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Friday, July 16, 2004
Recycled Thoughts
Remember the days when we used to have trash pickup twice a week? Now we have trash pickup once a week. The other day of the week is reserved for papers or bottles and cans. This came out of the recycling era where it was decided that we can use stuff over again and it will be better for the environment.I happen to know that they don't do anything different with the cans and papers than they do with the regular trash. Bottles, cans, paper and trash all go to the same landfill. How do I know this you ask? I know this is a fact because I saw it on 60 Minutes. Those recycled anchor people had a hidden camera that followed refuse companies around for weeks and found that everything collected went to the same place.
What bothers me is when I go into a restaurant and see a note proudly displayed on the napkin that it was "made from recycled paper." What is the meaning of that? It gives me chills when I'm about to wipe my mouth and spot a dark fleck on the napkin. What could that be? Uh huh, I knew it. Someone picked their nose and that got recycled too!
Another thing along the lines of this trash issue that infuriates me is people who use clear trash bags instead of green trash bags or trashcans. I'm really not that interested in their personal lives that I need to see what's in their trash but they make it far to easy for me to see when they use clear bags.
When I see what's in the bag things start running through my mind. I see a lawsuit coming because it appears that one neighbor eats junk food for every meal.
I know that people like to take good care of themselves but one neighbor always has boxes and boxes and boxes of feminine hygiene products adorning the clear trash bag. I don't mind the fact that certain items need to be thrown away, but darn it, the guy lives alone.
When I see the boxes for feminine sanitary napkins I get that same chill, I hope they aren't recycled too.
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