Recycling is a brand new concept to most people and if you are used to putting out just black bin liners full of all your waste for the past 'x' amount of years then 3 recycling bins can be a very confusing time for families. People have do have the best of intentions for the environment and no body would go out of their way to harm the planet or the people living on it, however some people can not be get used to the new system of recycling everything that you have because it takes effort and if it is a choice between just dumping things in the general household waste or thinking about it and put. I myself have only just got used to the concept of recycling everything i throw away due to the fact that as i only live in a very rural part of England the system has only just been introduced and for myself the concept is very new to me. This is just one of the reason why recycling numbers can fluctuate month in month out. However over a period of ten or twenty years there will still be fluctuations however the general trend will be a downward curve. This is for the sole reason that it will become second nature to most people meaning that they wont need to think whether an item is recyclable or not because they will just know via habit.
Recycling rates have can become very low very quick if councils don't influence people and encourage them to be "greener". Therefore cash incentives could be used to encourage people to recycle and make them think about in terms of how themselves may benefit. Also stronger punishments must be enforced for people who blatantly disregard for the "3 bins system" and education for offenders which will ensure them not to re-offend.
1 comment:
Although recycling is a new concept it is hardly rocket science. The idea that people are confused by the concept and so don't do it is merely an excuse for laziness.
Don't you agree?
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