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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

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.  [/quote]
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.  [/quote]

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