07-27-2021, 07:48 AM
(07-27-2021, 07:08 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote:(07-27-2021, 06:51 AM)pdedse_imp Wrote:(07-27-2021, 05:06 AM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote:(07-27-2021, 05:02 AM)LongRanger_imp Wrote: Mine go in the trash.
Understood.
I wonder how long before an environmentalist determines motorcycle helmets are not earth-friendly and need to ante up a disposal fee upon new purchase?
Is a surcharge added to other products that are not earth friendly? ...I'm thinking items like plastic lawn chairs, fish netting, weed eaters, to name a few random objects of the likely million other objects that are also not earth-friendly when they wear out.
I don't say that to be argumentative or difficult in any way. I try to recycle anything and everything I can. The net says that plastic in general never fully decomposes. It can be a bit depressing.
But is there a reason a helmet would be any different than other man-made products that are difficult to recycle?
Is a surcharge added to other products that are not earth friendly? ...I'm thinking items like plastic lawn chairs, fish netting, weed eaters, to name a few random objects of the likely million other objects that are also not earth-friendly when they wear out.
I don't say that to be argumentative or difficult in any way. I try to recycle anything and everything I can. The net says that plastic in general never fully decomposes. It can be a bit depressing.
But is there a reason a helmet would be any different than other man-made products that are difficult to recycle?
Tires
Tires
I was curious...net says 3 billion (estimated) tires were produced globally for 2019 and between 10-20 million mc helmets for 2020...close enough on the years. If you use the larger number, 20 million, that would mean that mc helmets produced represent less than 1 percent (0.67%) of tires produced for a given year. Yet a helmet is less bulky than a tire.
I also found that the environmental surcharge added to a new tire is about $2.00 or a bit less.
Let's suppose that a mc helmet is about 1/5 the bulk of a tire--I have no idea if that's acurate, but maybe it's close enough to make a point. So if a tire has a $2 surcharge, then it could be reasoned that mc helmet--at 1/5 the bulk of a tire-- ought to carry an environmental surcharge of around 40 cents, or 1/5 of $2.
But then all bulky, non-biodegradable items produced for consumption ought also to carry a surcharge.
Maybe that fund could be used for...something.
