Comments on: Do One Thing: Recycle For Others Who Don’t Have Recycling Options.

By: David

David — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:35:38 +0000

Stephanie, indeed most probably would. But it’s not going to stop me until my town starts doing it And yes, more recycled goods would be great, which is one reason I buy a lot of clothes from Patagonia, who uses a ton of recycled stuff in their products.

I hope so too Pinyo!

SuburbanDollar – maybe you could take it even just for one person?

By: SuburbanDollar

SuburbanDollar — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:44:37 +0000

I think that is great that they are willing to do that and that you take the time to do it. We have recycling here in our city, you just have to take it yourself to the drop off and many of my neighbors just don’t bother.

I often wonder if I could take if for them but it would be an awful lot of recycling.

By: Pinyo

Pinyo — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:39:35 +0000

A bit cumbersome, but I think it’s very cool that you’re doing this. Hopefully, your town will put together some sort of recycling program.

By: Stephanie PTY

Stephanie PTY — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:56:06 +0000

Some towns/organizations have a problem with this, and others decidedly do not. Because recycling pickup was completely free for my college, they actively encouraged off-campus students and others to bring in their recycling and drop it in the big recycling dumpsters. I don’t think any town would have much of a problem with one small bag once in a while.

What we really need to do (and this isn’t directed at you David, because I think you’re already doing this) is drum up the demand for recycled goods. I hear that a lot of recycling plants are having a hard time finding buyers for recycled paper and plastic right now, because of the economy. We need to create consumer “pull” for these products as much as we can right now.