Earlier in the week we posted a few quotes about recycling. These were by design and hold true in a lot of respects. The truth is, if you aren't on the back end of the recycling process, it's pointless. More directly, if you are not buying recycled products, then the recycling process is completely useless.
Follow the logical thought progression and it will make sense. Recycling is about reusing the products that were already processed and refined. This is meant to conserve natural resources and reduce the footprint on the environment. The proverbial hitch in the giddyup here is that if you aren't a part of the process of actually using these products then it's a zero sum. Unconsumede recycled products actually increase waste. The energy used to recycle in addition to producing new products has a greater negative impact.
The moral of the story here is that when you recycle there is another side to the coin. Consumption of the products is as important as the recycling effort itself. Finish what you start.
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