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I remember when I first lived in a locale that recycled glass/paper/etc. It was the late 1980s. And it was good. Always seemed like such a waste to not be doing such, so I couldn't have been happier.
But then I'd have visitors, and they were clueless - even after explaining it to them. "Please rinse glassware a bit and put IN THIS HERE CONTAINER. Thank you."
Um, nope. Too difficult. Crinkled up half used soda cans and the like still going into the trash bin.
Same up through and including this day. For example, I've a 40+ year old son-in-law who fucks up my recycling bin every goddamned motherfucking visit.
And put two clearly marked outdoor bins next to each other for rental guests to use?
You guessed it: BOTH TRASH AND RECYCLABLES IN BOTH GODDAMNED MOTHERFUCKING BINS.
That alone disqualifies someone as being worthy of my communication. PERIOD.
Anyway... just had to let that out....
People like that seem so blatantly dismissive and disrespectful, which on it's own should indicate a lack of awareness or consideration, plus I doubt anyone that ever "forgets" is ever actually incapable of "getting it" when it's just telling the difference of ONE and the OTHER. It's very simple, I think it's j a buncha excuses for laziness or unreliability.
Some people will defend it and say "well they all go to same land fill anyway!" and they're right (for the moment only), but it's also just hard to blink past their "not my problem" attitude. We *will* get better at recycling tech, and when we do, it can only be of benefit to the world (that we all collectively inhabit...!) when the trash is pre-sorted.