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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is such a crock.

Your income has no correlation to recycling! OP - you happen to live in a neighborhood where people dont recycle and they happen to be executives....I bet if you go to a neighborhood with non-execs you will find the same trend.  There are people that [b]believe in it [/b]and people that cant be bothered.

By they way, if you EVER came to me (as a neighbor) and suggested ways that I could recycle Id probably kick your ass.  
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This is the same mentality that refuses to "believe in" climate change.

Recycling is not about faith, nor is climate change. Recycling requires acceptance on the part of the human populace that our actions as individuals have a collective impact on the health of our planet. Deciding to recycle versus tossing everything into the trash, requires minimal effort, but it does require a change in habits. Most people have a very hard time changing any kind of habit.

OP, I don't think it's selfishness or laziness that makes people refuse to recycle. I think it's simply one more habit to change. Most people do not think very deeply about the effect of their actions when that effect is not immediately apparent.

We're all busy and tired, even rich, accomplished, intelligent people who do care about the planet. The answer is not to condemn, accuse or criticize. If it's something you care about, you can try to work to make it easier for everyone to recycle, push for composting (much better than recycling, but difficult to do on a large scale), and do your part to set an example to others.

More people will recycle and compost when it's made easy and is the social norm.[/quote]

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