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Originally Posted by Ukwildlifeo  There is of course the debate about recycling, while it saves resources in terms of metal and trees etc, it does use a lot of energy (heating up, processing and transport) and water to recycle these materials. No one ever seems to discuss this - maybe im barking up the wrong tree lol  |
I don't hink you are barking up the wrong tree, all re-cycling its a complex equation about energy used to re-cycle includng transport cost, environmental impact of the method of re-cycling etc. The key point for me is to deal with the problem at source i.e. reduce packaging for one. IMHO
Also articles like this are food for thought.
Waste land | Environment | The Guardian