Recycling Connecticut is one of those hot topics which many people love to discuss yet few of them actually practice. Of course, this could be due to them not really understanding what recycling entails or which items benefit our society by being recycled. Likewise, many of these people don’t know where to take their old recyclable items when it comes time to dispose of them. In certain cases your trash service can handle some recyclable products such as newspapers or old magazines, but they will probably require these items be bundled in specific ways. Other recyclable items such as glass have very few recycle centers which is truly a waste of our resources.
On the other hand, metal recycling is big business and over the years has created a cottage industry just for the collection of recyclable metals. Granted, these collectors aren’t getting rich picking up old scrap metals, but every little bit helps. Recycling metals has been around for almost as long as humans have made tools from them. During the second world war our country had nationwide recycling drives for any old scrap which could be used in the war effort. Today, we actually benefit more from recycling our old metal scrap than our ancestors because of the energy we save from recycling versus creating metals from raw materials. In some cases the savings over new metals is ninety percent in terms of energy expenditure.
The largest problem with recycling metals is in their collection. True, the local junk collector does a great job, but they can only gather what they see and what has been given to them. Other items like junk cars have to be handled differently. Old cars usually get sold to automobile recycling centers where they get stripped of usable parts and then sold as scrap. This is an excellent way to remove an unwanted vehicle from your yard or garage. Other items such as large appliances will need to be taken to a recycling center that buys scrap metal. Of course, you need not handle this chore yourself. There are junk collectors who are willing to haul away those worn appliances when you decide to get rid of them.
