubt the recycling banks do as much good as they do harm. Even just the production and transport of all those bins and wagons would take years to cancel out with the amounts we generate. I am sure the “environment” as a whole would be better off of the island didn’t recycle and need all the infrastructure associated with it. Even this thread discussing it is using resources in our homes, in data centres. I just feel people fail to look at the overall picture. Everything we do impacts the planet. Even running a website spouting green policies or people all driving to a meeting about the environment and turning the kettle on while they watch a presentation on a huge screen in a brightly lit air conditioned room. We just all need to consume less, in every are. Oh, well if you're sure....🙄 Rubbish is collected by wagon as well, so it makes no difference from an emissions perspective that some waste is collected as recycling. Idk anyone who doesn't recycle in a similar way I do. Most neighbourhoods have recycling bins within a short walk or drive. Most people are aware that making a special trip just to recycle would be ironic at best and near defeat the purpose at worst. You are just too lazy to recycle so trying to justify your own behaviour with 'facts' pulled out of your a-hole. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyJoe Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 2 hours ago, the stinking enigma said: Makes for great drainage on football pitches Makes a nice flooring mixed with concrete & machine polished 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramseyboi Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 So here is a question. Acod rain? What happened to that? was it the precursor to global warming and rising sea levels in that it was predicted but then turned out to be nonsense and just went away? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanShimmin Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 19 minutes ago, Ramseyboi said: So here is a question. Acod rain? What happened to that? was it the precursor to global warming and rising sea levels in that it was predicted but then turned out to be nonsense and just went away? It's like white dog shit, you just don't see it anymore. Supposedly 'we' fixed it. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190823-can-lessons-from-acid-rain-help-stop-climate-change 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramseyboi Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 6 minutes ago, AlanShimmin said: It's like white dog shit, you just don't see it anymore. Supposedly 'we' fixed it. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190823-can-lessons-from-acid-rain-help-stop-climate-change Ah that’s good. Guess the same will happen with the current potential disasters as soon as the next doomsday prediction comes along then. Load of greenie bollocks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanShimmin Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 1 minute ago, Ramseyboi said: Ah that’s good. Guess the same will happen with the current potential disasters as soon as the next doomsday prediction comes along then. Load of greenie bollocks. I reckon next one will be an asteroid scare or maybe even one of them mega volcanoes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thommo2010 Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 I've got to be honest since extinction rebellion popped up I've doubled my efforts to waste water, use my car more and not recycle lol. If anyone can tell me what the below video is about please do https://mobile.twitter.com/i/web/status/1430492536066478080 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 11 minutes ago, thommo2010 said: I've got to be honest since extinction rebellion popped up I've doubled my efforts to waste water, use my car more and not recycle lol. If anyone can tell me what the below video is about please do https://mobile.twitter.com/i/web/status/1430492536066478080 Looks like unwashed work shy types! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Voice of Reason Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 56 minutes ago, finlo said: Looks like unwashed work shy types! Probably Covid deniers and anti Vaxers as well. And cyclists Know the type Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeCurious Posted August 27, 2021 Author Share Posted August 27, 2021 2 hours ago, The Voice of Reason said: Probably Covid deniers and anti Vaxers as well. And cyclists Know the type Where do you think all of the art and social science students, out of work actors, entertainers, circus performers and socialists do with their time between social cheques? Makes me nostalgic for Greenpeace.... what ever happend to them? Wales still being eaten, nuclear waste still being produced.... I've heard one of the 'big ideas' for meeting our CO2 targets (is it 20% now, 20% of what 1970, 1990, 2000 emmisions?) was to turn off the power stations for two days a week. Meanwhile.. China. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 4 hours ago, CallMeCurious said: Where do you think all of the art and social science students, out of work actors, entertainers, circus performers and socialists do with their time between social cheques? Apply for jobs created by IoM Govt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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