Why don't my wealthy friends recycle?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So maybe I should stop recycling and then I'll become wealthy.

oh DCUM, you never fail me

[Anonymous]

Your neighbors don't care about the environment. It has nothing to do with their wealth. Move to another neighborhood where people share your values.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do my unemployed neighbors have smart phones and HBO? Drives me crazy!

At least they recycle, right? Because wealthy people don't.

[Anonymous]

I know the OP, she is my friend!!

I walked into our garage one evening when they were over to dinner and I see just her feet sticking out of my oversized AAA trash can. She was swimming through my trash and I just though that since she was one of the poors I like to invite over for a proper meal, she was trying to salvage some of my organic chicken breast meat and fois gras that had gone bad in the fridge. I quickly exited the garage to spare her the embarrassment dumpster diving.

If only I had known it was my empty tampon box she was after!

[Anonymous]

Because they rich , B$&$*!

[Anonymous]

...recycling is pretty much a crock. Most of the stuff gets tossed into landfills anyway.

Source?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We recycle, but, honestly I'm not sure the evidence has demonstrated that it makes much of a difference to the environment. My very green nephew makes a strong case that recycling just makes affluent people feel good. The recycling trucks also use gas, oil, etc. -to haul the recycling to the recycling center - so instead of having the garbage truck out 2x per week, you have the 2x garbage plus the 1x recycling. In addition, you are using a tremendous amount of resources to convert the recyclables into new products. Still, probably a good thing, but not sure it is a green as we might want to believe.

Thank you for posting this, but the true believers will ignore this bit of logic. Most people who understand economics and actually know how materials are produced (vs. your average dc nonprofit exec) understand that recycling actually does very little, if anything for the environment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We recycle, but, honestly I'm not sure the evidence has demonstrated that it makes much of a difference to the environment. My very green nephew makes a strong case that recycling just makes affluent people feel good. The recycling trucks also use gas, oil, etc. -to haul the recycling to the recycling center - so instead of having the garbage truck out 2x per week, you have the 2x garbage plus the 1x recycling. In addition, you are using a tremendous amount of resources to convert the recyclables into new products. Still, probably a good thing, but not sure it is a green as we might want to believe.

Thank you for posting this, but the true believers will ignore this bit of logic. Most people who understand economics and actually know how materials are produced (vs. your average dc nonprofit exec) understand that recycling actually does very little, if anything for the environment.

I was stuck behind a commercial trash truck today (this is trash and recycling day in our neighborhood) and watched as the trash guys picked up every trash can and every recycling bin and tossed all contents into the same garbage truck. Usually this company sends separate garbage and recycling trucks, but maybe they were a little behind this week because of the holiday.

[Anonymous]

I take my blue bin out weekly but it's empty! Don't want the neighbors to think I don't recycle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I take my blue bin out weekly but it's empty! Don't want the neighbors to think I don't recycle.

Ha!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I take my blue bin out weekly but it's empty! Don't want the neighbors to think I don't recycle.

But what do the collection people think? "Oh, here's that crazy house that puts out the empty bin."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because they're wealthy and obviously Republicans and should be tarred and feathered more on DCUM. /sarcasm

THIS, minus the sarcasm.

[Anonymous]

Maybe because your rich neighbors don't create as much garbage as you. Maybe they don't fill their bins with plastic water bottles because they drink filtered water, don't have a bunch of food wrappers because they are smart enough not to buy individually wrapped junk, and don't order take out every night with a million food containers?

Or they don't give a shit.

Either way, it doesn't matter. Recycling is not as effective as people naively believe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is herby awarded "MOST IDIOTIC POST EVER"

No, only your post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I take my blue bin out weekly but it's empty! Don't want the neighbors to think I don't recycle.

But what do the collection people think? "Oh, here's that crazy house that puts out the empty bin."

I really don't care what the collectors think coz I don't ever see them or talk to them. I do see neighbors so I have to keep up the charade.