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I wish you luck in your endeavours and well done indeed.

My wife and I are avid recyclers we have full bins and sacks for each collection. I recycle everything and everything and I even shred paper in my machine to make sure we get it all in.

Whilst I am a dedicated recycler I am not fully convinced it is doing what we are told it does but I think it saves on the landfill.

If we look at all the requirements for recycling it does in fact pose a question.

First of all we need the machines to process the materials.
The machines are manufactured from ore dug from the ground.
To make the steel and other parts a huge amount of water is required and lots of transport to move the goods about.

When it comes to collecting the bins form homes we again need transport which puffs out into the atmosphere along with the gas or electricity to run the plants.

In re-cycling we provide the city council with FREE materials to make things with but we get nothing back for doing so.

I could go on but I think I have made my point and will continue to recycle no matter what.
I will continue to use my expensive water to wash the items prior to binning them and I will continue to use my electricity to shred my paper and cardboard to help reduce the size of the load.

Please do not take this as a moan about re-cycling it is not a moan at all just making a point perhaps for debate later raising the question "is recycling cost effective and does it help the planet"