Recycling is a very old tradition, just another word the liberals have taken for their own. Recycling used to mean if you couldn’t use something you found someone that needed it so it would not be wasted. It did not mean you had to wash and sort your trash so someone could feel better.
I don’t remember my grandmother ever throwing anything away. I sat and ripped buttons and zippers out of any old clothing before she cut it all up and used it to make quilts. I Still remember her coffee can full of buttons that I had to sort through if we needed some for something she was sewing. ;)