Originally published July 26 2005
Bills could ban materials in landfills to aid with recycling
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Bills that would make it illegal to throw oil filters, wooden pallets, plastic bottles and oyster shells into North Carolina landfills, in an effort to redirect those much-needed materials to the recycling industry instead, may benefit the environment and recycling business, but could be an expensive change for businesses and for the average consumer, the Daily News reports.
It's a good thing to prolong the life of landfills in the state.
So it's with mixed emotions that we bring up some qualms with proposals making their way through the General Assembly that, if approved, could add some life to landfills.
Bills that could become law this year would make it illegal to throw oil filters, wooden pallets, plastic containers and oyster shells, among other things, into landfills.
The proposal is sure to add a cost - maybe only a slight cost - to getting an oil change at your favorite garage.
Or, if you're a do-it-yourselfer, it will likely add a hassle to your efforts to keep your car running in tiptop shape.
"Ultimately the price of an oil change would go up," Bob Pulverenti of the Independent Garage Owners of North Carolina recently said.
One of the key reasons that supporters of these landfill bans are using to push their legislation is that there are companies in the business of recycling that need these supplies.
For example, garages that have used oil filters will have to pay someone to haul them off in order to create a greater supply for the recycling businesses.
In other words, the legislation would give the recycling businesses a break at the expense of the other businesses that accumulate these materials.
We wish there were some way to use a carrot rather than a stick to get garages and businesses to funnel their used materials to recycling businesses.
Maybe creative minds can get together and come up with a better way to keep oil filters, pallets and plastics out of landfills too - a way that rewards businesses for recycling instead of punishing them.
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