People say recycling is a hobby for wealthy nations; they see it as something suburbanites do between yoga and checking social media. This is not true. In many places recycling provides survival – it pays for school. It buys medicine – it gives people respect. I looked at global programs, and some of them make …
Most people say they care about the planet. But you look into their trash bin and see plastic bottles, greasy pizza boxes along with many Amazon boxes in the same bag. People think about recycling, so that is good. The truth is that recycling works if people do it often – it does not need …
People say recycling doesn’t matter; they claim it all ends up in the same landfill. People say this while they throw away their plastic cups as if it is someone else’s problem. But recycling pays for lunches, medicine along with tuition for real people. On Saturday mornings, a town in Oregon smells like stale beer. …