Until big business gets on board with the issues of Global Warming, I feel like we are running in quick sand. This does not deter me from doing all I can, but it is disheartening. Around two years ago I thought to myself, what the hell am I doing. Where I live there is no garbage or recycling pick-up service. All trash and recyclable material has to be taken to the county dump site by the homeowners. If you only have a little trash you put it into dumpsters that they have for you as you pull in. If you have a large amount of trash they direct you to an area where the city waste in trucked in and dumped directly into the landfill. That day I had a truck full of garbage and was directed to go directly to the landfill area to off load the garbage. Previously I had just taken the recycles I had and placed them in the right bins. While I was in the landfill area with the big boys, a Tandem tractor pulled in and raised its dump body. to my complete surprise there was nothing but plastic and glass bottles pouring out. I had to scratch my head, as they had just disposed of more recycles than I would use in a life time!
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We need some mix of carrot and stick to encourage better habits.