I'm starting a new thing because I get bored...obviously...more often than not at work. So for the first ever boredom sucks balls discussion topic: Recycling: Why don't more people do it?:::
I live in Austin, Tx and we have a wonderful recycling program in our city, but yet I rarely see people recycle. Now I do work for a solar power company and of course all the people I work with are hippies ((but they are awesome)) and tend to be anal about it. But, I just recently moved from Beaumont, Tx ((aka blowmont and the asshole of the world ( or at least Texas)) where no one recycles and everyone litters...and I can still get the concept and have already created the habit of recycling. I mean come on people there is no excuse...cans, bottles, paper and card board...just by simply recycling those products you can help clean up the earth just a little more. Which brings me to another interesting point....excuses...the following are some of the dumbest excuse I've heard for people not recycling:
"I don't know where to even begin"
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Open up the phone book people!! Or better yet google it!! All you hafta do is look for recycle :::insert your location here:::....now how hard was that?
"It doesn't fit into my lifestyle"
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Um hello people...you don't hafta live in the country to recycle....or in Austin for that matter...generally small towns and small cities have city or state recycle centers...:::It's uncool to just trash everything...SORT IT OUT:::
"I don't know what to recycle"
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Well to start off with....just paper products in general...duh! But also most everything that can be recycled has a nifty little symbol on the product SOMEWHERE!! :::And you've all seen it so don't use the excuse your thinking of next:::
You know what's funny about this...is that I'm not a vegetarian, peta supporter, tree huger, etc. ((which by the way aren't all crazy people....except maybe peta...I don't understand them at all))
But if I can do it....You can do it!
So I would like to hear everyone's thoughts and welcome all criticism.
--Leah--
