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Originally Posted by spence
This week my father was trying to sneak 2 older electric typewriters into the trash so he could avoid the 10 dollar landfill fee to have them recycled properly.
This was as we're driving to get some beer in his 300 horsepower Lexus LS430.
I of course pointed out the ethical problem with his choice. Without funding for recycling programs such as this the lead and other bad stuff in those old PCB's will just find its way into his own groundwater. His own grandson will be impacted by his decision.
It's not like you have a god given right to pollute, even in the local landfill. To me, 5 bucks to properly recycle a computer is a small price to pay.
-spence
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These recycling fees have an unintended consequence I noticed awhile back while doing some four wheeling. An area abutting a pond in the woods in Plymouth that was once a nice little picnic area / canoe launch is now home for about a dozen old televisions, a handful of computer monitors and a pile of rusting out propane tanks. Sometimes peoples quest to save a few bucks outweighs any obligation they feel to preserve a once beautiful spot. I'm willing to provide the labor and trucks to clean up the mess but I'm not willing to pay the recycling fee to dispose of this stuff properly. I have a friend who is contacting the DPW on waiving the recycling fee's and we'll see what the outcome is.