03 February 2009

Is recycling a waste of time?
For many households, ’Thou Shalt Recycle’ has become the 11th Commandment. But some have claimed that we are worshipping a false idol.

The weekly ritual of having the contents of our three recycling boxes sorted by hand and emptied into the vehicle’s honeycomb of compartments reassures us once again that we have done the Right Thing. But a maggot of unease has crept into that satisfying thought lately. Are our plastic bottles really being recycled into more plastic bottles?

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