So much for recycling as a perfect save-the-planet solution …
It seems recycling may be deadly, according to the CBS “Evening News.”
“The business of recycling is a big part of the reason people are piling their trucks full of junk,” said CBS News correspondent Sandra Hughes on the July 11.
According to the CBS Web site report about the same thing, “the mess [from trucks full of junk] causes some 25,000 accidents a year.”
The story focused on “saving lives” as Katie Couric referred to it because at least three people mentioned had been killed by debris. Drivers were killed either by falling pieces of material or as a result of dodging large objects left in the road.
“There’s been an increase in both the scrap metal and scrap paper and cardboard,” said Officer Kenneth Duke of the California Highway Patrol in the broadcast. “There’s been a big increase in – in people collecting all the cardboard and bringing it to the recycling center.”
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Slow news day?
July 12, 2007 - 13:26 ET by USnotU.S.Slow news day?
Don't you see the irony? Do
July 12, 2007 - 13:32 ET by MightyMouthDon't you see the irony? Doing someting "good" (recycling) leads to more human deaths. Kinda sounds like DDT all over again, doesn't it?
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
Wish these people would make
July 12, 2007 - 14:36 ET by bigtimerWish these people would make up their minds once and for all what is good for us...so we won't get killed.
...as if we are all going to meet are maker one way or the other eventually...
I wished, just once they would.....Leave us alone....please.
YES!!!! I couldn't wait for t
July 12, 2007 - 15:23 ET by Nathan R MIYES!!!! I couldn't wait for the day to come where the MSM changed their mind on this whole situation!
Here in Virginia a truck's
July 12, 2007 - 15:55 ET by misterbee241Here in Virginia a truck's load has to be tied down and covered.
I'm more concerned about some eco-nut in a Prius with a cell phone jammed in his ear colliding with me on the road than I am about the occasional piece of junk in the road.
Now some idiot will want the
July 12, 2007 - 16:01 ET by Clear thinkerNow some idiot will want the Government to collect scrap from peoples homes and take it to the recycling centers. And of course, the Gov will be want to keep the money from the scrap.
I'm with bigtimer on this.......LEAVE US ALONE!
The liberal MSM has become an enemy of the USA.
Recycling may be deadly.This
July 12, 2007 - 18:03 ET by BlondeRecycling may be deadly.
This is too rich. Why not garbage trucks? Or municipal trucks hauling around yard waste? Or perhaps those crazy kids who are moving from one apartment to another and whose matress blows out of the back of a pick-up truck?
These people at CBS live in bizarro world. Maybe Katie feels she can get better ratings in bizarro world. I truly don't get it....this is news?
BTW, (clean) cardboard as a commodity merely means the hauler doesn't have to pay disposal fees. The recycler may get a slight profit from the sale of cardboard, but remember....it's "non-contaminated" cardboard that makes or breaks the deal. Scrap metal is far more profitable. In fact, it is profitable enough that certain criminal types make a living from stealing recyclable metals. Nice, huh?
its not the cardboard falling
July 13, 2007 - 13:24 ET by PKits not the cardboard falling out of pickup trucks thats the problem, its the tires off of the 18 wheelers falling apart leaving hundred pound chunks of rubber on the road to dodge that are the big problem.
whenever we have a hot spell there seems to be a lot more of this than in cool weather.
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