> -----Original Message----- > From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 7:10 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: recycling in Japan > > Well....did *you* do any research? > Do *you* know for sure that we are NOT running out of Landfill space? > I know Trinidad is, and perhaps several other countries in the world.
Well - I'll fall on my sword and admit that the show only covered the US. For the US, at least, I have done research. ;^) As far as being "sure" - no, I'm not. Who can be "sure"? This question is also difficult because of the definition. Do you "run out of" landfill space because there is no more room or because current landfills are reaching capacity? Is there literally no place else to put waste or is it just becoming difficult to contain it where you would like it to be? The question at hand however is whether or not recycling would address this problem. Does the building of reclamation, sorting and repurposing centers actually cut down on required landfill space? Would it possibly be more effective to use the space and resources used for recycling to extend landfill programs? This is a tricky subject. For example much of the plastic recycled in the US actually gets sent to India where the plants are major environmental problems (the process to recycle plastic produces harmful waste products, chemicals and many of the same by products as the production of the initial plastics). So the US is "cleaner" for recycling, sure - but India isn't. It would be better for India's ecosystem to just landfill the plastic. Everybody knows that a huge percentage of any landfill (again, at least in the US) is disposable diapers. Logically using cloth diapers seems a perfect solution. However studies show that the processes required to clean those diapers may be just as damaging as the disposables in the landfill. (Personally we still used cloth diapers - intellectually I feel that the problems facing cleaning them are easier to solve than the problem of what to do with the landfilled diapers - but in many ways it really is a crap shoot. So to speak.) > What time does P&T BS show, and what channel? Right now the new shows are on Mondays (and Fridays and other times) on ShowTime. The first and second seasons (13 episodes each) are available on DVD as well. The third season's just started - they've covered "Circumcision", "The Traditional Family" and "Conspiracy Theories". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Studio MX with Flash Pro from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=51 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:157459 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
