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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
I think this whole recycling thing is a scam. If it were really important, they would make it mandatory like other States and Counties do. And, they would provide detailed information to the residents about how much it costs, where the recycled stuff goes, how it is processed, and how much money it saves, if anything. What products do they make from the recycled stuff? Where is the tranparency about this recycling process? Also, do they get Federal money to recycle? How much? We are supposed to blindly accept that this whole process is good for the environment.
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Do you blindly accept that there is zero impact on the environment by fracking for oil, stripping forests of trees, injecting cancerous chemicals into the soil, spraying from airplanes other chemicals that blow through farms, deplete coal from deep in the ground, leaving vast cavernous trails where there was once solid rock, churning oil into plastics that -cannot- compost and decompose, and therefore has to be piled up somewhere? Do you blindly accept that there is zero impact on the animals that live in these areas, and that those animals can't possibly be part of the food chain, and so if they go extinct, who cares?
If you don't blindly accept that, then you must blindly accept that the alternative - to preserve the environment instead of polluting it, is good for the environment.
Our society isn't going to go backward - we will keep moving forward. But we can still slow down the destruction. We don't have to give up modern conveniences but we CAN adjust our attitudes toward conservation and preservation, and take steps as individuals and corporations to conserve, and preserve, when possible and however practical.