http://superhighwayman.com/2010/07/16/three-rs-for-the-modern-age/ I am small and I don’t eat much... Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:55:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://superhighwayman.com/2010/07/16/three-rs-for-the-modern-age/comment-page-1/#comment-253 Sally Fisher Sat, 17 Jul 2010 07:01:07 +0000 http://superhighwayman.com/?p=114#comment-253 Clear and well argued. But you forgot one thing in the domestic recycling process - the fact that most food containers MUST be thoroughly washed out with water before they can be recycled. Tins are comparatively easy, but plastic bottles and juice cartons aren't. And pouring water down the sink just to throw stuff away seems extremely stupid and wasteful to me, and certainly not particularly green. If you are on metered water or - in rural areas - have a cess pit that you have to pay for emptying then that also grates on the nerves! Clear and well argued. But you forgot one thing in the domestic recycling process – the fact that most food containers MUST be thoroughly washed out with water before they can be recycled. Tins are comparatively easy, but plastic bottles and juice cartons aren’t. And pouring water down the sink just to throw stuff away seems extremely stupid and wasteful to me, and certainly not particularly green. If you are on metered water or – in rural areas – have a cess pit that you have to pay for emptying then that also grates on the nerves!

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