what are the pros and cons of compulsory segregation of solid waste?
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pros: effective reutilisation\nless energy consumption for reuse\n\ncon:\n more time\nmore equipment\nmore hassle
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Legally it should be encouraged, but to enforce such a law would be nearly impossible.  A special branch of law enforcement would be required for trash patrol and the sanition workers would have to open every bag to ensure compliance.  Trash collection would slow to a crawl and become so expensive that you couldn't afford to pay.
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The main drawback is that it may create or promote a culture of dependency for the recipient. As a temporary measure to address a need, it may work. But it has to be temporary. A few years ago, Government toughened unemployement benefits by limiting them to a few weeks. That is the ideal use of Welfare because many people who receive it come to depend upon it rather then fend for themselves
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Well some disadvatages would be the amount of people per acre of land percentage or better known as population density. In this case PEI has the highest population density out of all of the Canadian provinces. Another disadvantage could be that PEI is the only province that has yet to ratify the National Building Code of Canada (which means that architects can build their buildings however they want to or better put, unsafe buildings). Perhaps another disadvantage could be that there is a lack of diversity in the area (98.2% of the population is white). Another disadvantage could be that 92.6% of the population is Christian or some variation of it. But I think what your getting at is that the most interesting disadvantage a person would have living at PEI is that it is illegal to sell canned carbonated beverages such as pop and beer. Carbonated beverages are sold in recyclable glass bottles.\n\nAs far as advantages nothing really special compared to other places like it.
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Wow...many pros and cons to this.\nPros: up and coming business, definitely a future for this.\nCons:  liability issues, permit fees, government involvement (checking your business out)\nPretty tricky unless you know the right people who will have your back!
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There are some benefits.  For example, if you work on an assembly line that makes cars, the marketing department of the car company influences the public to buy the product you produce.  This helps "move product" and pays your wages.  However, the over commercialization and corporate blight of all public spaces has no real advantage to society.
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http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/op/regs/hazwaste/10073268partblanddisposalrestrictions.pdf\nYou must comply with LDRs prior to placing soil that exhibits a characteristic of hazardous waste, or exhibited a characteristic of hazardous waste at the time it was generated, into a land disposal unit.\n\nHere are the EPA LDRs\nhttp://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-WASTE/1998/May/Day-26/f98121.htm
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Pro:\n\nDeath penalty serves justice...it is what people fear, so it is what is taken away.  \n\nDeath penalty shows that some crimes against humanity are so terrible that the ultimate punishement is the payment for doing the action.\n\nThe Cons...is that\n\nIt takes too long...appeal after appeal.  Some have been on "Death Row " for twenty plus years.\n\nThat the wrong person could get executed.\n\nThat the law is prejiduced against blacks and minorities.
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The need of the hour is to manage waste well because inefficient waste management could cause irreparable damage to the environment. \n\n\n“Those who think that sustainability is only a matter of pollution control\nare missing the bigger picture. \nWe are poised at the threshold of an historic moment \nin which many of the world’s industries may be transformed.” \n\ncheck out this link:\n\nhttp://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/nov82005/snt1732152005117.asp\n\nu can check out some examples of wealth from waste products by clicking on the following link\n\nhttp://www.books-directory-projectreports.com/pdf/wealth-from-waste-products.pdf\n\nSolid waste management poses stupendous problems as well as unlimited opportunities for turning waste into wealth. The environmentalist concern for containing pollution levels and conserving non-renewable natural resources has focussed attention on the three R’s, namely Reduce, Reuse and Recycle waste materials. A careful study of the progress made by Metro Toronto in Solid Waste Management (SWM) reveals eye opening information for those who would like to enter the recycling market for starting potentially lucrative businesses. The SWM division of Metro Toronto manages about 5 million tons of waste per annum of which 3 million tons are disposed at land fills, leaving 2 million tons that was diverted from land fills for recycling. Land fills are not the answer to the problem of SWM due to the growing population and urbanization. The real answer lies in stepping up the rate of diversion from land fills to achieve the three R’s.\n\nMetro Toronto ranks as one of the largest municipalities in N. America and one of the few that have a well chartered plan and programme for stepping up the pace of recycling. This has given rise to a thriving recycling industry comprising more than 1000 small, medium and large businesses such as haulers, brokers, processors, recyclers, suppliers of waste reduction equipments, customised collection system designers, wholesale pick up services, confidential document shredders, waste audit consultants, energy conversion units, drum re-conditioners, converters, compactors, etc. in Ontario province alone. Some of them are manufacturers-cum-recyclers engaged in ‘closed loop’ recycling in manufacturing activities like plastic compounding, paper, insulation tapes, moulded paper, cryogenic recycling of rubber and plastics, wiping cloth, fire logs, culets from glass wastes, composting, scrap metal smelting, solvent recycling etc. Metro Toronto has set a target of 90% diversion by the year 2030 from the present level of 40%. This will open up vast frontiers in recycling business making it highly beneficial to Man and Nature, besides the great potential of generating employment and income.\n\nA glance at the financial picture of Metro Toronto’s SWM will make one appreciate the truism behind the concept of wealth from waste. Metro Toronto’s annual revenue from SWM has matched its expenditure of about $150m in recent years thus giving zero net expenditure. Much of the municipality’s revenue comes from land fill management fees levied by it. With no more land fills available and growing community protests against it, the pace of recycling will be stepped up by persuasive, compulsory and punitive measures to achieve the target of zero land fills. The municipality has taken appropriate measures like increasing the number of waste materials that will be prohibited from land fills such as cardboard, wood, metals, paper, etc. The list will soon become so exhaustive as to cover the entire spectrum of industrial, commercial and institutional wastes and will call for total recycling of all wastes in the years to come. The ratio of virgin to recycled input in industries which is about 8 to 2 at present will get reversed by the ceaseless pursuit of environment protection. The stringent curbs on land fills through steep hikes in SWM fees for disposal at land fills has actu
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Disposal methods also vary widely. In Australia, the most common method of disposal of solid waste is to landfills, because it is a large country with a low-density population. By contrast, in Japan it is more common for waste to be incinerated, because the country is smaller and land is scarce.\n\nMany local authorities (especially in urban areas) have found it difficult to establish new landfills, due to opposition from adjacent landowners. Few people want a landfill in their local neighbourhood. As a result, solid waste disposal in these areas has become more expensive as material must be transported further away for disposal.
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We all need to be conscience of recycling at home:cans, bottles, plastics, newspapers, etc. Some people do not make an effort. Also, we should by products made of recycled materials. If we throw everything away, eventually there won't be any room to put all of that trash. \n\nIn the public matter, hazardous waste needs to be closely monitored and properly disposed of. Our environment can't handle much more careless waste management. Hope this helps!
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It gets sorted out. But that doesn't mean it is OK to do it intentionally. One person doing it won't cause any damage, but if one person does it, then 100 people, then 1000 people, the cost of sorting it out will go up. Then you get the snowball effect. It cost more to process it, then (if the city doesn't charge already), you start getting charged to recycle, and the charge keeps go up and up until it gets to a point that nobody wants to recycle anymore because it costs too much in their pocketbook. There are machines that can sort it all out automatically, but they cost money. With the budgets that most communities have to operate on, they just can't afford to purchase a good machine to do this. \n\nI know all about the arguement that the environment is more important, and should be saved at whatever cost. This is fine when the government pays for it (which really comes out of your paycheck, but you don't see it go for this directly), but when you have to write the check for it yourself, most people will rethink their position on that. Especially someone on a tight budget already.
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Opposite of dispose would be keep.\n\nOpposite of disposable would be permanant.
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Firstly you can put aside things that you can possibly reuse. Such as papers which are used on one side, empty mineral water bottles, microwavable food containers. Then sort out the rest of your trash into paper, plastic and metallic categories and put them into different bags. The others, you can place them in another bag. This will ease waste collection centre in sorting them. \n\nFor 2nd hand clothes, you can auction it off on Yahoo! auctions or participate in flea markets at Tanglin Mall every weekend. You can also give it away along with your used furniture to the Salvation Army headquarters at Bishan central and they'll resell it to other people. By the way, they provide free transportation services if you're giving away your furniture. So worry not about spending more money to move your trash away.
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I don't believe there are any disadvantages.  The advantages would be relieving stress or blue balls, helping to be able to concentrate, etc.
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Laws in all states have upheld that garbage at the curb is not private and taking garbage is not stealing.  I cannot see how the town can lay claim to garbage until it is on the truck itself.\n\nI would think that in order to enforce this ordinance the city would have to supply houses with garbage cans and then they could say that anything inside the cans is offlimits.\n\nIts sounds like one of those ordinances that would be overturned as unconstitutional if it were appealed to a state court.  Besides unless they are sorting their refuse and separating those metals they can sell for money (it probably wouldn't be worth the cost) when people take trash from the street it reduces the amount of money the town pays in tipping charges.
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I think the idea has some merit, as long as people are allowed the option of abstaining or spoiling their ballot paper.\n\nMy primary concern though is making sure that people make an informed choice, I think that is at least as important as increasing turnout. I think compulsory voting would only exacerbate the problem of uninformed voting, unless you make people sit through presentations from all the candidates on the ballot paper and then pass a test afterwards...let's face it, that ain't ever gonna happen.