No the beaches have been cleaned up a lot better then they were a year ago so Im told but like you said in Victoria B.C Plastic bottles cans and paper have a value..wish it was mandatory that all provinces paid money for those items ...but that machine isn't in my neighbourhood lol its about 2000 miles away.Id like to say ive seen a lot of other great plans for recycling as I was surfing the net this one just made it look so compact that's what got me ..imagine those in a school hooked up to a genset you could run the school power for free..

I can hardly wait for the one year test to play out. If successful, economies of scale will drive that $0.14 figure even lower.

Well be it as it may about the UN ..The machine its self is a god send ..Having seen on the Pacific cost living in Canada plastic water bottles lining the beaches 20 rows deep in some area ..its a good thing that someone is trying.

Where do you think all those plastic bottles you have observed on the Canadian coast come from. Fishermen, cruise ships, yachts, floatsom? You said it was a god-send...is that saying the beaches are cleaned up now that the "machine" is in the neighborhood?

I am encouraged to hear the E-N-ergy Corp. (http://e-n-ergy.com/) has further developed the Japanese machine and is capitalizing on its use in the Yukon. Japan got a lot of mileage out of the UN's project. Time will tell if it adds to our energy independance. Thanks for posting that article in your comment.

I don't know that the village/town in Africa where the UN gave the kids a demonstration could ever afford one. That being said, I am all for recycling.

A point of interest: Unlike Canada, US and Europe, most third world and underdeveloped countries have very little trash strewn on their roads and alleys since the recycling boom. Glass bottles, plastic bottles, cans and paper have value, and are collected by kids and folks who can convert them to cash at recycling centers. We have separated our trash for years into 3 barrels for trash pick-up. Doesn't everyone these days?

The answer is here but it was The electricity input costs an estimate 14 cents per litre of fuel produced.
http://yukon-news.com/business/plastic-t...

AJA: "... I cannot see anything wrong with recycling for recycling's sake. I do detest garbage dunes."

Actually, I think that in 50 years or so, people will be fighting over those landfills. There's lotsa good stuff down there...

Good point!

It makes more sense to be showing this to some venture capital companies.

They also helped craft our school's new "Common Core Curriculum". Decisions that are supposed to be up to individuals in each State are now being decided by the UN. WTF? (And instead of State's taking a stand, they let it roll in because otherwise the Fed will withhold funding... I don't know who's more corrupt at this point. The States, the Fed, or the UN... or us...)

Absolutely NOT, under any circumstance. The U.N. is a creation by the communists of the day. Did you know the UN Charter violates our Constitution in 15 ways? I could go on, but will not hijack the post. Bottom Line: don't trust anything from the UN.

Should we be trusting the "United Nations University"?