We get it. Everyone is busy. Finding time to set-up a personal recycling program and vision is not probably high on your priority list. It turns out the city, state federal, government (and private industries) are also struggling with the clean up and separation that goes with a standardized recycling program. I learned in this recent NY Times article, that one of the primary reasons recycling has trouble catching on is because of dollars and cents:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/16/business/local-recycling-costs.html
In NYC these are the rules:
https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dsny/site/services/recycling/what-to-recycle
I do it because we took the time to figure it out. Getting organized is the hardest part.
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