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(5pp) Did you know that about 1,200 soft drink and
salad dressing containers could be recycled to
carpet the average living room? Or that over 5
years ago the United States threw away 193 million
tons of plastic, and recycled only about 5% of it?
We will look at Texas, and focus on Dallas to see
how "plastic" they have become. Bibliography lists
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about 5% of it? Has any thing changed about recycling plastics? We will look at Texas, and focus on Dallas to see how "plastic" they have become. Extent
of the plastic problem Dallas: Assistant City Manager Ramon Miguez (2000) oversees the sanitation services for the city of Dallas, and reports that overall Dallas lags behind in general
recycling. Reports indicate that a Dallas single-family household recycles about 5 pounds of general materials per month compared to 20 pounds of recyclables, in Fort Worth and 40 pounds
in Plano. Under 15% of the homes in Dallas participate in the recycling services; and the service is not offered to apartment dwellers, which make up about 60% of
the housing units in Dallas. That leaves Dallas collecting and recycling only about 3.2% of its garbage. Correspondingly the with such a disproportionately small amount of recyclables in
that city, the total has not been broken down into a plastic percentage of waste. "Co-mingling" in Dallas: As of February 1999, the City of Dallas allowed the "co-mingling"
of aluminum beverage cans, steel cans (rinsed out), and plastic containers labeled #1, #2, and #3. It was suggested that a see-through plastic bag be used so all items
were visible. Dallas County: Of the six million tons of trash generated in the county ,in a given year, only 10% is recycled Denton: According to the Denton,
Texas, Recycling Manager Joe Ialenti, (2000)who is in charge of 58 locations in the city, Denton gets paid by the pound for its recycled materials, but because plastics are originally
lighter they generate less revenue. But in reality, the revenue generated by sold products only equals a third to a fourth of the cost of the program, so it
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