As recycling is a key tenet of the liberal faith, I have recently stopped recycling. I especially enjoy chucking pop bottles into the garbage right in front of them. It’s even better when there’s a recycle bin right next to the garbage bin which I could have used but chose not to. I like to use this as a way of initiating a dialogue with any liberals that may be close by. I explain to anyone that is listening that if Trump gets elected, I will start recycling again. But, if he loses, I will find more ways to increase my carbon footprint as much as possible and I will share those ways with everybody on the internet and I will start an anti-recycling movement. The liberals who know me think I’m an asshole. They’re right about that at least.
Glass? Less so, but still sensible.
Everything else? Useless feel-goodism. Waste of time. Most of it winds up in a landfill, anyway.
Recycling actually creates a larger “carbon footprint” than simply tossing stuff in the trash. The only thing recycling does is reduce the volume of the trash stream; it’s energy-intensive, often moreso than manufacturing from raw material, and requires additional infrastructure to process. Plus, the range of products that can be made from recycled material is limited, and is sometimes inferior to “fresh” products. Glass and metal are particularly notable for being less useful after being recycled.
Recycling is a pointless waste of money but the true believers won’t listen.
I do some token stuff at home to keep the spouse happy.
Recycling is one of the few lib tenets that makes some sense, so we’ll have to agree to disagree.