Re: O.T. Garbage Burning Nuisance

Posted by Billy NY on March 27, 2006 at 11:09:14 from (152.163.100.74):

In Reply to: Re: O.T. Garbage Burning Nuisance posted by davpal on March 26, 2006 at 11:44:13:

I'll agree on the waste factor and the amount of what I call fluff that goes into landfills, that should be recyled or re-used. Look around at our construction sites, the waste is unreal, right after the ironworkers erect the steel, those ASTM 325 high strength bolts are everywhere,sometimes by the keg, they are'nt no pot metal either. It's obvious how much waste there is, even reusable items, architectural items, contents of peoples homes, I've seen apt.'s in NYC emptied right into a container, furniture,pictures even the deceased's college degrees, found a PHD in the container once. I have pulled some great stuff out of those containers, antiques etc., but the volume of materials that goes into landfills could be reduced. Was dumping off at a transfer station one day and a container came in from an office building, there was graph paper pads and other supplies that were new in the package, DuPont was the firm, I still have some of the pads, it's absolutely amazing, look at the money they make off of the items that get seized when you board a plane, there was a recent article on this, I did a research paper in college about landfills, I stumbled onto an article in a magazine, called "Garbage", a former college professor, with a PHD left the university to start a business from items he recycled out of landfills and anyplace else he could find re-usable, recylcable items, he carefully organized a yard to store and sell these items, many were architectural salvage, but regardless, he grossed over $600,000 his first year.

A landfill is a effective way to break down garbage, but it must have liners, leach collection system, monitoring wells, ventillation system etc., + all the other modern features, now could you imagine if everyone got on the same page, manufacturers, consumers, politicians, and really did something about it, it could make a big difference, too bad they just filled in ravines for landfills before the advent of liners,and modern technology, has ruined many water tables I know of locally. I don't see us ever getting on the same page to filter out and reduce the waste in this country. So many times I've been on jobsites and would love to grab things that can be gotten with permission or what have you, but have only taken what I could use, don't need a cluttered up place, have learned to part with clutter as best can be done, but I'll take scaffold sections when left behind and other items some contractor has written off all day long, you could make a living off the waste of a few big jobsites. It's a good topic, I've noticed waste for years too.

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