[Oceander]

Indeed it does. That is a nice little testimonial to the wisdom of the older generation.

[Windflier]

That is a nice little testimonial to the wisdom of the older generation.

Count me in that older generation. I remember when life in America was almost exactly like that, and it really wasn't all that long ago.

[BillGunn]

One generation before mine and during the first decade of my life, everyone had a "bucket" with a cast iron lid in their backyard close to the kitchen door. Any garbage that did not get composted was dumped into this bucket (quite smelly and maggot ridden in summer) and a man would empty it weekly for a small fee.

The man would then feed this to his hogs; he rotated the pens for the hogs and grew food stuffs after the fecal matter was properly processed into the soil, he fed the folks that paid him to take away his fertilizer; he then slaughtered the hogs and fed the folks that paid him to take away the hog feed.

Recycling for a profit!